UPDATED 11/25/09
West Texas Wineries Bloom Despite Bad Crop
The Texas High Plains
usually provides just the right environment for vines to
succeed. In the last few years, though, high rains have
increased the area's humidity, which in turn has meant the
usual cool nightly temperatures didn't occur.
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Soaking White Grapes in Skins is Orange Crush
What orange wines share
in common is skin contact
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France Anticipates Finest Bordeaux Wines in 60 Years
A fine summer followed by
dry, cool nights in September - could make the 2009 bordeaux
vintage one of the best.
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Zork Wine Top Provides Easy Opening and Resealing
While wine snobs will
likely snicker at anything less than cork, the Zork is the
perfect wine topper for the rest of us. The Zork opens much
like a bottle of milk-simply peel the seal off and pull it
straight off to open a fresh bottle of Merlot.
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Would You Like Your Wine in Your Doggy Bag?
Texas allows you to
transport open but covered bottles of wine in your car. Even
when there are only two of us at dinner, rather than buying
a glass of wine for each, we buy the whole bottle and take
home what's left
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Are You Ready for Some
Football (Wines)?
Unfiltered kicks off the
new football season with an overview of NFL stars past and
present who are donning the winemaking helmet
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Walgreen's Plans Beer, Wine in Arizona Stores
Walgreens plans to begin
selling beer and wine at all 239 of its stores across
Arizona. The Deerfield, Ill.-based drug store chain will be
seeking the licenses necessary to make the move.
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Oregon: Wineries Forecast A Great Year
This is turning out to be
a vintage year for late-summer sunshine, and that could be
just what it takes to make a vintage year for wine. Wine
grapes up and down the Willamette Valley are basking in the
sunny weather as vineyard owners watch anxiously.
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Frank Sinatra Wine Launches
Can the Sinatra name sell
wine? The Sinatra Family Estates has announced its first
wine offering, Come Fly With Me, a limited-production 2007
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Everyone Knows the Name Mondavi, but no one Knows the Name
Continuum
Continuum is where Tim
and his sister, Marcia, cast their wine future, in the
high-altitude soils of Pritchard Hill in Napa's eastern
hills
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A 3L
Bag-in-a-Box from Argentina That Will Have Wine Lovers
Rethinking it All
Falling Star, a pioneer
brand that helped put the Argentine category on the (wine)
map, continues to turn heads as it enters the Premium 3L
bag-in-the-box category.
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What Causes Wine Allergies?
Although not as common as
food allergies, people affected by wine allergies have as
severe reactions as with any allergy.
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Will High-end Wine Sales Rebound?
"The industry is just
absolutely split on this issue of what it's going to look
like a year from now, two years from now and three years
from now," said John Gillespie, founder of wine research
firm Wine Opinions.
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Top Seven Emerging Wine Regions
Wines from the "New
World," that once were the main challengers to "Old World"
wines now have their own rivals, as more countries seek
recognition for their wines.
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U.S. Wine Consumption Continues to Grow
Overall wine consumption
in the U.S. rose 0.9 percent in 2008 to 294.7 million
9-liter cases, according to the Beverage Information Group's
recently released 2009 Wine Handbook.
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Fresno State Wine Wins Record 49 Medals
When you walk into the
department of viticulture and enology at California State
University, Fresno, not only will you smell the scent of
fermenting grapes as the students begin the process of
winemaking, but you will also feel the sense of pride.
Fresno State just won a record 49 medals for the 2008-09
student produced wines.
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Where to Find Wine Fire Sales
The slumping economy has
left distributors scrambling to sell high-end bottles at
cut-rate prices--but you need to click quickly.
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Cotes du Rhone Wine Region Debuts First US Advertising
Campaign
Inter-Rhône announced the
debut of a consumer advertising campaign this fall: "Côtes
du Rhône: Always Right." The campaign is the first from the
region to run in the United States
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Top 100 Wine Brands and Top 100 Individual Wines in USA
Restaurants in 2008 Unveiled by Restaurant Wine Magazine
The wine landscape in USA
restaurants clearly shifted in 2008, according to a report
released today by Restaurant Wine magazine.
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USA Today Wine Club Launched
The USA TODAY Wine Club,
operated by My Wines Direct, will feature six bottles of
wine each quarter for $69.99 plus $11.99 shipping.
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Follow the 2009 Wine Harvest on Twitter
Wine geeks, lovers, and
the just plain curious can now follow (twollow?) the '09
harvest with Wine Business.com's new Twitter service
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Radiation Toxicity Reduced with Red Wine
Drinking wine may be the
key to healthier radiation therapy. In some patients, the
skin toxicity effects of radiation was reduced up to 75 per
cent with moderate red wine consumption.
