August, 28, 2018 Feds and province offer $1M in funding to Nova Scotia wine industry

(Globalnews) - Ottawa and the province of Nova Scotia are injecting more than a million dollars into Nova Scotia’s wine industry to help it expand into international markets. The announcement was made Tuesday on behalf of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). A $398,200 non-r...

August, 28, 2018 Berger on wine: Exploring the diverse wines of Napa's Oak Knoll District

(PD) - Researching a story the other day, I discovered that more than half the 45,000 acres of grapes growing in Napa Valley (22,800) now are planted to cabernet sauvignon. What surprised me was that it wasn’t more. For at least three decades Napa Valley has been known as cabernet ...

August, 27, 2018 California wine country fires leave homeowners struggling

(FoxBusiness) - Construction crews have already put up the frame on Cheri Sharp's new house, but she still questions whether rebuilding was the right choice after California's most destructive wildfire took her old home in wine country nearly a year ago. She's had to dip into retirement savings ...

August, 27, 2018 Chicago Runs Wine Across the Indiana Border

(Wine-Searcher) - With huge price differences between states, some Chicagoans are reverting to old habits. Chicago has never been a very clean town when it comes to politics or crime. However, given how high state and city booze taxes are here its residents may feel somewhat justified in turning...

August, 27, 2018 Top 10 U.S. Wine Distributors

(Wines&Vines) - Wines Vines Analytics released its second, annual list of the top 10 U.S. wine distributors as ranked by unique criteria chosen to emphasize the interests of wineries, such as how many and which U.S. wineries a distributor represents and the percentage of population in the state...

August, 27, 2018 CHINESE TURN TO DRINKING BEER OUT OF PLASTIC BAGS

(TDB) - Forget about beer in a can or a bottle, the latest trend that’s gripping residents in the coastal city of Qing Dao, the home of China’s most exported beer Tsingtao, is drinking beer out of a plastic bag. Local residents often buy the draft brew off from a street vendor&r...

August, 26, 2018 Wine's Health Benefits Questioned

(Wine-Searcher) - A study has shot down the idea that moderate drinking can be good for you. If you drink wine, you have a higher chance of dying of tuberculosis. This is one of the underlying facts behind a study published last week in The Lancet, which declared that "no level of alcohol consump...

August, 26, 2018 Would you pay US$250,000 for a wine journey plus 800 bottles of your own blend?

(SCMP) - The Ultimate Barossa Australia Wine Experience takes visitors to the heart of the Barossa winemaking region – and participants will learn to make their very own blend of wine. Ever wanted to create your own personal blend of fine wine? The bigger question, however, is: would you b...