Celebrated wine scientist Dr Ray Beckwith OAM has died, aged 100.

Viticulture Fair spotlights new vineyard technology

Customers in certain states -- sorry, East Coasters, Southerners and people in a lot of other regions -- can now pay $9.99 to ship up to six bottles from wineries around the U.S.

Customers can now shop a marketplace of more than a thousand wines crafted by wineries around the country, including Hall Wines, J. Bookwalter Winery, Pepper Bridge Winery and Torii Mor Winery

The company recently acquired the Cameron Family Glass Packaging facility at the Port of Kalama and started the production of wine bottles in August 2012.

New Jerseyans with homes swamped and blacked out by Hurricane Sandy face another hardship: a cutoff of Cristal champagne, Grey Goose vodka and an herbal brew called Kamasutra, "the natural spirit of seduction."

Now that Initiative 502 has passed, the Washington State Liquor Control Board says it could take a year to build the framework for the new laws

In his documentary SOMM, the filmmaker looks at what goes into earning the profession's toughest title.

The NPD Group found that consumers' expectations and perceptions of value have changed

Supporters of the measure said at a press conference Wednesday that they will continue to fight for similar legislation and plan to put a like measure on the Washington ballot in 2013. Then they will move into Oregon, Vermont and Connecticut

Why some wine districts, even whole countries, underachieve

Bees? Yes. Scientists say honey bees have important similarities to humans; fed a diet including resveratrol, bees ate better.

"We couldn't get the wine on the shelves fast enough," said Robin Goldson-Forgo, inside her now mostly bare-shelved Lower East Side wine store, September Wines.

NFC technology companies have promoted the idea of using NFC tags to foil counterfeiters of luxury goods for some time.

A budding Spring Hill Farm vineyard has some of its neighbors uneasy-enough to file a petition with the state Department of Consumer Protection.

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the DLR develop measures to prevent health problems associated with biogenic amines in wine.

An exceptional Riesling wine from the Great Southern has taken top honours at the 2012 Qantas Wine Show as the best WA wine showing distinctive regional characters.

Search for full time director for Oregon Wine Research Institute on hold indefinitely.

Hurricane Sandy topples barrels in Brooklyn, chases customers away in Finger Lakes.

The winery is owned by Doug Hunt, Pat Hunt, Matt Gamel and Shellie Gamel. It will use grapes from its six acres of vineyards planted with six varieties of grapes in 2006.

Distell international marketing manager Sarah Gandy told Harpers that it is an ideal time to launch Le Domaine in the UK as the region is looking for low strength wines and is awaiting Christmas season

FirstCape sales of smaller pack sizes have rocketed in the past six months, contributing to a sales hike of 327 percent overall.

The German Wine Institute is "significantly" increasing its UK investment to boost its burgeoning growth of the above £5 price bracket.

Morrisons Cellar, the supermarket's online wine store which aims to boost its wine sales by £100 million, has gone live.

The owners of St. Jorge Winery suddenly withdrew their controversial application to expand activities on their property on Tuesday, just before the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors was to consider whether they should be allowed to proceed.

The winery released its 2010 Lemberger, 2011 Dry Rosé of Pinot Noir, 2010 Pinot Noir and 2010 Merlot.

Testa Wines of the World Ltd., Oyster Bay, N.Y.

A hard-earned thirst needs a big cold beer, but Australians are increasingly turning their backs on the national beverage in favour of wine or cider, according to new research

The maker of Smirnoff vodka will continue to see "double- digit" growth in the region after reporting gains of 19 percent in organic net sales and 22 percent in operating profit last year, Randy Millian, the president of Diageo's Latin America and Caribbean unit, said in an interview in Miami. He declined to be more specific

Dan Berger - "I have never been able to figure out why Champagne is seen primarily as a celebratory wine. It's so nice with the right food that it could easily be served year-around with a wide array of dishes."

The nor'easter that interrupted recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy is pulling away from New York and New Jersey, and is making its way into New England

study shows how both interests can benefit from operating major storage reservoirs in conjunction with groundwater basins

Two days of presentations about the relationship between the land and the food and beverages it produces - sometimes referred to as "terroir" -- will be held Nov. 9-10 at the University of California, Davis.

Out of the host of wineries in town there are many that are operated by Whitman graduates