April, 23, 2015 Shipwreck Champagne shows 19th Century Europe’s sweet tooth

(Decanter) - Many Champagne drinkers in 19th Century Europe were used to a level of residual sugar that is virtually unheard of by today’s standards, shows chemical analysis of 170-year-old Champagne found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. International experts led by a professor at the Univ...

April, 23, 2015 Wine Lovers Pay Premium For French Wine

(Wine-Searcher) - The average price of a liter of French wine is more than double the global average. Drinkers might have access to more different wines from more countries than ever before, but they're prepared to pay a shell out for a taste of France. A report carried out for private bank BNP P...

April, 23, 2015 Oregon Wineries Earn 'B Corp' Certification

(Wines&Vines) - Two Oregon wineries announced today, Earth Day, that they had earned B Corp certification, one of the most rigorous sustainability certifications in the world. Administered by the nonprofit B Lab based in Wayne, Pa., B Corp certifications entail a series of assessments in whic...

April, 23, 2015 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are victims of wine fraud

(FoxNews) - It’s almost rosé season—but are you drinking the real deal? Fake bottles of Brangelina’s best selling Miraval Rosé are reportedly being sold by Chinese counterfeiters overseas. According to the Independent, the Perrin family-- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jol...

April, 22, 2015 Sonoma County's Vineyards Reach Halfway Mark Towards Becoming 100 Sustainable by 2019

(SWG) - Sonoma County Winegrowers announced today that more than half of all vineyard acres in Sonoma County have completed a sustainability self-assessment after just 15 months since the organization announced its bold commitment to become the nation’s first 100% sustainable wine region by 2...

April, 22, 2015 'Water tech’ finally ready to rise amid California’s drought

(SFChronicle) - In a tech-obsessed state that’s part desert, creating new technologies to save or clean water should be a no-brainer. But even though water technology helps preserve the most precious resource on Earth, startups in the field have struggled for years to attract the level of ...

April, 22, 2015 UK: BREWDOG LAUNCHES £25M CROWDFUNDING BID

(TDB) - BrewDog has launched its biggest crowdfunding bid to date, calling upon investors to help it raise £25 million. Equity for Punks, the independent brewer’s crowdfunding scheme, raised £4.25million for the brewery in less than six months in 2013, which at t...

April, 22, 2015 Nine Charged Over Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Heist

(Wine-Searcher) - Indictments over thefts of more than $100,000 worth of whiskey. The mystery surrounding a series of high-profile bourbon thefts appears to be solved after the arrest and indictment of nine people in Franklin County, Kentucky. Sheriff Pat Melton told reporters this week that ...