October, 14, 2013 North Coast: Winemakers pleased with quality, size of early 2013 harvest

(NBBJ) - Early to start, the 2013 North Coast winegrape season is heading toward largely an early finish this month and is sizing up to be above the average for the past several years, in some cases rivaling last year’s record crop. Picking is into the home stretch in Sonoma, Napa and L...

October, 14, 2013 Jackson Family's Banke keen for more deals

(Decanter) - Jackson Family Wines' chairman, Barbara Banke, is still keen to add vineyards to her haul of the past two years, with owners across Oregon and California more willing to consider offers than in the past. Barbara Banke has just completed the acquisition of Solena winery in Orego...

October, 14, 2013 Texas Winery on the Auction Block

(Wines&Vines) - One of the oldest wineries in Texas, Pheasant Ridge Winery in Lubbock, will be sold at auction Nov. 6. The winery, located in the Texas High Plains AVA, was an early pioneer in commercial winemaking in the state, and the vineyard was one of the first to be planted with vinifer...

October, 14, 2013 Cheers! Airlines strive to select perfect wines

(USAToday) - Three times a year, James Cluer, one of about 300 masters of wine in the world, flies to Frankfurt from Napa Valley for a blind tasting of as many as 100 wines. Over three days, he and other wine experts drink and debate and eventually narrow the list down to three wines. "Somet...

October, 14, 2013 Berger: Hidden costs of making wine

(PD) - As with any agricultural product, wine goes through cycles similar to boom and bust, but what the consumer doesn't see are the bad times, which can occur for various reasons at any time. There are hidden pitfalls in this game, which is not a game but a serious business with pressures th...

October, 14, 2013 Bordeaux 2013: A Cabernet Vintage

(TDB) - Vintage conditions in Bordeaux this year have favoured white wines and the Cabernet grape according to Alain Crohem, development director at CA Grands Crus, a group of wine estates owned by Crédit Agricole. During a discussion on Thursday evening with the drinks business about t...

October, 14, 2013 Americans Chugged Beer To Get Through The Recession, But Wine's Made A Huge Comeback

(BusinessInsider) - They say vice is recession proof. But that appears to depend on what you're drinking.  Here, via Bloomberg Editor Michael McDonough , is a chart showing U.S. personal consumption expenditure on beer and wine from 2000. As you can see, wine saw heavy losses as the ...

October, 14, 2013 Millennials Are Changing the Wine Industry With Their Wine-Guzzling

(Jezebel) - Millennials are drinking more wine than the lame-os of generations past, and it's changing the face of the industry. And they said we'd never accomplish anything! According to Ronan Stafford, Canadean Wine Report analyst, millennials above the legal drinking age guzzled up 25.7 perce...