June, 27, 2015 Winemakers and Suppliers Debate Oak Products

(Wines&Vines) - It definitely wasn’t Ali versus Frazier or even Pacquiao versus Mayweather for that matter. Rather than a knockdown brawl, the seminar Barrels vs. Alternatives was more of a sedate conversation about the advantages of the time-tested, traditional barrel compared to the ...

June, 26, 2015 Anheuser-Busch to invest $1.5 billion in US operations

(Gosanangelo) - After acquiring several craft breweries, Anheuser-Busch InBev is increasing its investment in its U.S. brewing, agriculture, packaging and distribution operations to more than $1.5 billion by 2018, including $162 million in the St. Louis area, home to its U.S. headquarters. ...

June, 26, 2015 UK Wine fraud: Ex-director guilty of million pound con

(Decanter) - A banned company director has been found guilty on 10 charges after a court heard how he tricked fine wine investors out of £1m and spent the proceeds on luxury holidays. Spyros Constantinos, 44, was this week found guilty at the Old Bailey in London of defrauding clients who ...

June, 26, 2015 Best U.S. States To Drink Wine: Tax-Wise

(Forbes) - Ah, Kentucky. We love their barbecue, fried chicken and mint juleps — but if you want a nice Syrah to wash down those ribs it’s not the friendliest state in the union. According to a survey just published by the  Tax Foundation , Kentucky has the highest excise tax for w...

June, 26, 2015 TASMANIA: WINE CELLAR CARVED INTO CLIFF ON SALE FOR $3M

(TDB) - A nine-storey deep wine cellar carved into a cliff edge has gone on sale in Tasmania for AUD$3 million (£1.5m). The cellar, which took a team of mining experts six months to dig, descends a staggering nine stories deep to the banks of the River Derwent, and comes with 21 ...

June, 26, 2015 Face the State: Growing Nevada's Wine Industry

(KTVN) - Local viticulturists are busy setting up vineyards to make wine after a bill passed the Nevada Legislature allowing them to operate in Washoe County. For Face the State this week I checked in with the president of the Nevada Wine Coalition. They're the political body responsible for l...

June, 26, 2015 Can Aussie Wine Rule Again?

(WSJ) - CAN YOU NAME the world’s greatest fine-wine regions? This wine connoisseurs’ parlor game usually ends up in a heated discussion of the merits of, say, a velvet-textured Napa Cabernet over the brooding, peppery power of northern Rhône Syrah. Inevitably, the first t...

June, 26, 2015 Bordeaux Wine-Crime Ring Found Guilty

(WineSpectator) - A French court sentenced 15 men for a daring scheme to rob elite châteaus and sell stolen wines. “Get me a unit of Cheval, a good chunk of Cheval,” said the voice on the recording, a taped telephone conversation between the accused mastermind of an eight-mon...