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08/09/12
2013 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Program Taking Shape
Built with the joint input of growers, vintners and allied industry members, the Unified Symposium serves as a clearinghouse of information important to wine and grape industry professionals. The Unified Symposium also hosts the industry's largest trade show of its kind, with over 600 suppliers displaying their products and services.
08/09/12
08/09/12
Oregon Wine Institute Mulls Future
Former WineAmerica president brought in to help decide strategies
08/09/12
New owners of Crushpad pledge to rebuild trust
The first priority for the companies is to pay off debts to Groskopf, the warehouse where cased wines are stored, Steve Ryan, former vice president of Crushpad, said in an email to clients.
08/09/12
Single-variety wines step aside, please. Popular red wine blends experience singular success
Red wine blends are having a red hot moment.
08/09/12
Greg Sitton Joins Tonnellerie Radoux USA, Inc as Regional Sales Manager
Sitton comes to Radoux with more than fourteen years sales experience and more than four years in the wine industry having worked in both the production and supplier side of the business. He has a passion for the wine industry and a focus on customer service.
08/09/12
Offensive Wine Bottles With Hitler Image Surface In Italy
American lawyer Michael Hirsch was flabbergasted when he discovered a local supermarket stocking wine bottles portraying images of Adolf Hitler on the labels, while visiting northern Italy with his wife Cindy.
08/09/12
Track record the "main battle" for Chile
Chile's main obstacle to being taken seriously as a fine wine producer is not quality but rather its limited track record, believes Justerini & Brooks' buying director Giles Burke-Gaffney.
08/09/12
Accolade invests in canned wine cocktails
Accolade Wines has launched a new range of sparkling wine-based drinks in a can.
08/09/12
Hail hits Burgundy vineyards again
Burgundy's vineyards are continuing their tough year, after a third hailstorm within a month damaged vines in the Hautes-Cotes-de-Beaune and Hautes-Cotes-de-Nuits areas.
08/09/12
Etna wildfires threaten 'Sicilian Montrachet'
Wildfires on the slopes of Mount Etna threatened the winery and vines of Passopisciaro, the Sicilian outpost of Tuscan producer Tenuta di Trinoro.
08/09/12
Bordeaux operation 'could help' Crushpad clients
Recent clients of embattled California custom winemaking business Crushpad Inc could be helped out by the company's former Bordeaux operation, it has been revealed.
08/09/12
Is China the next frontier for New York wines?
The new frontier for New York wine sales just might be half-way around the world in Hong Kong, and the doors could be opened by three men who visited the area last week.
08/09/12
Tories say it's time Ontario considered selling beer, wine 24/7 in corner stores
The Conservatives called on the Liberal government Wednesday to halt a planned expansion of Liquor Control Board of Ontario outlets and let convenience stores start selling beer and wine, ideas Premier Dalton McGuinty flatly rejected.
08/09/12
Schumer: 'End Canadian tax on NY wines'
Tourists spent $60 million in Yates County in 2011, but New York wine sales are undermined by taxes of up to 100 percent for Canadians returning home.
08/09/12
CIA, Greystone is site of Hands Across the Valley benefit
The 19th annual Hands Across the Valley will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11 at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, located at 2555 Main St.
08/09/12
'Wine Village' sought north of Redding; proposal goes before Shasta County Planning Commission
The Shasta Wine Village would feature more than 35,000 square feet of food, wine-tasting and retail space in Mountain Gate off Holiday Road and Old Oregon Trail.
08/09/12
Total Wine's 4th O.C. store to open Aug. 16
Total Wine & More is set to open its doors next week, capping redevelopment of a shopping center that lay vacant for more than three years
08/09/12
Obama ratchets up pressure for new farm bill
Following a Tuesday (August 7) meeting with the White House Rural Council, President Obama ratcheted up pressure on Congress to pass a new farm bill calling the legislation "the single-best way that we can help rural communities … in the short term, but also in the long term."
08/09/12
EU organic wine rules not 'strict enough'
The European Union's first rules governing organic wine production have come into force - but some are concerned that they do not go far enough.
08/09/12
Hitler wine probe launched in Italy
Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into sales of wine with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on the label
08/09/12
Alcohol brands in violation of US advertising guidelines
According to the report, industry violation includes ads appearing to promote underage drinking, highlighting the high alcohol content or displaying alcohol alongside activities that necessitates full alertness and coordination, such as swimming.
08/09/12
Bello tasting room opens amid protest
The opulent Bello Family Vineyards tasting room held its grand opening Aug. 1, with a St. Helena Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting and the pouring of a wine dedicated to a champion racehorse.
08/09/12
Francis Ford Coppola: From Feature Films to Fine Wine
The famed movie director recounts his Napa journey, culminating in the resuscitation of the historic Inglenook Estate.
08/09/12
Chinese Wine To Hit British Store Shelves
Following the success of two Indian wines stocked last year for its "World of Wines" shelves, the British grocer Waitrose will soon sell wines from China and Brazil.
08/09/12
Liquor should be sold outside LCBO, say Ontario PCs
The Ontario Progressive Conservatives continue to put pressure on the governing Liberals to allow beer and wine to be sold at privately run commercial outlets
08/09/12
Vinnobles Launches the First Master Sommelier-Curated Wine Club in United States
Now you can have a dedicated Master Sommelier team select your wines and have the selections shipped directly to your home cellar.
08/09/12
Restaurant Review Glen Ellen Star - tiny bistro sparkles
It's exactly the kind of place one would expect in Wine Country - a bit hidden away, picture-perfect charming, and clearly a neighborhood destination, with regulars greeting the chef and each other as they settle in for slow-paced dinners
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