Wine Industry News
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(KTVB) - Most of us have been there. When you travel outside the state, and you tell people you're from Idaho, they say, 'Oh, famous potatoes.' While Idaho does have famous potatoes, some people are hoping that another Idaho product gets national and international acclaim. And, it's already started... -
(Telegraph) - How a move upmarket has helped English winemaker Chapel Down toast rising profits at home and abroad. After two years of miserable grape harvests, the current heatwave is boding well for English winemakers. However, Frazer Thompson, chief executive of Chapel Down W...English wine maker Chapel Down gets sales fizzing
July, 22, 2013 -
(Spearswms) - The Oracle Paradis Wine Fund today announced it had hit US$5 million of funds under management, only 6 months after the fund’s launch. ‘This is a landmark achievement for a fund of this kind,’ said David Nathan-Maister, director of the fund and a former wine ...UK: Oracle Paradis Wine Fund hits $5 million in funds
July, 22, 2013 -
(AP) - University of Tennessee fraternities are implementing sweeping reform recommended by a Greek life task force that urged a change in culture. The changes follow embarrassments that resulted in two UT fraternity chapters closing. The one that garnered most attention was an incident at t...US: UT fraternity reforms after wine enema incident
July, 22, 2013 -
(DailyMail) - Health supplements containing the ‘miracle ingredient’ from red wine could undo the positive effects of exercise, experts have warned. A daily dose of the antioxidant resveratrol cancelled out many of the benefits of a two-month-long exercise programme, a study found. ...Red wine pills touted as miracle health supplements 'undo effects of exercise' warn experts following human trials
July, 22, 2013 -
(NYTimes) - WineCare marketed itself as a high-security cellar that stores, catalogs and cares for 27,000 cases of wine in the basement of a Manhattan warehouse, charging substantial fees to safeguard collections worth tens of millions of dollars. But there was one problem: the cellar was jus...US: More Than a Flooded Cellar. A Vintage Mystery.
July, 21, 2013 -
(Scotsman) - Older men who enjoy a glass of red wine are undoing the benefits of any regular exercise, warns a new study. Researchers have found that a compound in red grapes, including red wine, counteracts exercise benefits in older men. In older men, a natural antioxidant compound found i...Red wine ‘not good for older men’
July, 21, 2013 -
(PressDemocrat) - On a computer screen at St. Francis Winery & Vineyards is a profile of Rosemary, a woman who has commented about the Sonoma Valley winery on sites like Facebook and Pinterest hundreds of times. Her mug shot, pulled from her profile on one of those sites, is alongside he...Online tracking of wine customers' tastes growing in popularity
July, 21, 2013

