August, 27, 2013 Bill Foley buys stake in wine distribution company

(PD) - Wine magnate Bill Foley is buying a stake in a wine distribution company, a move that gives him more control over where his wines are sold. Foley is purchasing a minority interest in Epic Wines, a Capitola-based wholesaler that imports and distributes wines in California. The deal is sche...

August, 27, 2013 Wal-Mart Wine Deal Erases Seven Sisters’ Apartheid Legacy

(Bloomberg) - Vivian Kleynhans strides into the Spier Hotel nestled in Stellenbosch’s winelands, her winter boots clipping on the tiled floor. Looking at home in this four-star establishment about 25 miles east of Cape Town, she’s come a long way since her childhood in a remote fishing ...

August, 27, 2013 Wine Library forced to stop selling in NY

(TheDrinksBusiness) - The New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA) has ordered prominent New Jersey wine retailer Wine Library to stop selling wine to customers in New York state. According to the Wine Spectator, the NYSLA issued a cease-and-desist letter to Wine Library earlier this month bann...

August, 27, 2013 S.F. Tech Companies Shake Up Wine-Buying Experience

(SiliconBeat) - Buying wine can be an intensely sensory experience. It may require an afternoon in Napa Valley, lingering over a bottle or a flight of tastings, pausing with each sip as sommelier details aromas of blueberry and hints of graham cracker. You may buy a bottle or a case, or be pressure...

August, 27, 2013 Jack Daniel’s plans ‘biggest-ever expansion’

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Jack Daniel’s has announced it is going ahead with a US$100 million expansion, which will be the largest in its history. Brown-Forman, which owns the brand, said that the investment will see new stills and barrel warehouses added to the existing operations in Lynchb...

August, 27, 2013 Celebrate California Wine Month

(Wines&Vines) - —The Wine Institute ( WI ) and the California wine industry will celebrate the ninth edition of California Wine Month in September. While many local and regional associations and individual wineries will mark the event with promotional events, Wine Month has a large...

August, 27, 2013 China makes 1st investment in S. African wine industry

(CNTV) - Earlier this month, "Perfect China" - a Chinese wine company based in Yangzhou - made the country’s first ever investment in South Africa’s wine industry. It bought a wine cellar as well as large vineyards located near Cape Town. The investment was warmly greeted and is also...

August, 27, 2013 The anti-ageing cream that's made from red wine: Antioxidant found in grape skins can reduce wrinkles and lines

(DailyMail) - There's a good reason to raise a glass of red wine to long life – because that’s exactly what it could deliver. The popular tipple contains a ‘miracle ingredient’ that could stop ageing in its tracks, researchers claim. Resveratrol – an antioxidant ...