August, 17, 2018 Tasting notes decoded: Beetroot wine, anyone?

(Decanter) - Get to grips with the some of the more obscure tasting notes used by wine experts, with graphics from Decanter's design team. This week we decode 'beetroot'... Beetroot is a round root vegetable, and the most common variety has a wine-dark purple skin with slightly lighter...

August, 16, 2018 LeBron James Drafts Another All-Star Wine Team

(WS) - From Napa to Châteauneuf, here's what the winemakers told us about making the King's cut. Plus, Médoc, Maipo, mayhem collide in epic new wine-painted wine comic; questionable '70s diet recommends wine, eggs, steak, coffee, nothing else. The NBA season is over—which mean...

August, 16, 2018 Why aren’t there more natural wineries you can visit?

(SFChronicle) - I get emails from readers all the time asking for personalized recommendations for where they should go wine tasting when they’re in California Wine Country. Ninety-nine percent of the time, my answer is easy: We have a website for that! It’s called  The Press , and...

August, 16, 2018 Is it ever okay to put ice in your wine?

(Thetakeout) - No, it is not. We kid, we kid. But this is the sort of question that would seem, before you ask it, to be cut and dry. It’s a hard no. A tacky move. A waste of a good drink. A thing that, um, Martha Stewart does. In March, Jezebel writer Kate Dries confessed to Stewart th...

August, 16, 2018 New tariffs could cost U.S. nut and fruit industries over $3 billion

(UCANR) - The ongoing international trade turmoil between the U.S. and other countries has prompted import tariffs on many U.S. agricultural commodities in important export markets, which could hurt U.S. farmers. A new report released by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resou...

August, 16, 2018 Constellation Brands to Invest $5 Billion CAD ($4 Billion USD) in Canopy Growth to Establish Transformative Global Position and

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, and Canopy Growth Corporation (Canopy Growth) (TSX: WEED, NYSE: CGC), a leading diversified cannabis company (together, the “Companies”), today announced a significant expansion of their ...

August, 15, 2018 Truett-Hurst, Inc. Announces Sale Of Wholesale Wine Business To Precept Brands, LLC

/PRNewswire/ -- Truett-Hurst, Inc. (NASDAQ: THST) announced today that it sold its wholesale wine business to Precept Brands LLC ("Precept"). Truett-Hurst's wholesale wine business consists of the Company's wholesale bottled wine inventory, brands, supplies and bulk wine inventory used for the Comp...

August, 15, 2018 U.S. Wine Sales Up Despite Import Competition

(Wines&Vines) - Steady growth in U.S. wine sales continued through July, traditionally a slower season for purchases and direct-to-consumer shipments. U.S. domestic wine sales increased 2% to $3 billion in July versus last year, market research firm bw166 reported, while Chicago, Ill.-based ...