November, 27, 2012 DNA sleuth hunts wine roots in Anatolia

(PHYS) - Today Turkey is home to archaeological sites as well as vineyards of ancient grape varieties like Bogazkere and Okuzgozu, which drew the curiosity of the Swiss botanist and grape DNA sleuth Jose Vouillamoz, for the clues they may offer to the origin of European wine. Together with the biomo...

November, 26, 2012 AUS: Winemakers preserve wine with late pruning

(TheAustralian) - AUSTRALIAN winemakers can trick their grapes into maturing later in a bid to counteract the effects of climate change, research shows. Over the past 25 years, the harvest date for Australian wines has come forward almost one day a year, agricultural scientist Professor Snow Barl...

November, 26, 2012 Small Business Saturday By the Numbers

(INC) - Consumers preferred big-box stores on Black Friday. But, according to retailers--and social media--Small Business Saturday is actually gaining traction.American Express created Small Business Saturday in 2010 with a basic concept: If you build it, they will come. This year, to encourage cons...

November, 26, 2012 US: More farmers hand over harvests to machines

(SacBee) - Rumbling through an olive orchard, a machine harvester towers over a row of trees, stripping the small green fruit and shooting them into a rapidly filling container. This may be the future of farming in an era of worsening labor scarcity. In the last 10 years, new olive growers and oliv...

November, 26, 2012 Bordeaux prices 'stabilising': analysts

(Decanter) - The price slide on Bordeaux first growths has stabilised, as wine buyers continue to take advantage of good deals on top names like Lafite and Haut Brion, analysts say. Analysts at trading platform Liv-ex believe that a 12-month period of wine 'market correction', including price drops ...

November, 26, 2012 Rabobank Report: Mexico, Brazil, Poland, Nigeria Are Potential High Growth Wine Markets As Well As China, South Korea

/PRNewswire/ - Rabobank has published a new research report on the growth potential of emerging wine markets, identifying Mexico, Brazil, Poland and Nigeria as having long-term growth potential for the wine industry, in addition to the traditional emerging wine markets of China and South Korea. ...

November, 26, 2012 US: Wine Country visitors victims of phone scam

(PressDemocrat) - A couple staying at a Calistoga motel fell victim to a 2 a.m. phone scam when a caller to their room claimed to be management and threatened to evict them if they didn't give up their credit card information, reported Calistoga police. Police have issued an alert warning area vi...

November, 26, 2012 US: Russian River Pinot Is the Star

(Wines&Vines) - A former chemistry professor who took up viticulture “to make money” in his retirement, Joe Nugent might seem an unlikely filmmaking auteur, but his first release, “From Obscurity to Excellence: The Story of Grapes & Wine in the Russian River Valley” will debut on the big scr...