Wine Industry News
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(LATimes) - The $200-million-a-year federal program helps groups such as the California Walnut Commission promote U.S. agriculture abroad. An effort to end it has met bipartisan opposition in Congress. In this era of federal austerity, appetites are souring over spending taxpayer money on dinner... -
(USAToday) - Hotels have long been willing to hawk pillows, linens and bathrobes. Now, they're peddling fine wines. A number of major hotel chains are getting into the wine business, teaming up with wineries to start wine clubs, create their own private labels or hold special wine events. ...Hotels happily jump into the wine business
July, 21, 2013 -
(AZStarNet) - The Arizona Wine Growers Association is rolling out a plan to bolster the state's burgeoning wine industry with the help of the University of Arizona. The UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will establish the Southwest Wine Library in Tucson to complement Yavapai College's...Arizona wine industry boosting ties to University of Arizona
July, 21, 2013 -
(Decanter) - Les Vignerons de Tavel, a cooperative cellar in the rose-only appellation of Tavel, has become the first wine cooperative in France to be declared part of France's national heritage for its architecture. The decision was taken in June, just a week after the Rhone Valley’s H...First wine cooperative in France to be classified 'national heritage'
July, 20, 2013 -
(Wines&Vines) - Harvest is pending, and the Sonoma County Winegrowers are inviting grapegrowers to learn about the latest advances in sustainable vineyard technology. With co-sponsors Santa Rosa Junior College and the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, SCW is hosting its annual Sustai...Sonoma County: Field Day for Sustainable Vineyards
July, 20, 2013 -
(Tempo) - The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the local government of Palo in Leyte province are partnering to make the town the coconut wine capital of the Philippines. Palo is one of the top tuba and bahalina-producing towns in the province. Bahalina is aged tuba, a local w...Boosting Philippines’ coconut wine industry
July, 20, 2013 -
(FoxNews) - Isn't it crazy how a scent can transport you back to special moment in time? I can’t smell an evergreen tree without thinking about Christmas. The smell of A+D diaper rash cream will forever bring me back to the hospital where I had my kids. And if you’ve ever ...Notes of Wine Collection captures the smell of the vineyard
July, 19, 2013 -
(Bloomberg) - In 1995, John Wiley & Sons (JW/A) first published Wine for Dummies, an instructional for aspiring oenophiles produced in the same format as the rest of the books in the popular yellow-and-black-jacketed reference series, which also includes Personal Finance for Dummies, Auto Repai...For Entry-Level Snobs, Introducing a ‘Wine for Dummies’ Brand Wine
July, 19, 2013

