May, 06, 2014 KURNIAWAN PLEADS FOR SYMPATHY

(TDB) - Wine fraudster, Rudy Kurniawan, has pleaded for sympathy ahead of his sentencing claiming he only bottled fake vintages because he felt pressured to keep up with “elite collectors” and wanted to impress famous friends such as Jackie Chan. The 37-year-old is facing up to 40 ye...

May, 06, 2014 France: Sylvie Cazes buys Chateau Chauvin in Saint Emilion

(Decanter) - Sylvie Cazes, former director of Chateau Pichon Lalande, has purchased Chateau Chauvin in Saint Emilion for an undisclosed fee. The deal marks the first chateau purchase on Bordeaux's right bank for Sylvie Cazes, who is coproprietor of Domaine Jean-Michel Cazes. She named her three ch...

May, 06, 2014 BEAUTY INDUSTRY LOOKING TO THE WINE WORLD

(TDB) - An increasing number of skincare brands are latching onto the antioxidant properties found in grapes and incorporating them into their beauty products. As reported by the  Financial Times,  skincare brands are increasingly using resveratrol, an antioxidant found in the skin of ...

May, 06, 2014 Growing Appetite For White Burgundy in U.S.

(Wine-Searcher) - Pinot Noirs from DRC, Jayer and friends dominate the headlines but most Burgundy sold in the U.S. is white and comparatively cheap. U.S. sales of Burgundy wines continue to grow and show no sign of slowing, despite a strong Euro and a "shortage of product" pushing up prices. ...

May, 06, 2014 Wine: The sagrantino grape makes a comeback

(MN) - In the 1960s, the sagrantino grape was disappearing from the hillsides around the town of Montefalco, in Italy's Umbria region. Considered indigenous to the area, sagrantino, a sturdy red grape, had been cultivated at least since the Middle Ages. The monks grew it to make a sweet sacramental...

May, 06, 2014 Thinking Outside the Bottle - Are Kegs The Future For Wine?

(Forbes) - After Free Flow Wine’s business model stopped working, it reinvented itself. When it ran up against a Prohibition-era regulation, it convinced Florida to rewrite the law. “Crushing it” doesn’t have the same meaning for entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley as it does...

May, 05, 2014 Sprinklers in winery caves make no sense

(NVR) - Does the requirement for automated sprinkler systems rise to the standard of “health, safety and welfare”? I think not! Currently the Board of Supervisors has imposed a standard for the installation of sprinkler systems in winery buildings that far exceed the standards establi...

May, 05, 2014 Scientists identify mechanism underlying health benefits of red wine, blueberries

(MNT) -  Past research has suggested that red wine and blueberries may reduce inflammation, prevent heart disease and even some types of cancer. The reason behind such benefits? A compound called resveratrol. And now, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida say they have dis...