June, 04, 2013 Jennifer Aniston 'buys 3m wine cellar'

(OMG) - Jennifer Aniston's new home apparently boasts a £2 million wine cellar, margarita fountain and "cave" for her fiancé. The actress and her partner Justin Theroux have spent a long time renovating their £14 million Bel Air mansion. It has been claimed the work even delay...

June, 04, 2013 What’s in a name? Celebrity wine…

(TheDrinksBusiness) - With more and more celebrities becoming involved in producing wines, Lucy Shaw asks whether smattering of star dust is enough to generate sales. SEX SELLS. But then, so does celebrity. This March, the first 6,000 bottles of the inaugural vintage of Brad Pitt and Angelina J...

June, 03, 2013 Napa Valley: Stag's Leap Breaks Ground on New $7 Million Visitor Center

(WineMag) - Iconic Napa Valley winery, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, broke ground June 1 on a new 6,000 square-foot visitor center overlooking its estate vineyards. The center will cost approximately $7 million to build, a financial commitment shared by the joint venture partnership of Ste. M...

June, 03, 2013 What Wine Would Jesus Drink? (a new book tells you)

(Patheos) - Today’s post is an interview is with Randall Heskett, co-author of Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age. Heskett holds advanced degrees in biblical studies and ancient Near Eastern languages from Yale (S.T.M.) and University of Toronto (Ph.D), an...

June, 03, 2013 A votre sante! The first French wine was medicine — and tasted like it

(NBCNews) - The first wines stomped and fermented in France included brews flavored with pine resins and rosemary. The additives, revealed in a new analysis of wine-making storage tools and containers dating back to 425 B.C., could have been flavoring, but also may have served a healing role. "[...

June, 03, 2013 Auction Napa Valley smashes record

(Decanter) - Auction Napa Valley, the annual charity auction, has raised US$16.9m, far exceeding the previous record of US$10.5m set in 2005. In three-and-a-half hours of intense bidding on Saturday at the Meadowood hotel in St Helena, the 33rd edition of the event raised a record US$14.3m, ...

June, 03, 2013 Wine windfall for the French state

(CNNMoney) - Frenzied bidding for some of the world's best wines brought the French government a welcome windfall as buyers took advantage of a rare sale from the presidential cellars.  Last week's auction raised nearly 720,000 euros ($934,000), almost three times more than expected, with b...

June, 03, 2013 China: Call for cheaper wine as economy slows

(ChinaDaily) - Both Bordeaux and Chinese producers seek less expensive brands to widen market The wine industry in China is paying more attention to less expensive brands as an increasing number of Chinese people seek more affordable imported bottles to enjoy socially rather than for business pu...