May, 07, 2015 Glass of red wine a day is good for people with diabetes - study

(RT) - Finishing each dinner with a glass of red wine might to be a good idea for people with diabetes, Israeli researchers claim. The drink appears to boost levels of “good cholesterol,” thus helping to contain the disease. The benefit of drinking red wine was discovered as a result...

May, 07, 2015 China rekindles its love affair with wine

(CNNMoney) - It's bottoms up in China: Wine sales are on the rise and growers are anxious to bring more bottles to local drinkers. Chinese are enjoying a tipple once again after the government's crackdown on corruption and extravagance gave high-end wine sales a knock. Sales of wine, excludin...

May, 07, 2015 AUS: Winemakers call for extra funds to boost overseas marketing

(ABCNet) - The Australian wine industry has a "fleeting window" of opportunity to boost exports, and needs extra funding to make it happen, according to the Winemakers Federation of Australia. The WFA has called on the Federal Government to provide $25 million over four years to the statutory ma...

May, 07, 2015 Washington Wineries Welcome Portable License

(Wines&Vines) - Washington lawmakers have approved the creation of a permit that will enable the state’s wineries to hold an off-premise, private event where they may deliver wine purchases, provide tastings of their own wine and sell bottles for off-premise consumption. The new law ef...

May, 07, 2015 Is This Wine Dry? Alsace Label Laws Make it Clear

(Wine-Searcher) - In a move that has been greeted with dismay by some producers, Alsace dry white wines will be obliged to carry the word "dry" on labels from the 2016 vintage. The Association of Alsace Producers (AVA) reckons consumers are turning away from the region's wines because they are a...

May, 07, 2015 First Sonoma barrel auction led by 2014 vintage Pinot Noi

(Decanter) - Pinot Noir from the 2014 vintage led the line in the inaugural Sonoma Barrel Auction, with a collaboration between Williams Selyem, Joseph Swan and Kosta Brown taking joint top lot. Around 250 wine trade and media attended the first Sonoma Barrel Auction, which saw 71 lots of rare w...

May, 07, 2015 Common Wine Faults Explained

(WSJ) - I ONCE HAD a rather strange experience with a screw cap. It was the depths of winter, and I was in the mood for a glass of full-bodied Australian red. After twisting off the cap, a small plastic disk remained on top of the bottle. As I moved to pick it off, pop! Off the disk flew and wine s...

May, 06, 2015 China to dominate Asia's growth in wine imports

(ScienceDaily) - New projections of growth in global wine markets to 2018 show Asian countries will dominate global wine consumption and import growth, led by a surge in wine consumption in China. The new study, by economists in the University of Adelaide's Wine Economics Research Centre, project ...