Each day our editors monitor 50 wine industry blogs and select the most relevant, recent postings.
A summary of each posting with a link to the blog is listed below.
Lex Vini New Legislation to Help California Grapegrowers CollectJune 27thTo be a winegrape buyer you have to get a processors license from the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s market Enforcement Branch (the “MEB”).
Palate Press Do You Really Want to Know? Label Transparency in the Wine IndustryJune 27thWhat information does the consumer want from the wine he’s about to drink? Today’s labels include the alcohol percentage, sometimes a little tasting note or some generic information on the winery—and more often than not the “contains sulfites” statement.
Dr. Vino's wine blog The future of wine labels? Nutrition factsJune 27thMoscato–or mosc-HOT-oh–is barely wine. In fact, the one above has a nutritional analysis as foods do–the first time I’ve seen that on wine. According to a representative at the importer, Boisset America, because this wine is less than 7% alcohol, it falls under FDA regulation rather than the TTB and thus had to place the “nutrition facts” on the back label.
The Gray Market Report Cupcake Vineyards: the whole wine world in one brandJune 27thThere are plenty of wine brands that offer a lineup of different varieties, but I can't think of any that want to make so many wines of typicity.
Jamie Goode's Wine Blog Is flavour a property of the wine? A great article from Barry SmithJune 27thIf you can, take some time to read this great article in a Nature supplement by wine-loving philosophy professor Barry Smith. It discusses whether the flavour (or taste) of a wine is the property of the wine or not.
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