June, 22, 2015 Bordeaux is timeless, but is it still timely?

(WP) - This was Vinexpo week in Bordeaux, a five-day trade fair held every odd-numbered year since 1981 in a cavernous exhibition hall along a manufactured lake on the northern outskirts of this historic city, once the center of the world wine trade. More than 2,300 wineries, international wine...

June, 22, 2015 AUS: New wine industry software could “help feed the world”

(Newsmaker) - A team of University of Adelaide students has won the inaugural Tech eChallenge award for a new software system aimed at saving the wine industry millions of dollars each year – and their work could also be applied to global food production. The team, called Seer Insights,...

June, 21, 2015 Australia FTA set to boost China's wine imports

(Wantchinatimes) - China's imports of wine are expected to increase sharply this year after a free trade agreement was signed with Australia on June 17, under which tariffs on Australian wine exports to China will be reduced to zero within five years, the Guangzhou Daily reports. For the firs...

June, 21, 2015 Revealed: How to lose weight - drink plenty of red wine

(Telegraph) - Research shows that resveratrol, an ingredient found in grapes, berries and red wine can help turn flab into calorie-burning 'brown' fat. Just drink responsibly! Wine lovers rejoice! New research has shown that an ingredient in grapes, berries and red wine can turn excess flab in...

June, 20, 2015 Biodynamics makes you ‘more human’

(TDB) - Aurelio Montes Jr. of Kaiken in Argentina has defended using preps like virgin deer stomach in the vineyard, claiming that biodynamic viticulture makes you “more human”. Speaking to the drinks business during a recent visit to London, Chilean-born, Argentina-based Montes ex...

June, 20, 2015 Montana Grape and Wine Industry Organizes

(Wines&Vines) - Established in February 2015, the Montana Grape and Wine Association (MGWA) drew some 70 attendees to its first conference in Kalispell on June 11. With only 15 wineries in the state and an estimated 200 acres of planted vineyards, the attendance demonstrated growing enthusia...

June, 20, 2015 A TOP BREWMASTER TELLS US WHAT’S UP WITH SPONTANEOUSLY FERMENTED BEER

(Food&Wine) - Spontaneous or wild fermented beers occupy an odd niche in the world of American craft beer. Because they take so much time to perfect and are not always the most predictable beers, they remain a rarity among American breweries. That has allotted them a sort of white whale st...

June, 19, 2015 California's Wine Industry the Big Winner in PD/GWSS Referendum

(Yesonpdref) - California’s winegrape growers voted overwhelming to continue the assessment on winegrapes to fund research on Pierce’s disease and other pests and diseases that threaten California’s winegrapes. The vote was 83.44 percent in favor of continuing the assessment on w...