The world's lesser-known winegrape varieties will get a chance to take center stage as the focus of a symposium during this year's annual conference of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture.

New report values industry at $8.6 billion annually in Washington State, $14.9 billion annually in US

Wine industry people on the move from April 16 to April 20

This new region adds another 130 wineries to the website, which is dedicated to helping wine aficionados, travelers and residents find wineries and tasting rooms according to their tasting preferences.

World wine trade rose 11 percent by value to a record last year as imports into China surged, Italian researcher Istituto di Servizi per il Mercato Agricolo e Alimentare said

In a move clearly designed to please the restaurant set, the Quebec government has decided to make it legal for Quebecers to, gasp, walk out of a restaurant with a bottle of vino even if the bottle is not finished

A new study finds that a chemical in red wine may prevent some of the fatty foods we eat from being converted into fatty tissue.

Alcohol contains 7 calories per gram. Carbohydrates have 4 calories per gram. This means that off-dry wines with some residual sugar can actually have fewer calories per glass than dry wines.

A freeze hit wine grape growers hard last year, leading to a drop in Santa Barbara County agriculture sales.

An economic impact study released this morning by the Washington Wine Commission shows the state's wine industry is worth $8.6 billion per year, up $3 billion from a similar study in 2006.

Italian vintners who avoid chemicals are disappointed with the new EU rules for labelling wines organic, saying the long-awaited criteria are too "lax"

A group of California winemakers called In Pursuit of Balance is leading the movement back to elegance with regard to pinot noir and chardonnay, two wines that are rather easily knocked out of whack by heavy handling in the winery.

Rominger West started making wine in 2004 and opened its Second Street facility in 2006. West, a Davis native who studied molecular biology at UC Davis, worked primarily with grapes grown near Winters and the Capay Valley.

Wine consumption across the world is expected to grow well into 2014, but will the traditional powerhouses head the leaders table?

Indiana sommeliers said that Hoosiers could pay more for a bottle of their favorite wine after a mild winter and a looming grape shortage.

Wine producers are looking to smaller markets like Canada for strong growth potential and better pricing, according to most recent Rabobank Wine Quarterly report.

Karen MacNeill has been named as Guest VIP Judge at this year's Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition.

Increasing alcohol levels among Napa Valley wines was attributed to viticulture and winemaking, not climate change, during a tasting of labels from the region in London yesterday.

New consumer research by Diageo GB has found 93% of shopping trips in the off-trade are for "something for tonight" as opposed to a routine shop or for an event.

The UK remains Australia's top destination for exports, despite volumes falling by 7% in the 12 months to March.

Mayfair-based Berry Bros and Rudd, wine merchant to the Queen, has rated the wine from different regions of France out of ten for each year for decades. Browse by year to see the quality of each region's vintage, and click to see Berry Bros and Rudd's reviews.

English Wine Producers is to launch its new branding, Celebrate with English Wine, at its trade and press tasting next week.

Wine critic James Suckling has confirmed that any monies he received from the Quebec alcohol board were for videos not for tasting.

A handful of releases this week all show price drops, of up to a third less than last year, but still merchants are reporting a sluggish campaign with little interest in anything except Lafite.

Helen Scanlon holds her box of Crystal Head vodka like a trophy. Her husband, William, chuckles at the fifth -- shaped like a human skull -- and its $29.99 price tag

If you love Mendocino wines but don't always know which ones to buy, introduce yourself to Bernadette Byrne

A Collaboration with Famed Winemakers Dave Phinney and Joel Gott

The reason for the failure of the Cheshire-based business, which has been in operation since 1973, is cashflow problems, according to accountancy firm RSM Tenon, which has been appointed administrator

He went on to open Hearth in 2003 and beverage director and partner and his first Terroir in the East Village in 2008

Beyond human experience. And that's been the more measured reaction

The immigration saga began two years ago, when Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act