September, 07, 2013 US: Wine Science Center to break ground at WSU Tri-Cities

(Tri-CityHerald) - Gov. Jay Inslee will dig the first shovels of dirt to kick off construction of the $23 million Wine Science Center at Washington State University's Tri-City campus. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Sept. 26 at the campus in north Richland. Then the team o...

September, 06, 2013 Leslie Alexander's Wine Club Asks For $50,000 Initiation Fee, Promises Ultimate Wine Experience

(Forbes) - Sipping a glass of 2010 Louis Latour Chassagne-Montrachet, Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander is explaining where he got the idea to buy a potato barn in Bridgehampton, New York and hire a Hollywood production designer to rip it up and turn it into an ultra-exclusive wine club. &...

September, 06, 2013 French Wine Outlook Cut Again as Hail Damages Bordeaux Vineyards

(Bloomberg) - France cut its outlook for wine production for a second time in two months after hail damaged vineyards in the Bordeaux region and cold and humidity hurt pollination, leading to fruit losses. Output may climb 7.5 percent to 44.5 million hectoliters (1.17 billion gallons) from 41.4 ...

September, 05, 2013 Would You Buy A Wine Made By A Racist?

(Forbes) - The words “courageous” and “wine journalist” aren’t ones that routinely enter my brain within about 24 hours of each other, much less in the same sentence. In fact, wine journalists tend to be just the opposite given the fact that most decided early in th...

September, 05, 2013 Will China ever be a wine superpower?

(BBC) - When the European Union raised tariffs on Chinese solar panels earlier this year, China said it would investigate complaints from Chinese wine producers about the "dumping" of European wine on the Chinese market. For many it was news that China made wine at all. But it does - of widely vary...

September, 05, 2013 U.S. moves to expand business R&D tax break

(Reuters) - Think you have a new way of making wine? There could be research tax breaks for that. The U.S. government on Thursday called for a wider array of business activities to be made eligible for research tax breaks, including more manufacturing process-oriented costs, giving a preliminary...

September, 05, 2013 The Latest Wine Investment Scheme: Fine-Wine Bonds

(Wine-Searcher) - British-owned  Naked Wines  is looking to raise 3 million pounds ($4.66m) to fund winemakers by issuing bonds to customers. The funds, say the company, will be invested in independent winemakers over a minimum of three years, enabling them to finance the producti...

September, 05, 2013 British Columbia Wines Stall in Home Market

(Wines&Vines) - The economic impact of the British Columbia wine industry is significant—more than $2 billion, according to a study released earlier this year—but local producers are facing equally significant challenges holding their own against a tide of foreign competitors.&...