July, 27, 2015 Olivia Newton-John will sell no wine before its time

(FOXNews) - Superstar Olivia Newton-John’s ever-expanding career is getting even sweeter. The “Grease” star is already a best-selling singer, esteemed Hollywood actress, the founder of a cancer foundation, a successful Vegas headliner—and now she’s selling her own b...

July, 27, 2015 Vintage Wine Estates Confirms Purchase of Sonoma's B.R. Cohn Winery

/PRNewswire/ - Pat Roney, President of Vintage Wine Estates, confirmed today the acquisition of B.R. Cohn Winery, located in  Glen Ellen, California  in  Sonoma's  Valley of the Moon. In 1974, founder  Bruce Cohn  transformed a former dairy into the Olive Hill Est...

July, 27, 2015 Italians 'OK to drink behind the wheel'

(SMH) - Italian drivers who drink a bottle of wine before getting behind the wheel could face a fine of just a few hundred euros after a provincial governor reversed a law that allowed licences to be confiscated. Campaigners have warned the new regulations are a "crippling blow" in the battle to...

July, 27, 2015 Resurgent Forest Fire Threatens Bordeaux

(Wine-Searcher) - A blaze in a pine forest has prompted evacuations from suburbs of the famous wine city. A forest fire raging near the southwestern French city of Bordeaux was advancing again Sunday afternoon after strong winds crushed firefighters' hopes of a break in the weather. Efforts t...

July, 27, 2015 Central Coast Wine Harvest Begins

(Wines&Vines) - The historically early sparkling grape harvest in Napa County prompted reports from Central Coast growers. At least one winery in Santa Barbara County also harvested this week, according to Rajat Parr, co-owner of the 500-case Sandhi Wines in Lompoc, Calif. Parr called it. Yi...

July, 26, 2015 North Dakota wants hardier grapes for wine to withstand cold

(WT) - A state advisory committee will spend $80,000 over the next two years to promote the state’s wineries and help researchers find hardier grapes to make better North Dakota wines. The state Legislature allocated $80,000 to the North Dakota Grape and Wine Advisory Committee in 2013...

July, 26, 2015 AUS: Climate change hitting where it hurts: your wine

(SMH) - Spend a day at a wine grape growers' summit and, among many other things, you're left with no doubt about the reality of climate change. Spend another day with a savvy grape grower touring the Barossa and you're left with no doubt about the cost of it and the uncertainty about where ...

July, 26, 2015 Napa Valley: DUI stats show that wine country loves beer

(NVR) - Wine may be the alcoholic beverage that has made Napa Valley famous, but beer is what the locals most prefer to drink. That's one of the latest information nuggets from a survey of people arrested locally for suspected Driving Under the Influence (DUI). The survey found that most arrests ...