February, 01, 2012 France: Louis Latour looks at the bigger picture

(Thedrinksbusiness) - Burgundy domain Louis Latour is hoping to encourage producers to work together to promote greater biodiversity and improve vineyard management with a project dubbed “Paysage de Corton”.Launched last year, the project was designed to make the producers in Corton “look at t...

February, 01, 2012 Okanagan wine family expands into California

(Vancouversun) - One of B.C.’s oldest and best-known wine-producing families is expanding into California’s Napa Valley as a way to build an international brand. The Stewart family, which owns Quails’ Gate Estate Winery of West Kelowna, is undertaking what it calls a “significant expansio...

February, 01, 2012 Burgundy leads non-Bordeaux trade – but not DRC

(Thedrinksbusiness) - Comte de Voguë and not Domaine de la Romanée-Conti led the trade in non-Bordeaux wines last month according to Liv-ex. Voguë accounted for 12.3% of non-Bordeaux trading during January and DRC only 8% “a signal perhaps”, said the index, “that more of the region’s lead...

February, 01, 2012 Dom Pérignon chief debunks acidity “myth”

(Thedrinksbusiness) - Dom Pérignon cellar master Richard Geoffroy described the connection between acidity and age-worthiness in wine as a “myth” during a tasting of the Champagne house’s new release from the notoriously warm 2003 vintage. Commenting on the decision by many of his peers not t...

February, 01, 2012 Bulgaria Celebrates Vine and Wine Day

(Novinite) - The Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors on Wednesday, February 1, the Day of Saint Trifon, the patron of vine-growers, wine-producers and tavern-keepers. The holiday is widely known in Bulgaria as Trifon Zarezan - from the Bulgarian verb "zariazvam" meaning to prune vines. Saint Trif...

February, 01, 2012 UF research: Blueberry wine has more antioxidants than many grape-based wines

(UFL.News) - Blueberry wine can provide more potentially healthy compounds than white wines and many red wines, according to a new University of Florida study. Researchers with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences measured antioxidant content in a Florida-produced blueberry wine and c...

February, 01, 2012 Mario Andretti driven to produce wine

(Theglobeandmail) - What’s it like to sit down and open a bottle of wine with your name on it? 1978 Formula One world champion Mario Andretti snapped the answer without hesitation: “Cool as hell.” Seeing the Andretti name on a wine might be satisfying but the racing legend is also quick ...

February, 01, 2012 Wente Family Estates Named American Winery of the Year by Wine Enthusiast

(PRNewswire) - Carolyn Wente, CEO and Fourth Generation Winegrower of America's oldest continuously owned and operated winery, is pleased to announce that her family business received the 2011 American Winery of the Year award from Wine Enthusiast yesterday evening. Wente Family Estates' portfolio o...