September, 25, 2014 It's a Vineyard Seller's Market

(Wines&Vines) - The 23rd Wine Industry Financial Symposium, designed to bring together lenders and the wine business, was held earlier this week at the Marriott Napa Valley. Among many interesting sessions, one that attracted great attention was that on winery and vineyard sales and acquisition...

September, 24, 2014 Red wine is NOT good for pregnant woman, according to new study

(Express) - ENJOYING the odd tipple of red wine while pregnant may not be good for you as hoped, according to scientists who say its 'healthy' ingredient could harm the unborn child's pancreas. Resveratrol - an ingredient of red wine once hailed the 'wonder drug' - which protects against harmful a...

September, 24, 2014 Behold a Calendar of Nude French Wine Harvesters

(PunchDrink) - Behind the bar at Le Bist’roch in Nuits are two curious items—things you don’t expect to see at a hardscrabble Burgundian natural wine bar owned by Domaine Prieuré Roch. One is a tiny version of the domaine’s wine bottle filled with white peppercorns fr...

September, 24, 2014 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars opens $7 million visitors' center

(Bizjournals) - Stag's Leap Wine Cellars in Napa has opened its new $7 million visitors' center. The new center, dubbed the Fay Outlook & Visitor Center, was designed by Barcelona-based architect Javier Barba, and is named after one of the winery's estate vineyards. It overlooks the Fay and S....

September, 24, 2014 Starbucks is testing a beer-flavored latte

(WP) - At Starbucks, gimmicky drinks are all the rage. For example, people like the company’s pumpkin spice latte. But Starbucks is going beyond Halloween-themed beverages and offering lattes that taste like beer. Get ready, Ohio and Florida — you are the test market for beer...

September, 24, 2014 Grape Harvest Arrives, Slowly, in New York

(Wines&Vines) - Spring arrived slowly across New York after the frigid winter of 2013-2014. Budbreak was later than usual by several weeks, but that had the advantage of fewer problems with spring frosts. Summer did finally arrive, bringing warm days and cool nights — lovely weather for p...

September, 24, 2014 Burgundy exports suffer from 'lack of availability'

(Decanter) - The latest Burgundy export figures suggest the region's wines are becoming harder for consumers to find and there are fears that prices have risen too strongly. Burgundy wine exports dropped by 12% in volume for the first seven months of 2014, versus the same period of last year, accor...

September, 24, 2014 Chile wine trends: 2. Extreme viticulture

(TDB) - While many viticultural changes are taking place within Chile to improve the quality of its grapes, such a replanting on rootstocks, using improved clones, reproducing old vine material and managing vineyards for a better sugar-acidity balance in the berries, it is the planting of increasin...