July, 08, 2014 Chianti Classico council opens first wine centre

(Deacanter) - The Chianti Classico Consorzio has opened its first wine education centre aimed at tourists visiting the Italian region.  Chianti Classico House will offer tasting lessons, cooking shows and vineyard picnics, said the Consorzio after officially opening the centre at the newly-r...

July, 08, 2014 Marks & Spencer uses wine to help the battle against ageing

(FF) - Marks & Spencer have been scouting a new ingredient to use in their anti-ageing range and they found it somewhere we can’t imagine looking, a glass of wine. Their Pure Super Grape range features the grape pulp that’s a by-product of M&S’s own English wines rammed w...

July, 08, 2014 Canada: Resistant Weeds Threaten Vineyards

(Wines&Vines) - Working with wheat farmers on Canada’s prairies, agronomist Ken Sapsford of the University of Saskatchewan is no stranger to herbicide resistance in grains. The use of broad-spectrum herbicides such as glyphosate—best known as Monsanto’s Roundup, though it ex...

July, 08, 2014 Wine Spectator Foundation Donates $3 Million to Sonoma State University

(SND) - The Wine Spectator Scholarship Foundation has pledged a $3 million gift to Sonoma State University. The gift will support the construction of the new home for SSU’s Wine Business Institute, which will be named the Wine Spectator Learning Center. “Sonoma State University has tak...

July, 08, 2014 US wine bodies pressure officials on .wine domain names

(Decanter) - Trade bodies representing nearly 2,000 wineries in some of the best known US wine regions have taken on their own national government by backing tougher rules on who can register .wine internet domain names. An alliance of winemakers spanning California, Oregon, Washington and New Yor...

July, 03, 2014 France allows bosses to ban wine from offices

(TheLocal) - France's love affair with its most famous beverage will be subject to a few more rules now that a government decree has allowed employers to begin banning wine from the workplace. The traditional Gallic "pot" -- a convivial office drinks party -- may be a thing of the past aft...

July, 03, 2014 US: Federal government to assess local wine grape losses in Ohio

(NN5) - On July 9, representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture will tour local wineries to assess the damage done to local wine grapes by this past winter's extreme weather. All Northeastern Ohio Wineries from Avon east to the Pennsylvania line suffered deep losses to th...

July, 03, 2014 Napa Valley wildfire threatens 400 homes in California’s wine country

(Reuters) – In the midst of a statewide drought, a wildfire has consumed 3,200 acres (1,295 hectares) near Northern California’s Napa Valley wine country, threatening nearly 400 homes and prompting evacuations, officials said Wednesday. The fire, which started on Butts Canyon Road...