August, 14, 2018 Vintner’s Dream: Oil Additive Could Aid in Wine Production

(ScientificAmerican) - Every great bottle of wine begins with a humble fungal infection. Historically, winemakers relied on naturally occurring yeasts to convert grape sugars into alcohol; modern vintners typically buy one of just a few laboratory-grown strains. Now, to set their products apart, so...

August, 14, 2018 As Sales Of Canned Wine Jump 43% In A Year, Watch Upstart Tinto Amorio

(Forbes) - Beverage alcohol market research firm BW 166 LLC says retail wine sales in the U.S. between June 2017-June 2018 were flat at $3.3 billion. During the same period, however, sales of wine in boxes rose by 7% and sales of wine in cans jumped a whopping 43%. It may see...

August, 13, 2018 Farmers concerned about crops tainted by smoke

(WFP) - As smoke shrouds much of California, wine grapes are perhaps the most vulnerable. When wildfires send smoke into farmland, orchards and vineyards, growers are concerned about the impact of the tainted air on their crops, reported Giuseppe Ricapitio in the Union Democrat . "It's grape...

August, 13, 2018 French institute sees red over blue wine

(TDB) - As the blue wine trend gathers pace, with new blue wine Vindigo going on sale in France this month, French experts are finding the phenomenon hard to swallow. As reported by The Telegraph , Véronique Cheynier, director of research at the National Institute of Agricultural Researc...

August, 13, 2018 Creating Labels that Stand Out on the Shelves

(WB) - How does a winery manage to create a label that stands out on the shelves in stores hundreds of new labels are launched every year? First obtain customer feedback, according to Nielsen. “We know that objective feedback is really critical,” Nielsen vice president Jessica Gae...

August, 13, 2018 Uncle Sam Doesn't Care About Your Oscar

(Wine-Searcher) - Director Steven Soderbergh faces down the regulatory gauntlet to sell his new spirit, Jeanne O'Brien Coffey reports. For Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, selling his first feature film was much easier than selling his own spirit brand. He famously wrote "Sex, Lies...

August, 13, 2018 Court bans popular farm pesticide defended by Trump. What it means for farms, workers, kids

(SacBee) - In a rebuke to the Trump administration, an appeals court Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely used farm pesticide that environmentalists say can damage the nervous systems of farmworkers, their children and even consumers. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...

August, 13, 2018 Retail Value Rises For Key Players In Wine Market’s Above-$10 Tier

(Shankennewsdaily) - With consumers moving upscale, wines retailing at $10 a 750-ml. and higher continue to significantly expand their share of the U.S. market. In 2017, the $10-and-up segment rose 5.7% to 75.7 million cases, according to Impact Databank, while the total table wine category advan...