September, 10, 2018 US-Colombian billionaire buys stake in Petrus – report

(Decanter) - The owner of Château Petrus has sold a minority stake in the estate to US-Colombian billionaire Alejandro Santo Domingo, according to reports that are sure to cause much discussion in Pomerol and Bordeaux. The rumour mill in Bordeaux went into overdrive last night (7 September...

September, 06, 2018 Wine Spectator publisher sues Weed Spectator

(Reuters) - Wine doesn’t pair well with weed, according to a new lawsuit. M. Shanken Communications Inc, the publisher of Wine Spectator magazine, has filed a lawsuit accusing the northern California-based operators of Weed Spectator of infringing its trademarks, and copying its familiar 1...

September, 06, 2018 Huneeus Family Buys 80 Acres of Vineyard Land in Oakville from Clarke Swanson Jr. for $38 Million

(WB) - Swanson vineyards - not the winery - sold for $38 million to the Huneeus family, according to Napa County records. The sale does not include Swanson Vineyards. Vintage Wine Estates purchased Swanson Vineyards in 2015. The Huneeus family has purchased about 80 acres of vineyard land i...

September, 04, 2018 Taste of Sonoma draws foodies to Sonoma State’s Green Music Center

(PD) - Near-perfect weather and temperatures in the low 80s greeted wine and food lovers from across the country to the Taste of Sonoma Saturday at the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park, where they noshed and sipped through a cross-section of fresh, Sonoma County bounty. “The food and the...

September, 03, 2018 Treating Malbec ‘like Pinot Noir’: The new terroir approach

(Decanter) - How good can it be? Argentina’s top winemakers are pushing the country’s headline grape to its limits in their quest to achieve the best possible quality and character. Patricio Tapia reports...  When Sebastian Zuccardi, winemaker at Bodega Familia Zuccardi, fi...

September, 03, 2018 UK WINEMAKERS HOLD THEIR BREATH FOR ‘DREAM HARVEST’ AS PICKING COMMENCES

(TDB) - As the uncharacteristically long and hot UK summer continues, winemakers are hopeful of a “dream harvest”, according to trade body Wine GB, with producers recording one of the earliest harvests on record with picking starting last week. Having benefitted from a long hot summe...

September, 03, 2018 Taking Apart the Three-Tier System

(Wine-Searcher) - Liza B. Zimmerman gets the inside story on US liquor laws with attorney Sean O'Leary. Having covered many of the legal issues relative to wine distribution in the US it is easy be critical of what another sales tier may be providing. So weighing various tiers' pluses and minuse...

September, 03, 2018 Editorial: ‘Peak wine’ or not, industry is changing in Sonoma and beyond

(SonomaNews) - In a love poem from the 13th century, Persian poet Rumi insolently beseeches his paramour: “Either give me enough wine, or leave me alone.” Which just goes to show: Even medieval Muslim balladeers could foresee that the market for wine would eventually plateau. So i...