March, 28, 2014 New members for global coalition to protect wine place names

(NVR) - Santa Barbara County in California and French wine regions Bordeaux and Bourgogne/Chablis are the latest signatories of the Joint Declaration to Protect Wine Place & Origin, a global movement aimed at ensuring wine place names are protected and not abused or miscommunicated to consumers...

March, 28, 2014 "Grape Disaster" Declared For Finger Lakes Wine Region

(RHP) - It has been a long winter for the Finger Lakes Wine region. It got so bad that the Department of Agriculture is calling it an "agricultural disaster." The declaration will help grape growers in the upstate region get critical relief. Now they will be eligible for emergency loans and reco...

March, 28, 2014 Argentina winemakers facing difficult 2014 vintage

(Decanter) - After the highs of 2013, Argentina is facing a much more complicated vintage this year, winemakers say. Unhelpful weather at different times in the growing season, including frost and late season rain, means Argentina's 2014 wine grape haul is set to drop by around a fifth versus la...

March, 28, 2014 TOP 10 MOST POWERFUL WINE BRANDS

(TDB) - Every year nearly 10,000 drinks brands are analysed by Drinks Power Brands to produce a comprehensive overview of the most powerful spirits and wine brands in the world. Every year Drinks Power Brands analyse nearly 10,000 brands in the spirits and wine sector to compile a list of the mo...

March, 28, 2014 How about some wine ice cream?

(DailyComet) - Efforts to add wine-infused ice cream to supermarket shelves got a frosty reception Thursday from Louisiana lawmakers who worried that minors could get drunk off the tasty treat. The state’s Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control says lawmakers need to authorize the sale of a...

March, 28, 2014 Get to Know the Global Superstars of Wine

(WSJ) - What every wine drinker should know about Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah and Riesling. “I KNOW NOTHING about wine—where do I start?” is perhaps the most frequent question I am asked. An obvious starting point is with...

March, 27, 2014 Duchess opens England’s answer to UC Davis

(TDB) - HRH The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened the UK’s first dedicated viticulture and oenology research centre yesterday. The £2 million Rathfinny Research Winery at Plumpton College in East Sussex forms part of a mission to help the English wine industry rival its more establ...

March, 27, 2014 A “New” Old Grape: Spigamonti, Candidate for the Wine Mosaic Collection?

(PalatePress) - In the summer of 2000, an agronomist consultant called Claudio Oliboni was checking some vineyards in a little place called Spigamonti.  This is on a hill near the village of Negrar, in the heart the Valpolicella region. The vineyards belonged to an associate grape grower in th...