July, 10, 2018 Obama urges wine industry to collaborate in climate change fight

(Decanter) - Former US president Barack Obama has used a climate change summit in Porto to urge the wine industry to work together more, and called on businesses to help shape government policy on the issue. Business should unite to share ideas and exert influence over governments about climate ...

July, 10, 2018 Your expensive French rosé may just be cheap Spanish wine

(NYPost) -Sacré bleu! As many as 4 million bottles of cheap Spanish wine have been sneakily disguised as more superior French rosé, a sobering new report has found. Up to 3.4 million liters of plonk was sold in bulk — and passed off as the real deal — with fake label...

July, 10, 2018 The Most Vital Tool in a Winery Tasting Room

(Wines&Vines) - Tasting rooms drive 85% of wine club growth and are the cornerstone of a winery's direct-to-consumer (DtC) business. Regardless of which type you choose, the look and feel of your wine glass helps frame the wine tasting as an experience, not just a beverage. Far too many tast...

July, 10, 2018 PAILLARD QUITS OVER PALMER ‘BETRAYAL’

(TDB) - After almost 20 years in the role, Bruno Paillard is to quit his post as president of the Commission for the Protection of Champagne over Champagne Palmer’s distribution deal with US wine company Constellation Brands. In a lengthy and at times ferociously worded interview with loca...

July, 10, 2018 Napa's Cabernet Dependency Deepens

(Wine-Searcher) - The flood of Cabernet comes down to a very simple equation: better returns mean more profit. Does Napa Valley have too much Cabernet? The question informed most of last month's Vineyard Economics Symposium. There is no easy answer, and your opinion may depend on your time...

July, 10, 2018 Three Social Media No-Nos For Wine Producers

(Forbes) - The U.S. wine market is still tightly regulated by the so-called Tied House rules, which have been in place since the repeal of  Prohibition  in 1933. They were designed to not allow any one tier of the business to have “undue” control of wine sales. However, their ...

July, 10, 2018 This Non-Alcoholic Water Tastes Like Wine

(Fortune) - An Israeli company has literally turned water into wine with a new beverage called  O.Vine , a product that looks and tastes like wine—but doesn’t contain any alcohol. Unlike non-alcoholic wine, the product, called “wine water,” is made by infusing water ...

July, 10, 2018 Making Wine With Yoda

(Bonappetit) - He said it out of nowhere, in the same stern tone he used to dictate fermentation processes or to tell someone where to park: “You should make wine.” I searched his face in the patio light for any sign of humor. It was April 2018 in Abruzzo, Italy, nearly a year to the da...