July, 09, 2015 Is My Red Wine Cold Enough?

(WSJ) - HANDS UP IF you’ve ever called for an ice bucket for your red wine. Don’t laugh: When a red is served too warm, a few minutes submerged in ice and water will bring it down to an acceptable temperature—for the record, usually between 14°C and 18°C. Fortunately, I...

July, 09, 2015 Sonoma County vintners address blacklash over wine industry expansion, events

(PD) - Executives representing Sonoma County’s multibillion-dollar wine industry weighed in for the first time publicly Wednesday on the backlash surrounding winery development in some of the county’s prime grape-growing regions. Complaints driven by a slate of hotly contested winery p...

July, 08, 2015 DIAGEO AND HEINEKEN STRIKE INDIAN DEAL

(TDB) - Diageo has sold its remaining stake in United Breweries to Heineken for £89 million, in a move that could threaten controversial chairman Vijay Mallya. Diageo-owned United Spirits (USL) said it was stepping back from non-core assets, selling its 3.2% stake, totalling 8.5m shares, t...

July, 08, 2015 Google Maps Lets You Skip the Trip and Tour Wine Country From Home

(Eater) - Oenophiles and wannabe snobs have been flocking to California's Wine Country for years, throwing down big money to get a taste of America's iconic grape-based beverages. But what about those who want to tour the vineyards, yet don't have a lot of spare change? Google Maps is here to ...

July, 08, 2015 Pests Pressure Oregon Vineyards

(Wines&Vines) - An early start to the wine grape growing season has primed pest populations to pose a bigger threat to Northwest grapevines than ever before. Trapping indicates that the region’s two newest pests—spotted wing drosophila (D. suzukii) and brown marmorated stink bug ...

July, 08, 2015 Greece debt: Wine-making region looks to old days

(BBC) - "We are located in the most historic vineyards of Greece," says Vassilis Papagiannakos as we admire the view. "There has been continuous wine production here since Ancient Greece." Fields of pistachio trees, olive trees and, of course, vines stretch between here and Athens. The thr...

July, 08, 2015 How to Buy a Bordeaux Château

(Bloomberg) - Over lunch on the stone terrace at Château Fonplégade in St. Emilion, France, owners Stephen and Denise Adams took in the sweeping views of their neat rows of organic vines. The American couple bought the estate in 2004 and spent millions to restore it, including $1 mil...

July, 08, 2015 China makes big bet on turning desert into wine region

(CBSNews) - When you think of wine, France, Italy and California likely come to mind, but in China, the world's fifth-largest consumer and producer, winemakers are determined to add that country to the list, CBS News' Seth Doane reports. The desert in Ningxia is being transformed. It's ta...