Wine Industry News

  • US: Wine Is Key to Virginia Celebration

    (Wines&Vines) -  How do you celebrate the 200th birthday of the nation’s oldest continually occupied governor’s mansion? In Virginia, there was only one answer: with a special bottle of wine designed to highlight the state’s growing wine industry. On June 27, Virginia Gov...
  • Virginia Wines: In the Old Dominion, a New Terroir

    (NYTimes) - ON a humid afternoon in late May, Luca Paschina, a winemaker born in northern Italy, made his pitch to the owner of a wine shop on Long Island. Pouring a cabernet franc reserve and a Bordeaux-style blend, he described how the red wines were aged for more than a year in French oak. And h...
  • Chill out with homemade wine coolers

    (Lohud) - The wine cooler has a bit of an identity problem. Is it a wine spritzer? A wine cocktail? Sangria? And what about that wild-child moment in the ’80s when it was the hottest thing on the party scene? Luckily, this cocktail conundrum is easily solved. As Gertrude Stein might put...
  • Is wine the newest trend in celeb branding?

    (HLNTV) - Celeb concoctions of various booze, clothing and beauty products is far from a new fad. For years, A-list stars like Mariah Carey and Justin Timberlake have advertised sweet smelling perfume and couture jeans. The latest crop? Wine lines designed by some of Hollywood's biggest names, ...
  • The Actual Facts Behind the Rise of Natural Wine

    (WSJ) - "Natural" is a small but growing category in wine, signaling biodynamic, organic or vegan winemaking practices. But Lettie Teague wonders: Is the movement about taste or just ideology? WILLIAM JAMES was not only a famous philosopher but a source of some pretty memorable quotes. One of hi...
  • US: Can an Advocacy Group for Wine Lovers Make a Difference?

    (WineSpectator) - The 21st century has been a tumultuous, albeit productive, one for Drinkers' Rights, were one so inclined to dub the movement. The tug-of-war over where, when and how alcohol can be bought and consumed has played out everywhere from local community boards to state legislatures to ...

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