January, 15, 2014 Austria: Ice wine harvest at risk of rotting

(AustrianTimes) - Austria's winegrowers are warning that the extremely mild winter is threatening this year's ice wine harvest, the so-called Eisweinlese. Ice wine is made when some of the grapes are left on the vine after the harvest in autumn and are only plucked after the first freeze. The extr...

January, 15, 2014 Behold: A 'Wine Glass' for Coca-Cola

(Bloomberg) - Coca-Cola (KO) is a drink often sucked up greedily from a giant paper cup, but Georg Riedel is the type of aficionado who believes the right glass can refine the flavor of any drink. Such claims can only be expected from the owner of Riedel, an Austrian company that makes tailored gla...

January, 15, 2014 Top 10 wine feuds of 2013

(TDB) - 10. Ysios sues Calatrava over dodgy roof In April Bodegas Ysios in Rioja announced it was suing world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava for €2m over problems with an “undulating” roof he designed for the firm in 2001. While the silver roof mirrors pleasantly refle...

January, 15, 2014 French government endorses Burgundy vineyards, Champagne for UNESCO status

(Decanter) - France's government is aiming to put Burgundy's vineyards and the entire Champagne sector on the UNESCO world heritage list, to the delight of producers after they missed out last year. France's culture ministry has proposed Burgundy's vineyards (pictured), with their myriad and intri...

January, 15, 2014 Sonoma County wine growers set goal of 100% sustainability

(SFGate) - The Sonoma County Winegrape Commission wants every vineyard and winery in its domain to be certified sustainable in the next five years. The plan, which will be announced Wednesday, could make Sonoma County the first wine region in the nation to be 100 percent sustainable. It's a tall ...

January, 15, 2014 Wine In Texas? Hill Country Named Top Destination For Oenophiles In 2014

(IBTimes) - Wine Enthusiast just released its list of top wine travel destinations for 2014, and while places like Mendoza, Sonoma and the Barossa Valley may come as little surprise, here’s one that might: Texas Hill Country. Yes. We’re talking about that Texas, the hot, dry Lone Star ...

January, 15, 2014 East Bay Utility Welcomes Winery Wastewater

(Wines&Vines) - Call it “hold and haul” or “tank and truck,” the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s (EBMUD) trucked waste-disposal program now enables 50 Northern California wineries to manage their wastewater output reliably and flexibly without costly investme...

January, 14, 2014 French Wine Awards Honor American Invention

(Wine-Searcher) - The American-made device that lets you drink wine without opening the bottle has been named the Innovation of the Year at the annual awards of France’s leading wine publication La Revue du Vin de France (LRVF). Coravin, invented by Californian Greg Lambrecht, allows you to ...