July, 17, 2014 Top 10 wine poems

(TDB) - Wine and poetry have long enjoyed a happy relationship, the one often fuelling the other. But while wine has served as a poet’s muse since time immemorial, a number of scribes have gone a step further and penned odes to wine, from English romantic poet Percy B. Shelley rhapsodising...

July, 17, 2014 The Greek Economy, Through The Lens Of A Wine Glass

(Forbes) - Greece’s economic crisis has been devastating and overwhelming. Understanding its drivers and impacts — whether in that country’s urban environments, its islands, or its rural countryside — is challenging, to say the least. It helps to focus. For me, getting a ha...

July, 17, 2014 A glass of wine a day may not keep the doctor away

(TheDP) - Penn faculty contributed to a study that found that a glass of wine with dinner may not be as healthy as most people believe. The study, which was published on July 11, in the British Medical Journal, was led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine along with University Col...

July, 16, 2014 U.S. Wine Shipping Laws, State by State

(WineSpectator) - Much like finding a date, buying wine over the Internet is easier, safer and more popular than ever, but consumers who've gone through the process of purchasing wine online or over the phone from an out-of-state winery or retailer know that it always includes a tense moment of unc...

July, 16, 2014 Kurniawan Sentencing Drags on for Another Week

(Wine-Searcher) - The sentencing of wine conman Rudy Kurniawan has been delayed yet again. Convicted wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan will have to wait at least another week to learn his fate, after his sentencing was postponed for a third time on Tuesday, with the judge appearing unhappy with the le...

July, 16, 2014 US: Thieves face prison after $650,000 wine heist

(Decanter) - Two men who helped themselves to $650,000-worth of wine from a US warehouse on Thanksgiving Day have pleaded guilty to several counts of theft and burglary. One of the defendants, 35-year-old Samuel Arby Harris , also pleaded guilty to attempted arson during a hearing at King Co...

July, 16, 2014 In Bordeaux, French Wine Business vs. Safe Schools

(Worldcrunch) - After students were hospitalized in the Bordeaux winegrowing region, pesticides were blamed. Parents calling for new rules near schools face a "code of silence" protecting the wine sector. This village counts 402 residents and 250 hectares (618 acres) of vineyards. Arriving an ho...

July, 16, 2014 Man builds ‘shed’ out of 5,000 wine bottles

(TDB) - A “grotto” made from 5,000 wine bottles has been shortlisted as one of 32 finalists in the UK Shed of the Year competition. Bottle Dome was built by 75-year-old Richard Pim of Pembridge, Hertfordshire, who described his masterpiece, in which 5,000 bottles are set between cr...