January, 27, 2014 China’s New Obsession: French Wine

(NYTimes) - WHEN the Bordeaux International Wine Institute, which offers business management training in the oenological arts, opened its doors in 2004, it had 20 students, mostly from domestic French wineries. Today it has 105. What is most striking about this year’s class isn’t its s...

January, 24, 2014 Asia Pacific wine trade loses $1 billion a year to red tape: APEC

(BP) -  Red tape is costing the Asia Pacific's wine industry $1.0 billion a year, APEC said Friday, as it vowed to simplify the procedures to take advantage of growing demand in the region. A complex web of non-tariff barriers such as multiple export certificates and unnecessary testing is ha...

January, 24, 2014 Hard-Won Burgundy

(WSJ) - A series of record-low harvests means France's most highly prized wine will be rarer—and more expensive—than ever. IN BURGUNDY, the cellars are lying half empty. Where there would usually, at this time of year, be rows of oak barrels full of maturing wine waiting to be bottled,...

January, 24, 2014 Chickens Become Vineyard Workers

(Wine-Searcher) - Forget horses plowing between vines, the latest must-have in vineyard maintenance is chickens. Leading the way is a Loire Valley producer who has just introduced 250 chickens to an acre of his vineyard to help with the upkeep. Philippe Boucard, a grape grower in the cabernet fran...

January, 24, 2014 WINE: Good wine needs nurturing

(BDLive) - THE old adage that there’s no such thing as bad kids, just bad parents, could easily have been written for the world of wine. The French use the term “elevage” — which literally means “bringing up” or “rearing” — to describe the proce...

January, 24, 2014 US: 90% of States Open to Wine Shipping

(Wines&Vines) - Ninety percent of the 50 United States are open to direct shipping, Steve Gross, director of state relations for the San Francisco, Calif.-based Wine Institute, told an audience this morning at the Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium held at the South San Francisco Convention Cent...

January, 24, 2014 Legendary Racing Family Is En Route to Legendary Status in Wine!

(PRWEB) - The Foyt family is known for their legendary status in motorsports. Now they are serving notice to the wine industry! The Foyt Family Wines2010 No. 77 Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon won the Double Gold Medal in the prestigious 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (SFCWC). It is...

January, 24, 2014 California winemakers face worst drought in decades

(Decanter) - One of the worst droughts to hit California in recent decades is causing concern for winemakers across the state. California's state governor, Jerry Brown, has this month officially declared a drought across the state, which last year saw its lowest annual rainfall total since records...