June, 23, 2014 Turkey’s ‘wine dream has been halted’

(HDN) -  The Turkish wine sector is suffering from marketing restrictions brought about by new alcohol regulations, as the country’s wine makers continue to lose ground against newcomers in the market such as Georgia, Moldova and Israel. One of the most recent examples of the sector&r...

June, 23, 2014 NON! French wine bods attack ICANN over .vin domain plans

(TheRegister) - CANN50   Wine vendors are fighting against ICANN's plans to introduce .wine and .vin top level domain names. During a packed government advisory meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in London on Monday morning, France's minister for...

June, 22, 2014 Spain exports wine technology to the Napa Valley

(EWN) - THE vineyards of Cataluña are exporting their expertise in irrigation systems to the valleys of the Napa region in California. Cataluña’s councillor for Agriculture, Josep Maria Pelegri, has been visiting the American wine region and in particular the area where Codor...

June, 22, 2014 Red Wine Boosts Memory

(Jamaica-Gleaner) - The human capacity to learn and form memories could be enhanced by a popular  antioxidant  compound present in red wine, according to a study conducted by scientists in Germany. The substance, touted for its ostensible myriad of  health benefits  and ...

June, 20, 2014 WOMEN ARE BETTER TASTERS THAN MEN

(TDB) - It’s official: women are naturally better tasters than men according to Dr Deborah Parker, beer sommelier and associate director at UK sensory research specialists Marketing Sciences. Speaking to the drinks business last week at the company’s Sensory Science Testing and Resea...

June, 20, 2014 Champagne lawyers win battle over cigarette papers

(Decanter) - Lawyers for Champagne trade body CIVC have won their latest trademark battle, securing damages from a French company selling cigarette rolling papers. The company, Royal Distribution Tabac Distri Nord, was selling rolling papers under the name Crystal Champs and accompanied by an im...

June, 20, 2014 TOP 5 CLASSIC WINERY VEHICLES

(TDB) - From bottle-shaped cars to souped-up Rolls-Royce delivery vans, vehicles have been enlisted as marketing tools for wineries for decades. A Penfolds delivery vehicle from the 1940s , an Antinori-commissioned station wagon from the same decade, and a truck shaped like a cork form a cavalc...

June, 19, 2014 The world's first interactive wine label? It's coming.

(LATimes) - Here’s a new idea. Terravant Wine Company in Buellton on the Central Coast has just introduced a new label called "Scratchpad." Each bottle of Scratchpad wine — 2011 Central Coast Chardonnay ($13), 2012 Central Coast Sauvignon Blanc ($11) and 2011 Central Coast Pinot Noir ($...