February, 03, 2013 Chateau requests Bordeaux's first-ever single-vineyard appellation

(Decanter) - A 400-year-old Bordeaux property has applied for the creation of a single-vineyard appellation – the first of its kind in Bordeaux. The owners of Chateau Le Puy, in AOC Francs Côtes de Bordeaux, have asked appellations body the INAO for the tiny AOC, which might be as precise as a si...

February, 03, 2013 Va. official urges more Virginia-grown wine grapes

(Hamptonroads) - State Secretary of Agriculture Todd Haymore says planting more grapes will enable Virginia vintners to keep up with a steadily increasing demand for wine. Haymore spoke at a meeting of the Virginia Vineyards Association in Charlottesville. Organizers said more than 200 people att...

February, 03, 2013 U.S. is tops in something--wine consumption

(LATimes) - Ha! The quality of our healthcare may not be universally admired. Our education may be falling behind. But on one front, the United States still leads. A survey by Vinexpo of current trends in the international wine and spirits market gives us the top spot for wine consumption in the...

January, 31, 2013 Is Beer the New Wine?

(HuffingtonPost) - When dark chocolate and salt-water taffy are manufactured in beer flavors, when beer is paired with caramels at trendy urban bars, you really know beer's time has come. OK, its time began literally ages ago, possibly in Neolithic times when grains were first farmed. Evidence th...

January, 31, 2013 Restaurants Sue Storage Facility for $2 Million of Wine in Hurricane Limbo

(WineSpectator) - Having 1,590 cases of grade-A wine just out of reach sounds like a wine lover's spin on the Greek myth of Tantalus, who was condemned to spend eternity with food and drink just beyond grasp, but it's a headache all too real for two of Keith McNally's Manhattan restaurants, Minetta ...

January, 30, 2013 Exclusive: Francis Ford Coppola talks ‘The Godfather,’ wine and filmmaking

(LasVegasSun) - Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola never realized that his passion for wine would become a nearly 40-year dream in the making. It took the first 18 years just to assemble the land in California’s wine country. Now he’s brought back to life the 133-year history of the Ingleno...

January, 30, 2013 Shortage slows California wine shipments

(NBBJ) - Shipments of wine to the U.S. hit another record last year, but growth slowed considerably from 2011 as producers turned to imports in a big way to try to meet demand, according to experts at a major industry symposium in Sacramento this morning. Total shipments of wine to U.S. markets l...

January, 30, 2013 Russia Silences Wine Advertising

(WineSpectator) - Russia’s latest salvo in a long battle against alcohol abuse by its citizens is a sweeping ban on all alcohol advertising in media outlets. It's likely to have an unforeseen victim: the country’s small but booming wine culture. Russian governments have fought the country’s...