January, 14, 2015 Analyzing the Compounds that Influence Foamability and Foam Stability in Sparkling Wines

(AcademicWino) - Happy New Year! I hope the first week of 2015 has treated you all well so far, and if not, well, it’ll get better! Since it is the New Year, and since sparkling wine is the traditional go-to wine for this particular holiday, I thought I’d share with you the results of ...

January, 14, 2015 AUS: Wine grape harvest underway in the Upper Hunter

(ABC) - The wine grape harvest is underway in the Upper Hunter with Two Rivers at Denman reporting a positive start to picking. Sparkling grapes have been first off the vines, while a test run of the company's whites has returned good results. James Estate at Baerami expects harvesting of its cro...

January, 13, 2015 How Will the Rising Dollar Affect the U.S. Wine Market?

(WineEconomist) - How will the rising dollar affect the U.S. wine market? The answer, predictably, is that it’s complicated. Read on for analysis organized around three questions. Why has the dollar appreciated? What are the textbook effects of a rising dollar? How and why is the impact on U....

January, 13, 2015 New Nomacorc owners eye acquisitions after buyout deal

(Decanter) - The founder of the world's largest producer of synthetic corks, Nomacorc, may pursue acquisitions after joining with Bespoke Capital to buy out the group's previous majority owner, Summit Partners. Nomacorc’s founder and chairman, Marc Noel, and Boston-based Bespoke Capital ha...

January, 13, 2015 San Francisco entrepreneur creates 'wine club for cannabis'

(BizJournals) - A subscription-based startup that sends different strains of marijuana to its customers each month has recently debuted in California. Dane Pieri launched San Francisco-based Marvina last November. He said his company is like a "wine club for cannabis," in which each of its su...

January, 13, 2015 Unpretentious Millennials Are Changing the Way We Drink Wine, Barefoot's CMO Says

(AW) - When it comes to successful family businesses, it's hard to find a more American example than E&J Gallo. Now in its 81st year, the winery is the largest on earth (16,000 acres in California) whose 60 brands have a lock on nearly a quarter of the U.S. wine market—and it's still...

January, 13, 2015 BEER SALES BOOST CONSTELLATION REVENUE

(TheDrinksBusines) - Constellation Brands has reported a 7% rise in revenue in its third quarter results, boosted by sales of its beer brands including Corona and Modelo. The company’s net income rose to $222 million, or $1.10 per share, in the third quarter to 30 November from $211 millio...

January, 13, 2015 French court places 1855.com in liquidation

(Decanter) - The Tribunal de Commerce in Paris put Heracles into liquidation on 9 January, less than two months after it released the group from administration. Heracles, which included 1855, ChateauOnline (renamed Ares) and Cave Privee businesses, owed millions of euros to creditors and buyers ...