August, 25, 2014 Grape expectations: How to make the "sexiest wine on the planet"

(CNN)  - In Lebanon's picturesque Bekaa Valley, life moves at a gentle pace. Tractors trundle along narrow country roads while sleepy vineyards blossom beneath the pleasant glare of the mid-afternoon sun. It's here, amidst this green and fertile hinterland, that the roots of Lebanon's m...

August, 25, 2014 Wine + Tech: Measuring The ROI Of Digital Media

(Forbes) - When I set out to explore how wine brands measure ROI on digital media channels, I wanted to illustrate the range of both investment and scale. So I started with what I thought were examples from opposite ends of the spectrum: Constellation Brands (the world’s largest producer...

August, 24, 2014 Crimean winemakers are getting a helping hand from Russia

(QZ) - Russia may soon create a state corporation to produce materials for winemaking. This is part of its ongoing economic divorce from Europe, and also to benefit Crimea, the newest (and oldest) part of Russia. Russia’s business ombudsman, Boris Titov, wants to produce more “wine mate...

August, 24, 2014 Earthquake rattles, doesn't wreck Napa wineries

(USAToday) - Near the height of annual harvesting and tourist season, California's Napa Valley wineries were struck hard by Sunday's magnitude-6.0 earthquake, but many reported surprisingly light damage. The early morning earthquake, whose epicenter was about 9 miles south of Napa, jolted reside...

August, 22, 2014 Discover Your Wine Personality for Better Buys

(ABCNews) - Let’s get real: it can be all too easy to grab whatever wine is available (and cheapest) at your local store. But the truth is you can probably do much better. There’s no reason to settle when it comes to wine, because the affordable options are endless, and you can end up f...

August, 22, 2014 Fate of fine wine in Arthur Goldman's case is uncertain

(Philly) - The lawyer who peddled fine wines from his Main Line home made out with probation and community service. His wine might not fare as well. Police want to destroy the 2,426 bottles they seized in January from Arthur Goldman's Malvern home, the typical fate for bootleg booze. But this co...

August, 22, 2014 BC: It Takes a Lot of Cow Skulls to Make Good Wine

(MV) - The neighbors were upset. The people of Kelowna, a pastoral community in British Columbia’s southern interior, are a notoriously God-fearing lot. So, when the recently relocated New York real-estate-developer-turned-vintner Stephen Cipes erected the eponymous edifice of his Summerhill ...

August, 21, 2014 The 16 Most Counterfeited Wines

(Wine-Searcher) - Maureen Downey reassures us that only certain old vintages of a short list of wines are targets for fakers. Rudy Kurniawan may be in prison, but hundreds of counterfeit wines are still out there. The good news is that based in large part on evidence federal investigators rec...