June, 12, 2015 Agave Loco files trademark suit against California wine company

(ChicagoBusiness) - One of Chicago's  fastest-growing companies  sued a California wine company, alleging that it infringed on a trademark for its signature family of alcoholic drinks. Vernon Hills-based Agave Loco, which makes the alcoholic beverage RumChata, alleges that Cheer...

June, 12, 2015 California tries to save salmon in Wine Country creeks

(AP) — California is taking desperate steps to save the last endangered salmon in Wine Country creeks that are going dry because of over-pumping and the drought, officials said Thursday. Water has run so low in the four tributaries of the Russian River in Sonoma County that state workers h...

June, 11, 2015 Winery Buyers Slow to Commit to North Coast Cabernet

(Wines&Vines) - Each year, Turrentine Brokerage publishes the Turrentine Outlook, an exhaustive survey of the market and supply of wine grapes and bulk wine with follow-up updates. The document was sent to customers and subscribers this morning, and Steve Fredricks, president of the brokerag...

June, 11, 2015 Next Glass Partners With Total Wine, Wine.com, Drizly To Offer Discounts

(Forbes) - Effective today, the Next Glass wine and beer mobile app will partner with Total Wine & More, Wine.com, and Drizly to offer discounts to consumers on its recommended wines. Those are some heavy hitting retailers, matching up with one very savvy app. This isn’t the fir...

June, 11, 2015 Wine-Tasting Workout: Train Yourself to be a Better Wine Taster

(Food&Wine) - Wine-Tasting Exercises: Body What Defines Body In Wine? “Body is the sense of weight or richness or heaviness, and even the feeling of viscosity that a wine leaves in your mouth,” says Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson, author of Great Wine Made Simple. Generall...

June, 11, 2015 Moldovan Government Introduces 'Wine of Moldova' Program to Promote the Country's Best Wines

(Nashvillescene) - Last year, Chris Chamberlain wrote about Moldovan wines when Moldova's wine industry first started pushing for market share in the States. Now the government of Moldova has established an organization, ( “Wine of Moldova” ), to single out wines that meet quality g...

June, 11, 2015 France plans to lure more tourists with wine tours

(AP) - France wants to develop wine tours in its countryside as part of a series of measures aimed at boosting tourism and retaining the country's position as the top destination in the world. France's foreign affairs minister, Laurent Fabius, set Thursday a target of 100 million foreign tour...

June, 10, 2015 Sonoma County: Benziger says sale is ‘good for the Valley’

(SonomaNews) - The announcement June 8 that Benziger Family Winery had been sold to the Wine Group, a Livermore-based corporation founded by Art Ciocca, was seen by Sonoma Valley wine lovers as a major blow to the independent winery business model. Yet Mike Benziger, until Monday the CEO of the com...