May, 19, 2013 UK: Why we are becoming a nation of website wine buyers

(DailyPost) - Britain is becoming a nation of internet wine buyers. Websites account for over six  per cent  of UK wine sales – more than five times the worldwide average - and that figure is forecast to double in the next five years. Why? The reason is largely down to Briti...

May, 19, 2013 The 10 Most Over-The-Top Wine Cellars That Money Can Buy

(Huffingtonpost) - We love a nice glass of Pinot after a long day of work, but we're lucky if we can keep our measly six-bottle wine racks well-stocked until the end of the week. Although, not everyone has this problem. Some homeowners have luxurious wine cellars in their homes that store hundr...

May, 18, 2013 Why You Should Drink Fumé Blanc This Summer

(Forbes) - Perhaps no American has had as big an impact on the wine industry as the late Robert Mondavi, who would be turning 100 on June 18th. In honor of his centennial birthday, Napa Valley’s iconic Robert Mondavi Winery will host a birthday celebration at the winery for the public on June...

May, 18, 2013 Wine Icon Turns 100, Family Celebrates with Ice Cream

(TheDailyMeal) - Who doesn’t like wine — and ice cream — on their birthday? In honor of what would have been Robert Mondavi’s 100th birthday, make this lemon verbena ice cream, complete with a wine pairing, from the Robert Mondavi Winery. June 18 marks what would have...

May, 18, 2013 AUS: Dollar ‘suffocating’ business: Casella

(AreaNews) - CASELLA Wines boss John Casella has called on the federal government to help loosen the noose suffocating local exporters and artificially push down the Australian dollar. Despite the dollar dropping below parity with the greenback for the first time in 11 months this week, M...

May, 18, 2013 Califonia: Sonoma County jobless rate falls to 6.5 percent

(PressDemocrat) - The unemployment rate in Sonoma County fell to 6.5 percent in April, reaching its lowest level in nearly five years, as hotels and wineries added staff for the summer season and employers filled positions that were eliminated during the recession. The change from last April...

May, 18, 2013 California: When the film industry drives you to drink, open a wine shop: Domaine L.A.

(LATimes) - Jill Bernheimer is the proprietor of the sweet little wine shop Domaine LA . After working many years in the film business for producers and then as an independent producer, she says laughingly, the film business drove her to drink. “Wine was always something I was passiona...

May, 18, 2013 French wines triumph at world championship in Slovakia

(AFP) - France burnished its winemaking credentials on Friday winning the prestigious Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) international wine contest in Slovakia, the first Central European country to host one of the world's top five wine competitions. The host country's little-known wines too...