May, 30, 2018 Sonoma State University Unveils Wine Spectator Learning Center

(Winespectator) - New $11 million home for the Wine Business Institute will help train the future leaders of the wine industry It's not every day that an $11 million, 15,000-square-foot temple to wine-industry knowledge opens its doors. More than 600 guests, including industry leaders, gathered ...

May, 30, 2018 Seven Wine World Heritage Sites to Visit

(Winemag) - Many famed wines regions, like France's Burgundy or Hungary's Tokakj, are also protected World Heritage sites. Here are the European UNESCO regions that offer the rich history of influential viticulture. Wine, culture and history are connected in many parts of the world, and UNESCO k...

May, 29, 2018 SNOOP DOGG SNAGS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR GIANT GIN AND JUICE COCKTAIL

(VinePair) - Big news, literally, from 2018  BottleRock  Napa Valley on Saturday: Snoop Dogg earned himself a Guinness World Record for mixing the largest-ever  gin and juice cocktail. At BottleRock, a music, food, and drink festival that took place Memorial Day weekend (May ...

May, 29, 2018 Italy's DOCG Dilemma

(Wine-searcher) - DOCG should mean better quality than DOC wine but it ain't necessarily so, Tom Hyland discovers. What’s the best way to learn about the remarkably diverse subject of Italian wines? As someone that has written and lectured about these products for more than 20 years, I'd l...

May, 29, 2018 Wine-Beer Hybrids are Making the Best of Two Worlds

(Winemag) - Fancy a Cabernet Franc pale ale? How about a Viognier saison or Sauvignon Blanc gose? A new wave of craft producers are combining brewing and winemaking to create unique beers perfect for wine lovers. There’s often a divide between lovers of grapes and fans of grain. However, f...

May, 29, 2018 Hailstorms Damage Thousands of Acres of Vineyards in Bordeaux, Imperiling 2018 Vintage

(Winespectator) - Hail cut a path of destruction through the Bordeaux region on May 26, just days after two small storms struck the Médoc on May 21. Blaye and Bourg, the Médoc and Entre-Deux-Mers were the most seriously impacted. The overall damage is substantial: 17,544 acres of vine...

May, 29, 2018 The World's Most Wanted Bordeaux

(Wine-searcher) - Our list of the most wanted wines is not precisely identical to last year's list, honest. Our top 10 most wanted Bordeaux are based on the number of searches made on Wine-Searcher each month; so, by that logic, you would probably expect to see them change from month to month...

May, 29, 2018 VIOLENT STORMS BATTER HEART OF THE DOURO

(TDB) - A torrential downpour which saw more than a month’s worth of rain and hail fall in a few hours has struck Pinhão in the Douro Valley causing severe damage to vineyards and local infrastructure. Speaking to the drinks business, Adrian Bridge managing director of the Flad...