Wine Industry News

  • France: Russian investor buys Sauternes estate

    (Decanter) - A Russian investor has bought Sauternes estate Clos Dady for €1.5m. Clos Dady, a 6ha AOC Sauternes estate, with 3ha in AOC Graves which is bottled under the name Chateau Les Remparts, was sold to Ilkham Ragimov by Catherine and Christophe Gachet. Ragimov is based in Moscow, where h...
  • Serving medical marijuana in...wine?

    (NBC) -- While controversial, medical marijuana is now legal in 16 states. There are already a variety of ways medical marijuana patients can ingest that pot. Some smoke it. Some choose to eat it in things like cookies or even ice cream. There's one chef in California who is taking it to the next...
  • Winery & Vineyard Sales Advice

    (Wines&Vines) - The hopeful winery owners who attended a seminar about buying and selling wineries conducted by the Seminar Group last week might despair of ever selling their properties. The list of requirements and disclosures—and the myriad possible pitfalls and hang-ups—seemed endless. Napa-...
  • Best wine for Thanksgiving? Not one but many

    (Reuters) - Thanksgiving, the U.S. holiday that anyone who likes to eat loves to celebrate, is just a week away and experts agree there is not one perfect wine to accompany the feast, but many. "No other holiday celebrates the gift of wine like Thanksgiving," said Natalie MacLean, author of the n...
  • Australia's most expensive new release wine

    (NEWS) - AUSTRALIA'S most expensive table wine hits the world's shelves today - and the famous name behind it, Penfolds, has gone off-shore to launch it. In price terms, forget Grange at $599, bypass Hill of Grace at $620, and step over Torbreck's $700 The Laird, Penfolds has jumped to the top sh...
  • US: Napa Valley Think Tank closed

    (NapaValleyRegister) - Napa Valley Think Tank, a St. Helena wine laboratory and resource center, closed Nov. 11. The business opened in August 2010, offering analytical wine testing services, winemaking supplies and tools for Napa Valley winemakers. In addition, Napa Valley Think Tank hosted sem...
  • US: Catholic bishop backtracks on limiting Communion wine

    The Roman Catholic bishop of Phoenix has backtracked on plans to restrict Communion wine at Mass after a local outcry and consultation with other bishops. Bishop Thomas Olmsted had said that Vatican guidelines attached to a new Mass translation curtail the distribution of Communion wine to special o...

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