December, 17, 2013 Portugal: Wine exports reach €500m

(ThePortugalNews) - Nine monthly wine exports break the half billion mark Portuguese wine exports put on growth of 4.5% in the first nine months of this year to exceed €500 million, the Institute of Vines and Wines has reported. A statement from the institution reported that the third ...

December, 17, 2013 Wine: Napa's powerhouse duo produces Barrett & Barrett

(InsideBayArea) - How do two of the world's most respected winemakers, who happen to be husband and wife, craft a wine together? With crystal-clear roles. Razor sharp lines drawn in the vineyard and cellar. You do this. I do this. Then, we'll convene over a barrel and blend. Fortunately, famed Na...

December, 16, 2013 UK VINEYARDS SET TO BENEFIT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

(TDB) - Britain could become one of the world’s key wine producers by the middle of this century as global warming moves the limits of viticulture further north. “The wine industry in Europe will certainly change to follow the climate changes,” Matthieu Elzinga, chief winemaker...

December, 16, 2013 Wild yeast fermentation – true or false?

(WineCompanion) - The news release of the Australian Wine Research Institute of November 28 came in while I was in Myanmar, (albeit only accidentally stumbling across Myanmar’s Red Mountain wines, which seem to have been made by someone with plenty of winemaking know-how).  The AWRI r...

December, 16, 2013 Sonoma County: Sebastopol winemaker Paul Hobbs fires back against vineyard lawsuit

(PD) - Sebastopol winemaker Paul Hobbs has taken aim at a lawsuit that seeks to block his company’s 48-acre vineyard conversion project in west Sonoma County, a company spokesman said Friday. Hobbs this week filed a motion to dismiss the suit brought last month by the Watertrough Road Chil...

December, 16, 2013 Napa Growers Hear Some Good News Regarding Vineyard Regulations

(Wines&Vines) - Business owners tend to hate rules and regulations, and grapegrowers are no exception. Nevertheless, a room full of vineyard owners and managers managed to get to the Yountville Community Center by 8 a.m. Thursday for a summary of recent and potential rules and regulations that ...

December, 16, 2013 KOCH TESTIFIES AT KURNIAWAN TRIAL

(TDB) - On day five of the trial of alleged wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan, billionaire wine collector Bill Koch took to the witness stand to testify against Kurniawan. The CEO of Oxbox Carbon told the jury in New York on Friday that some 219 bottles of Burgundy that he paid US$2.1m for can be tr...

December, 16, 2013 California: Court Blocks Sonoma Vineyard Planting

(WineSpectator) - The battle over more than 300 acres of undeveloped land on Sonoma’s coast owned by Artesa Vineyards and Winery isn’t over, but environmental groups have won a key round. A county judge has rejected several parts of Artesa’s environmental review of plans to plant ...