June, 08, 2013 Growers Urged to Take Vocal Stand on Immigration

(Wines&Vines) - The wine industry’s labor problem isn’t going to get easier. But if federal lawmakers don’t enact some type of sensible immigration reform, it’s going to get much worse, according to an immigration law expert. Speaking at a meeting of the Sonoma County...

June, 08, 2013 2013 Southern Hemisphere Harvest Report: South Africa

(WineSpectator) - Ready to taste the first wines of 2013? While vines are just flowering in Europe and North America, the Southern Hemisphere has picked, crushed and fermented this year's crop. South African grapegrowers enjoyed a wet winter, meaning healthy yields, followed by a dry, warm summer. ...

June, 07, 2013 Global Fine Wine Market: Follow the Money to China

(YahooNews) - Mike Veseth remembers well the tasting note of the very first Chinese wine he drank about 10 years ago. “It was a cabernet sauvignon,” said Veseth, editor-in-chief of the blog “The Wine Economist.” “And the tasting note was ashtray, coffee grounds an...

June, 07, 2013 Supergrapes could make good wine despite climate change

(NBCNews) - Experts say "terroir" — the geography, geology and climate of grapes' native soils — defines the difference between good vintage and bad. But the plants' sensitivity to their environment also means that climate change presents a massive threat to the industry and that d...

June, 07, 2013 Detox Then Retox in Wine Country

(HuffingtonPost.) - The first time I heard of a winery offering a yoga class was in 2008, at Periscope Cellars in Emeryville, CA. This was actually a yoga class where you sipped wine as you held various poses. We shot a session for an episode of In Wine Country and I love the shot at the end o...

June, 06, 2013 'Napa Pipe' redevelopment to encourage urban wineries

(Decanter) -  A new development in the City of Napa may encourage 'wine ghettoes' where small-scale wineries can pool resources, officials say. After eight years of deadlock, the plan to convert 62.3ha of abandoned industrial property on the  Napa River  into a ‘mixed us...

June, 06, 2013 TOP 10 BIGGEST CHAMPAGNE BRANDS

(TheDrinksBusiness) - The drinks business has compiled a list of the current top 10 Champagne brands by global volume sales. While there are few dramatic changes to this year’s rankings – the slide by Piper Heidsieck was widely forecasted as a result of the brand’s re...

June, 06, 2013 Gauging Wine Gadgets

(Wines&Vines) - Publications and other media are bombarded with unsolicited product samples from suppliers seeking publicity. As the North American wine business has surged, so has the flood of innovative “accessories” intended to enhance the drinking experience and enrich their inv...