December, 02, 2014 California: Is Your Winery Medal Worthy?

(Wines&Vines) - Most wineries have a medal—or many—from competitions where their wines have shone. But winners of the first annual California Green Medal will be among an elite group. The California Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership program has launched a competition in which only ...

December, 01, 2014 VaynerMedia Taps Tumblr Exec Amid Plans to Grow but Not Sell

(AdAge) - VaynerMedia has hired Tumblr Agency Development Lead Ari Levine to run new business as the 400-person digital shop maps out plans to grow. "The agency is quite large, but it doesn't have a [structured] new business department," said VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk, agency co-founder an...

December, 01, 2014 Vine Notes: Problems with wine price increases

(NBBJ) - With the U.S. wine market expecting to post its 21st consecutive year of growth in case good sales, a relatively healthy U.S. economy and an even brighter picture in the Bay Area, North Coast wineries are enjoying robust demand for their products, particularly through tasting rooms and clu...

December, 01, 2014 Australian wine uncorked for Korean market opening

(KH) - Australia’s scorching sun and mineral-rich soil provide excellent conditions for growing grapes. Australians’ innovativeness, adventurism and love of alcohol has led to the production of some of the finest wines in the world. In an effort to get more of this wine flowing in Kore...

December, 01, 2014 10 things the beer industry won’t tell you

(MW) -  1. People drink less beer than they used to Here’s something for beer fans to say cheers to: The majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a brewery. There are now nearly 3,200 breweries nationwide, up from 97 just 30 years ago. Beer has long been the nation’s favor...

November, 25, 2014 Go Big or Go Home: Thoughts about Tannin Structures and Oxygen Resistance in Red Wines

(NomaCork) - There are a number of complementary factors – and perhaps almost as many competing theories – about what makes a red wine resistant to oxygen, meaning how well and how long it will keep its aromatic profile after the bottle is opened, or how long it will keep when it is lai...

November, 25, 2014 NATURAL BOTRYTIS-KILLING PESTICIDE LICENCED

(TDB) - A British company is on the cusp of commercialising an all-natural pesticide that can kill the grape fungus botrytis and is harmless to the honey bee. Eden Research announced this week that it had signed an exclusive agreement with SIPCAM, a chemical manufacturing company based in M...

November, 25, 2014 Italy: Lugana Winemakers Fear the Train a-Comin'

(Wine-Searcher) - A high-speed rail link across northern Italy threatens vineyards. The Italian white wine zone of Lugana, an attractive parcel of countryside within spitting distance of Lake Garda, is struggling to maintain its integrity – in every sense of the word. Some twenty years ...