September, 16, 2013 EU agriculture commissioner seeks freeze on .wine, .vin domain registration

(Decanter) - Decanter.com understands the European Agriculture Commission is concerned about the protection of European wine names, such as Bordeaux, Champagne and Chianti, on the internet. European agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolos (pictured) is seeking a temporary halt to pre-registration...

September, 16, 2013 French expect small but high-quality wine vintage

(TribLive) - French wine producers said they were expecting a small but high-quality 2013 vintage after violent storms and the coldest spring in more than 25 years afflicted vineyards. Output was expected to fall to some of the lowest levels in two decades in many parts of the world's largest...

September, 15, 2013 Farmers using falcons to scare off crop-eating birds

(LATimes) - Falconers bring an ancient twist to modern farming. They're not cheap, but neither is netting. And the 'stooping' technique can be more effective than scarecrows, noise and flash tape. To keep pesky birds away from his blueberries, veteran farmer Mark Flamm has blared recordi...

September, 15, 2013 Tourism Australia's new advertising campaign to spruik food and wine

(DT) - AUSTRALIA'S tourism bosses have thrown out the old view of a nation throwing shrimps on the barbie and swilling cans of Fosters beer in favour of a more sophisticated impression of a country offering exotic dining locations, pristine produce, and world class wines.   The new gourme...

September, 15, 2013 DtC Shipment Growth Leads Wine Metrics

(Wines&Vines) - Direct-to-consumer shipments in August were up 23% over last year and totaled $67 million for the month. August marked the fourth month in a row that DtC sales exceeded levels from the same months in 2012. The sustained growth in the DtC segment was the most remarkable o...

September, 15, 2013 South Korea’s wine imports surge 23.5 percent this year

(Yonhap) - South Korea’s wine imports marked a sharp increase this year, with their average price falling slightly, government data said Sunday. The Korea Customs Service said the nation’s wine imports reached 22,387 kiloliters in the first eight months of this year, up 23.5 perce...

September, 15, 2013 Sonoma County's fastest-growing companies

(PD) - During his first winter in the ice cream business, Neil Gottlieb weathered a rainy Monday when his cash register took in a mere $49. Eight years later, Gottlieb's Three Twins Ice Cream has grown into one of the nation's largest makers of organic ice cream and one of the nation's faste...

September, 15, 2013 Harvest: Explore Italy’s wine regions

(CF) -  Italian wines – at turns flinty and restrained or lush and fruit-forward – are commonly regarded as some of the world’s best. So why not, on your next Italian holiday, fit some vineyard touring into the agenda? Below is a guide to some of Italy’s top wine-produc...