April, 18, 2013 US: Wine shipped direct to consumer is on the up

(DrinksInt) - The value of direct-to-consumer shipments from American wineries increased to $1.46 Billion in 2012, and was greater than the total value of US wine exports, according to the 2013 Direct Shipping Report released by Ship Compliant and Wines & Vines.  The 10% increase in sal...

April, 17, 2013 CONSTELLATION BRANDS SET FOR ‘MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL DEAL IN ITS HISTORY’

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Since the turn of the year Constellations Brands’ share price has jumped by almost 40% on Wall Street. However, this surge has only a marginal relationship to the group’s recent results; investors are basing their optimism on the fact that the company is at la...

April, 17, 2013 Children not harmed by light drinking during pregnancy, two studies find

(Decanter) - Children born to women who drink moderately during pregnancy are no more likely to have cognitive or behavioural problems than those of abstainers, a new study has found.  This study, reported in BJOG, An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, put together da...

April, 17, 2013 Non-sulphur wines ‘a reality’ with natural preservative

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Integrapes, a company in Italy, is currently testing an anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial preservative derived from grape pips that it claims is as effective as sulphur. Furthermore, the wine is supposed to retain more of its natural aromas, particularly the more delicate flo...

April, 16, 2013 Wine Supply Is All About Control

(Wines&Vines) - If the market in the past decade rewarded nimble wine companies finding the best deals for grapes and bulk wine by playing the spot market, successful wineries in coming years will be the ones who control their supply chain. That’s the message from industry analysts wit...

April, 16, 2013 Can’t decide between beer and wine? Try vinale

(TheGlobeandMail) - Grapes are the inspiration behind a trendy beer style that is bringing the worlds of wine and beer together: new hybrids that are seducing hopheads and oenophiles alike. Beer-wine hybrids – or vinales, as I like to call them – are beers made with one or more wine ...

April, 16, 2013 You Can Still Drink Great Wine On a Budget; Here's How To Do It

(LifeHacker) - At a recent auction, French Burgundy Domaine de la Romanée-Conti went for $13,061. A bottle. But there aren't many of us who can (or want to) pay that much for a few glasses of wine—after all, when we uncork a bottle, drinking what we like should be our main objective. ...

April, 16, 2013 Moscato drives US wine sales to new heights

(Decanter) - Sales of wine in the US hit a new record in 2012, spurred on by drinkers' growing thirst for Moscato. Figures released by the California-based Wine Institute show that Moscato sales rose by a third in volume last year in US chain retailers, excluding bars and restaurants. The grape ...