June, 24, 2018 Wine Retailers Win in New York

(Wine Searcher) - The Empire State's legislature has knocked back measures limiting consumer wine purchases. In a move reminiscent of UPS and Fedex's pullout from shipping wine from retailers and auction houses to consumers in 36 states this past October, a New York Senator and Assemblywoman rec...

June, 24, 2018 Having Your Wine and Drinking It

(Wine Searcher) - The Syphon claims to be the future of wine preservation. Christy Canterbury MW tried it out. Move over, Coravin, there's a new kid on the block Leave it to an engineer and robotics designer to devise a better way to pour your next glass of still wine. Daniel Fukuba's device ...

June, 24, 2018 Dispelling the Old Wine Myths

(Wine Searcher) - Fixed ideas can be hard to shift, James Lawrence reports – and some are more persistent than others. t's a familiar sight – or least it was in the 1950s. The obsequious sommelier, clad in weathered black tie, hands the wine list to the gentleman, ignoring his fem...

June, 21, 2018 Virginia Wine Pioneer Dennis Horton Dies

(Wines&Vines) - First vintner to plant Viognier, brought back Norton and established estate winery Gordonsville, Va.—A leader in the rebirth of the Virginian wine industry, Dennis Horton, died June 19.  He was 73.  Horton was born on Dec. 1, 1945 and grew up in Hermann,...

June, 21, 2018 Henri Jayer sale is biggest wine auction ever

(TDB) - An ex-cellar sale of Henri Jayer wines has shattered all previous wine auction records to achieve an astonishing CHF34.5 million (£26.3m/US$34.5m), which the auctioneer, Baghera Wines, claims, “sets a new reference standard for all rare wine auctions” Held in Geneva on ...

June, 21, 2018 Anson: Wetherspoon vs Champagne

(Decanter) - Jane Anson looks at recent comments by Wetherspoon owner Tim Martin as the two-year anniversary of the Brexit referendum approaches, and concludes that his words will do little to soothe wine producers' nerves across the English Channel.  It’s approaching two years to the...

June, 21, 2018 The World's Most Wanted Rosés

(Wine Searcher) - It's International Rosé Day, and we are just as excited about it as you are ... Of all the spurious "International X Day" celebrations that have sprung up around wine, you could argue that International Rosé Day is by far the most successful. Perfectly timed to...

June, 20, 2018 Why Oakville’s Luxurious Napa Cabernets Still Reign Supreme

(Winemag) - Oakville, arguably the center of Napa's winemaking scene, could be credited with putting California Cabernet Sauvignon on the map. But in a constantly changing wine world, can this storied region still hold its own? In the heart of the Napa Valley, Oakville is the go-to address for C...