May, 27, 2015 Gallo continues spending spree with Napa vineyard buys

(Decanter) - E&J Gallo winery has bought more than 100 hectares of vineyard on the fringes of Napa Valley, as part of its drive to invest in estates producing premium wine. Gallo said it bought Cypress Ranch and a portion of the Palisades vineyard in Napa Valley via an unnamed ‘affilia...

May, 26, 2015 Sonoma County: Growers Get Irrigation Insights

(Wines&Vines) - With little relief from the ongoing Western drought on the horizon—or in the weather forecast—the wine industry continues to grow more interested in reducing and improving water use. To address that interest, the Sonoma Resource Conservation District, Sonoma Count...

May, 26, 2015 10 Ways to Know/Develop Your Wine Palate

(HP) - You know your taste in clothes, shoes, food and cars, but do you know your taste in wine? If you had asked me ten years ago before I started living in Italy, I would have said, "No." and "Who cares? Wine snobs are boring." Now, I care more about what wine I drink and why, but I still find...

May, 26, 2015 Russians say 'nyet' to imported wine

(PRI) -Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a stern message to his administration recently: Don't show off. In other words, Putin wants politicians to stop spending taxpayers' hard earned rubles on expensive Burgundy and Bordeaux. Rather, he says, they should spend money on Russian-ma...

May, 26, 2015 US: Lawsuit Filed After Fatal Distillery Blast

(TDB) - The owner of a distillery is suing a still-maker after one of its employees was killed in a catastrophic explosion. The Silver Trail Distillery in Hardin, Kentucky, burned to the ground on 24 April following an explosion which seriously injured two employees. Distiller Jay Rogers, 4...

May, 26, 2015 Americans toast strong dollar while downing cheap European wine

(NZHerald) - Of the many wonders to behold in Greece, Matt Derr has found a gem: local wine at $3 a glass. During a nine-day getaway to the land of the gods, he's sampled Greek salads and grilled meats for as little as $7 a plate and learned how to pick the freshest fish for dinner. As a foreign...

May, 26, 2015 UK: The Wine Society recalls 15,000 bottles of exploding Prosecco

(SOC) - The Wine Society has recalled 15,000 bottles of Prosecco after five shattered in customers' wine racks. Customers who bought the 75ml bottles are advised to return the Italian sparkling wine over fears the glass could break and cause injuries. It is believed 15,313 bottles of Prosecco hav...

May, 26, 2015 Why California Needs Thirsty Alfalfa

(Bloomberg) - In the early 1860s Henry Miller and Charles Lux, a pair of German immigrants who had established themselves as butchers in San Francisco, began buying land along the San Joaquin River in the Central Valley about 100 miles (as the crow flies) southeast of the city. They ass...