July, 20, 2018 Your favorite California wine may contain radioactive particles — from Japan

(Sacbee) - If your favorite California red wine was made anytime after 2011, it may contain trace amounts of radioactive particles — from a nuclear disaster in Japan. In a recent study , French nuclear physicists reported that they tested 18 bottles of rosé and cabernet sauvignon ...

July, 20, 2018 Wine Australia suspends Penfolds copycat’s export licence to China

(TDB) - Wine Australia has indefinitely suspended the export licence for an Australian wine company, Dalefolds, after it was found selling three Penfolds lookalike wines in China, the first case of license suspension after the wine trade organisation was given broader power this year to protect Aus...

July, 20, 2018 Skipping Hydration for Wine Fermentation

(Wines&Vines) - About five years ago, European yeast supplier Fermentis began to develop a brand of yeast that the company trademarked as E2U, which stands for Easy to Use. The goal was to develop a type of yeast that would make starting fermentations simpler. As all winemakers know, harvest is...

July, 19, 2018 Lousy Labels Won't Go Away

(Wine Searcher) - Is slapping breasts on wine labels now more "sex and the silly" than seductive? Back in 2009, Air France Flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board. Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French weekly, ran with a front cover only days after the disaster ...

July, 19, 2018 Oregon Wineries Step Up, Outside Players Move In

(Wines&Vines) - Mergers and acquisitions, plus explosive growth of brands, transform the state's industry Portland, Ore—Oregon is a special place, runs the conventional line: it may not have the perfect climate for wine (the claim neighboring Washington makes for itself) but it is home...

July, 19, 2018 Gérard Bertrand unveils $100k centenary wine collection

(TDB) - Dubai-based fine wine and luxury spirits retailer Le Clos has partnered with Languedoc winemaker Gérard Bertrand on a centenary collection of 18 fortified wines dating back to 1875 at an RRP of US$100,000. Available exclusively at the retailer’s outlet in Dubai International...

July, 19, 2018 Cornas pioneer Pierre-Auguste Clape dies

(Decanter) - Pierre-Auguste Clape, a leading figure of the Cornas appellation in northern Rhône, has died at the age of 93. Considered one of the pioneers of the renewal of quality wines in Cornas, Clape was also viewed as a guardian of a traditional approach to winemaking in the northern ...

July, 19, 2018 Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine

(Technologyreview) - The Japanese nuclear disaster bathed north America in a radioactive cloud. Now pharmacologists have found the telltale signature in California wine made at the time. Throughout the 1950s, the US, the Soviet Union, and others tested thermonuclear weapons in the Earth’s ...