April, 29, 2013 Grapevine Nurseries Face Supply Challenge

(Wines&Vines) - The Napa Valley Grapegrowers held the second in a series of Sustainable Vineyard Practices seminars April 24 in Yountville. The session of most interest focused on nursery vines for planting and replanting, and moderator Remi Cohen from Cliff Lede Vineyards started the discussio...

April, 29, 2013 US: A California Startup Pushes Florida to Legalize Wine in Kegs

(BusinessWeek) - It’s not just tech startups like taxi-hailing app Uber and room-letting service Airbnb that are pushing back on state and local regulations that limit their business models. Last month, I reported on some Kentucky companies trying to upend a decades-old law restricting compet...

April, 29, 2013 Budweiser launches Facebook-friendly ‘Buddy Cup’

(TheDrinksBusiness) - US beer giant Budweiser has launched a new glass, which contains a chip with a link to Facebook, so you can become friends with anyone you toast. The new glass, called a Buddy Cup, contains a chip and a printed code on the bottom. The code, which is similar to a QR code, is...

April, 29, 2013 Michael Jackson 'drank six bottles of wine a day in weeks leading to death' claims friend and godfather to his children

(DailyMail) - The godfather of Michael Jackson’s children has come forward to say that the King Of Pop drank six bottles of wine a day in the weeks leading up to his death.  His friend Mark Lester has claimed that the troubled star, who died of acute Propofol intoxication in 2009, use...

April, 29, 2013 2012 Bordeaux: A game of three halves

(MoneyWeek) - I spent the whole of last week in Bordeaux, tasting the 2012 vintage, and I was very impressed with the best wines. While they are not in the same league in terms of intensity and sheer scale as the 2009s and 2010s, there are some stunning wines in this vintage.  The remarkabl...

April, 28, 2013 France: Petrus plans distribution change

(Decanter) - Chateau Pétrus is set for a distribution shakeup, forming a new company as sole distributor. Pétrus is owned by Jean-Francois Moueix (and now his children), while Ets Jean-Pierre Moueix is owned by his brother Christian Moueix. Since 2011 Pétrus has been run e...

April, 28, 2013 'Light' wine: good for your waistline or just producers' bottom line?

(FoodMag) - Dieters can now have their wine and drink it, guilt-free and minus the hangover. That’s the promise of so-called “light” or low-alcohol, low-calorie wines. But these wines are not considerably lighter (between a quarter and a third fewer calories compared to regular wi...

April, 28, 2013 Nomacorc Announces First Zero Carbon Footprint Wine Closure

(TizWine) - Nomacorc, the leading producer of alternative wine closures, today introduced the world’s first zero carbon footprint wine closure, Select® Bio. Made with plant-based polymers derived from sugar cane, Select Bio will be first presented to the industry during the Intervitis ...