May, 10, 2013 US: BottleRock Napa fires it up

(PressDemocrat) - The two big musical dilemmas leading into Day 1 of BottleRock Napa Valley were: 1. Could two concert promoter newbies — Gabe Meyers and Bog Vogt, who had never staged a music festival together — pull it off? 2. And would Grateful Dead fans, who paid $139 a ticket...

May, 10, 2013 Barefoot Wine founders stumbled into business and got rich the hard way: slowly

(BizJournals) - It almost sounds like something done on a drunken lark: Barefoot Wine founders Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey bought a wine business without a drop of industry knowledge. But if they weren’t a couple of naïve risk-takers who jumped into a startup with both fee...

May, 09, 2013 NZ: Hawke's Bay 2013 vintage the 'stuff of legends'

(Decanter) - Winemakers in New Zealand's Hawke's Bay say the 2013 harvest is set to produce a historic vintage. The wine grape harvest in Hawke's Bay , on the east coast of New Zealand 's north island, may have only just been completed, but several winemakers are already lauding 2013 as perh...

May, 09, 2013 8 Posh Wine Cellars

(Forbes) - Everything about wine is an art. From the making of it to the packaging of it and even the displaying of it. If you collect bottles over time, you’re left with a delightful problem: What do you do with your growing collection? Before you start storing bottles in the co...

May, 09, 2013 Middle classes ‘drinking to ease stress’

(TheDrinksBusiness) - A study by Sunderland University has found that middle class workers and parents are using alcohol as a means of stress relief. The study analysed the drinking habits and reasons of five groups of public and private sector workers aged between 21 and 55. The groups discus...

May, 09, 2013 California: Industrial Vineyards as Chemical Warfare

(CounterPunch) - Half a dozen mothers from small town and rural Sebastopol in Northern California quickly rallied hundreds of people to their side to challenge Sonoma County’s Paul Hobbs Winery. He wants to convert a 40-acre apple orchard into a vineyard that would use pesticides; it borders ...

May, 09, 2013 UK: Rosé wine sales continue to rise

(C ellarVieWines) - According to market analysts Nielsen, rosé wine now accounts for a record one in eight bottles of wine bought in supermarkets and off-licences in Britain, which is considerably higher than the one in 40 recorded in 2000. Such is the increase in popularity of a wine ...

May, 09, 2013 Only in Las Vegas: A $700 glass of cognac, a $5,000 bottle of wine and a $10,000 cocktail

(Vegasinc) - Las Vegas is a city of excess and expense — especially when it comes to drinks. Popular haunts hide some of the most rare and pricey drinks in the world. From a 1-ounce shot of century-old cognac to a jewel-encrusted glass of liquor served with a diamond necklace, pocket-h...