September, 13, 2018 Class Action Suit Accusing Southern-Glazers of Unfair Business Practices Dismissed

(WB) - A federal judge in San Jose has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits LLC, the nation’s largest wine distributor, according to court records. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Monday tossed out the complaint restaurant owners and others...

September, 13, 2018 Wine tasting can work the brain more than math, according to neuroscience

(NBCNews) - If you’re a wine connoisseur or enjoy a good Cabernet, you likely don’t need another reason to put “wine tasting” on a list of activities you like. But science has one for you: it can stimulate the brain more than a lot of other activities (from listening to a Be...

September, 13, 2018 How to Protect Your Wine Collection

(WSJ) - As Americans buy more wine, well-heeled homeowners build elaborate storage ‘cellar’ systems and buy specialty insurance for their prized collections As people buy more wine, they’re investing in elaborate home storage systems to protect their collections. Americans l...

September, 12, 2018 Enartis Zenith Cold Stability Amendments Closer to U.S. Approval

(WB) - Zenith Uno and Zenith Color can be added to a wine to achieve cold stability without that wine having to be seeded and chilled or subjected to electrodialysis. The active compound in both products is a polymer of aspartic acid. The United States Food and Drug Administration issued a lette...

September, 12, 2018 What are Tannins, Really?

Tannins, a group of bitter and astringent compounds, can be found abundantly in nature. They’re present in the wood, bark, leaves and fruit of plants as various as oak, rhubarb, tea, walnut, cranberry, cacao and grapes. Perhaps most importantly, they’re also found in wine. What d...

September, 12, 2018 Why China Should Be Your Next Wine Destination

(CNTraveler) - welve years ago, Marc Curtis started a business with the unlikeliest of propositions: bring tourists to China to try its wine. “When I first started, I would speak to groups in the U.S. and the first question was, ‘Wait, there’s wine in China?’ and the second ...

September, 10, 2018 Resistant Vines Could Mean Less Vineyard Sprays

(Wines&Vines) - Growing grapevines in the upper Midwest and New England is a challenging task in many ways. Winters can be long and quite cold; summers are often shorter than necessary to encourage full ripening of grapes; and too frequently there is an abundance of rain during some part of the...

September, 10, 2018 Smart Branding Key to Future Wine Sales

(Wine-Searcher) - The Silicon Valley Bank's Wine Division's founder says demographic shifts are transforming the industry. The wine industry has often been among the slowest to react to economic change. As the United States pulls into a decade of recession and recovery, wine executives are st...