October, 22, 2013 Top 10 ways to build a drinks brand

(TDB) - The drinks industry is becoming increasingly crowded – a quick glance behind the bar in your local pub will tell you that, writes Gary Westlake. Every brand is trying to shout something different – we’re older/newer/purer/more traditional/quirkier than our competitors....

October, 22, 2013 Grape Harvest Winds Down in Napa

(W&V) - Anthony Truchard of Truchard Vineyards summed up this year’s harvest in Napa Valley succinctly: “Fat, fast and furious.” Truchard, whose family farms in the Carneros AVA, said, “Mother Nature was again very generous to Napa Valley in 2013. Both the yields an...

October, 21, 2013 Diplomacy European wines: to stop the Chinese investigations?

(Vitisphere) - Caught up in the Chinese investigations since the beginning of the summer , the wine industry had kept craw After the Sino-EU negotiations on the solar panels.  "We were embedded in this case because of photovoltaics, but once the problem is solved, we were left in the...

October, 21, 2013 From the fields to the front office: Latino wineries grow strong in Napa and Sonoma

During harvest season in the Napa and Sonoma valleys, the fields are filled with Latinos of all ages, working under the hot sun as they move through row after row of grapes on the vine that will eventually produce some of the greatest wines in the region. But increasingly, Latinos are not just i...

October, 21, 2013 Henry Tang sues US lawyer over wine auction claims

(Decanter) - Hong Kong’s former first secretary, Henry Tang, is suing a US-based lawyer who questioned the authenticity of a small number of wines he sold via auction earlier this year. A formal ‘writ of summons’ has been issued against  Don Cornwell  by the Court of ...

October, 21, 2013 Australia: Frost wipes out wine grape crops

(ABC) - Frost has wiped out wine grape crops at Murrumbateman, on the southern tablelands of New South Wales, near Canberra. Some growers have reported losses of 50 to 100 per cent in low-lying areas, while others say their vines have survived unscathed. Last week's frosts followed one of the...

October, 21, 2013 MU studies cancer-fighting red wine compound

(KansasCity) -  A University of Missouri medical researcher is working to use the cancer-fighting compounds found in grape skins and red wine in tumor-killing radiation treatments.   Surgical oncologist Michael Nicholl says a recent study shows that resveratrol can make certain melan...

October, 20, 2013 Idaho’s wine harvest low-yield but high-quality

(Missoulian) - With the fall harvest, 2013 is shaping up to be a good year for local wine and a bad year for local vintners. Treasure Valley grape growers are in the midst of harvesting a crop they describe as low-yield but high-quality. A combination of an unusually cold winter and late spri...