December, 04, 2012 US: Washington Wine’s Profile Rises, With Acreage Up Nearly 50% Since 2005

(ShankenNewsDaily) - Washington state’s wine industry has made significant strides in recent years, and consumers are taking notice. Major players like Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Constellation’s Hogue Cellars continue to drive the category, and with E&J Gallo entering the state with its acqu...

December, 04, 2012 Accolade Wines relocates to Napa

(NPR) - Accolade Wines announced the relocation of its North American offices to Napa from Geyserville, said a news release. “Napa is the global icon as the home of America’s wine industry. It offers a greater radius of recruitment prospects for all levels of positions and provides easy acces...

December, 04, 2012 Wine Myths That Need Shattering

(WineSpectator) - A fellow came up to me the other day and said, "How long do you think such-and-such wine will live?" My initial impulse was to reply, "How the hell do I know?" But that, of course, is hardly what he wanted to hear. So I blathered on about cellaring conditions (cold slows matu...

December, 03, 2012 An Italian Wine To Discover: Brunello Di Montalcino

(Technorati) - When asked to name Italian wines, most people will for example come up with the full-bodied Tuscan Chianti, the light and fruity Pinot Grigio originating from the Tre Venezie or the sparkling Asti from the Piedmont region. But would they know about the Tuscan Brunello Di Montalcino? ...

December, 03, 2012 US: Small-Winery Event Sells Out

(Wines&Vines) - An informal alliance of garagiste winemakers (self-defined as producing 1,200 or fewer cases per year) celebrated its second annual Garagiste Festival in mid-November. As a measure of its success, attendance surpassed 1,000 and all events were sold out. Bringing attention to the “g...

December, 03, 2012 UK: MPs debate liquid nitrogen ban

(TheDrinksBusiness) - MPs have debated a ban in using liquid nitrogen in drinks following the serious injury to an 18-year-old girl who drank a cocktail containing the ingredient. The adjournment debate took place in the House of Commons at the end of last week after being tabled by David Morris MP...

December, 03, 2012 France: Bordeaux launches winemaker and estate matchmaking service

(Decanter) - The Bordeaux government is launching a new initiative to match young winemakers looking to buy their first estate with properties owned by older winemakers approaching retirement. The plans come from the French national land agency, SAFER, together with the Ministry of Agriculture in th...

December, 03, 2012 Bottoms up! A healthy wine market

Chinese choose fermented grape beverage from France in ever larger numbers Scan the label with your mobile phone camera and press "OK" and you will get all the information you need - the brand, the chateau or the winemaker - about the bottle of wine in your hand. This is a smartphone application...