May, 28, 2015 Breakdown of the TTB’s Allowable Revisions

(Shipcompliant) - Changing a label is a standard part of the brand development process. When you decide to update a previously approved label, it is essential that you review the TTB’s list of allowable revisions before you submit a new COLA application. In some instances, your updates ma...

May, 28, 2015 The Framework That Transformed the U.S. Wine Industry

For the last ten years, Blue Ocean Strategy has challenged business leaders to explore uncontested marketplaces -- or what we call "blue oceans." But this strategy goes beyond theory: It provides a set of methodologies and tools that can help managers pursue value innovation systema...

May, 28, 2015 Texas: Rainstorms, Then Good News

(Wines&Vines) - In the past few days, the national news has been full of stories about heavy rains and flooding in Texas. While vineyards are usually planted on higher elevations, the rain has impacted both vineyards and wineries. “It’s crazy,” Ed Hellman, professor of viticul...

May, 28, 2015 Wineries Find a Popular Pairing: Fitness Class and a Wine Tasting

(WSJ) - A small group of women walked through Merlot grape vines on a breezy morning last week headed to a sprawling lawn for one of Wölffer Estate Vineyard’s newest offerings—yoga. Wölffer, based in Sagaponack, N.Y., has been best known for the annual run on its rosé ...

May, 27, 2015 MODERATE DRINKING HARMFUL IN LATER LIFE

(TDB) - Drinking two or more alcoholic beverages daily may damage the heart of elderly people, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. A study, carried out by the Harvard Medical School, analysed weekly alcohol consumption among 4,466 ...

May, 27, 2015 Sonoma County: Planning for a wine museum

(PD) - To most wine consumers, the lore of wine is bound up in the recent exploits of famed winemakers, most of whom are no longer with us. Wine visionaries like the late Robert Mondavi, Andre Tchelistcheff, Lee Stewart, Ernest and Julio Gallo, Brad Webb, Myron Nightingale, John Parducci and Bob...

May, 27, 2015 American Wine Sales May Suffer as Canada and U.S. Battle Trade Issues

(WineSpectator) - A trade dispute between the United States and its northern neighbor has turned serious in recent weeks, and American winemakers are beginning to fear that their sales in Canada—the top export market for U.S. wine—will be badly damaged. The battle comes at a time w...

May, 27, 2015 Bitter Feud Erupts Over Hungary's Sweetest Wine

(Forward) - Hungarians take special pride in their Tokaji, a dessert wine made of grapes grown in the country’s northeast region. The nectar has even made it into Hungary’s national anthem. But for one family of Jewish Holocaust survivors from the Tokaji region, the revival of thi...