May, 24, 2015 China's wine tastes evolving fast, says Chateau Margaux's Thibault Pontallier

(SCMP) - How has the China market evolved in the five years you've been in Hong Kong? "Five years ago we did big wine dinners with Chinese officials and generals, who only wanted to drink Bordeaux wines at banquets with 100 other people. It was all about face. But China has done in five years ...

May, 24, 2015 English wine industry goes from strength to strength as warm weather boosts harvests

(Independent) - Prosecco, the world’s favourite sparkling wine, may be in short supply this summer due to a poor grape harvest in Italy – but in England the grape is going from strength to strength, with makers heralding a new era. And although English sparkling wine has enjoyed a burg...

May, 24, 2015 What Goes Into Wine-Label Design?

(WSJ) -  ASK SOMEONE THE KIND of wine he prefers and he may or may not be able to describe it; ask someone what kind of wine label he (or she) likes and you’re guaranteed to get a reply. From occasional imbibers to serious oenophiles, just about every wine drinker I know cares about labe...

May, 22, 2015 How Vladimir Putin created America’s new hot wine

(WP) - A man with high cheekbones and deep-set eyes waves toward our car from among the grapevines. It’s mid-October and the grapes have all been picked, but drying leaves rustle like flags in the breeze. I’m at Iago Bitarishvili’s winery in Chardakhi, Georgia. This former S...

May, 22, 2015 US: Hunting the thieves behind a rash of six-figure wine heists

(Bloomberg) - In the early morning hours last Christmas Day, the wine cellar door at Thomas Keller’s French Laundry was pried open with a crowbar. The Napa Valley restaurant has three Michelin stars, a wine list with bottles that cost more than most people’s cars, and an extensive secur...

May, 22, 2015 Arsenic in wine! A scientific perspective

(WineLoversPage) - The latest health scare about the presence of small amounts of arsenic in some wines has been widely disseminated by the news media. And, as usual with such alerts, what has been reported are only the sensational and incomplete “facts,” which have led to much con...

May, 21, 2015 The Great Debate: To Decant or Not?

(WineMag) - Does decanting harm a wine or does it improve a wine lover's experience? Perhaps nothing causes more debate among lovers of fine wine than decanting. And most people have a love-hate relationship with those transparent glass containers. When it comes to decanting great Italian ...

May, 21, 2015 Earthquake Strikes the Wine Country: 4.3 Quake Strikes Near Yountville, Calif.

(LATimes) - A shallow magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported Thursday evening six miles from Yountville, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:53 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was nine miles from Napa, Calif., 14...