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Wine Enthusiast's 2009 Wine Star Awards Nominees Announced
The awards recognize
excellence on all levels of the industry, from producing
premium wines and spirits to marketing and distributing
them. Brief descriptions of these nominees will appear in
the November issue of the magazine, published on October
5th, while the winners of each category will be announced
and presented in-depth in the December 15 issue, published
the beginning of November.
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Italian Minister: OK to Drink (a little) and Drive
ROME - Should two glasses
of wine disqualify someone from getting behind the wheel?
Italy's agricultural minister says no - and has ignited a
storm of criticism.
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SurePure Technology Approved in South Africa
South Africa has become
the first country to approve a new hi-tech process which
uses light energy to purify wine - and claims to
dramatically reduce the need to add sulphur.
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Trinchero Family Estates Celebrates First Harvest at New
Lodi Winery
On August 26, the
Trinchero family celebrated the first grape crush and the
beginning of harvest at their new West Side Winery in Lodi,
Calif. The Napa Valley winemaking family and owners of
Trinchero Family Estates will be producing a portion of
their top-selling wine brand, Sutter Home, as well as other
brands at the new state-of-the-art facility.
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France Regains Top Wine Output Crown: Report
France, with its expected
4.8 billion liter wine output in 2009, is set to surpass
Italy, which is forecast to make 4.7 billion liters this
year, Coldiretti said citing the French agency FranceAgriMer
and Italian research published in July.
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Beringer Vineyards Becomes Official Wine of PGA Tour in 2010
Iconic winery will bring
Napa Valley to tournaments throughout U.S
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Yeast on the Rise
Groundbreaking research
conducted by Auckland University's Dr Mat Goddard has
started unravelling their secrets and discovered that New
Zealand has a unique selection that could be harnessed by
our winemakers
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Champagne Grapes Will Rot as Producers Protect Prices
Consumers may have to put
hopes of cheap bubbly on ice as growers in the Champagne
region look set to harvest fewer grapes to combat
oversupply. Merchants are pushing for an historic reduction
in yield as they seek to ensure that champagne remains an
expensive luxury.
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Wine Country Goes Solar
Solar panels, often
arrayed across winery roofs or in stand-alone units in the
middle of a vineyard, are now a common sight in Wine
Country, where in recent years vintners have fully embraced
all things green and sustainable.
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French Wine Exports Fall 25 Percent Amid Crisis
The party's over: French
wine exports have plunged 25 percent in the first half of
this year as consumers worldwide scaled back on
non-essentials amid the global financial crisis, exporters
said Thursday.
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Ins and Outs of Wine Competitions
Just because a certain
bottle earns a gold medal, that doesn't mean you'll like it.
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Six States Raise Wine Taxes
While retailers in the
six states that raised taxes are frightened they'll lose
business during already tough times, 11 other state
governments rejected possible tax increases. But with the
economy just starting to show slow signs of recovery, the
budget pain will undoubtedly continue, and higher taxes on
wine aren't off the table yet.
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Bordeaux: 2009 Could be the Next 2005
Bordeaux producers are
cautiously optimistic about the 2009 vintage after a dry and
warm season - already comparing it with 2005.
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World's Lightest Bottles to Hit the Market
The 300g bottle is
undergoing trials at UK bottling specialist Kingland and
should be available in January 2010.
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Calif.
Governor Schwarzenegger Declares September 2009 California
Wine Month
Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger has declared September 2009 California Wine
Month for the fifth consecutive year. Recognizing the Golden
State's vintners and growers for their more than
200-year-old agricultural tradition, positive impact on the
state and national economies, and commitment to sustainable
winegrowing practices, the proclamation praises the wine
community's many contributions.
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Italian Wine Varieties Become Popular to Make in Oregon
Oregon has been enamored
with Italian wine for many years. As a state, it has long
been in second position for consumption of Italian wines,
per capita, behind New York. Italian winemakers regularly
visit and work the market in Oregon, reinforcing loyalty to
their brands.
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Riesling Comes of Age
No disrespect to great
white Burgundy, California chardonnay, or any of the other
great white wines out there, but riesling is widely known as
one of the greatest of all grapes - white or red - and not
only for early consumption.
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Jay Z's
Champagne Launches £400 Blanc de Blancs
Armand de Brignac, the
Champagne endorsed by hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, has launched a
non-vintage Blanc de Blancs, retailing at £400.
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Texas
Wine Grape Industry Continues Growth
In the 1860s Spanish
missionaries began cultivating grapes near present day El
Paso. In 1883, Frank Qualia founded the Val Verde Winery in
Del Rio, the oldest bonded winery still in operation today.
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Internationally Renowned Jazz Saxaphonist and 6 Time Grammy
Nominee Launches Koz Wine
While hosting his annual
Smooth Jazz cruise in 2008, Koz met one of his fans, Patrick
Bradley, the President of Whole Foods Market for the
Southern Pacific region. They shared their passion about
wine and, on the open seas, the idea to start a wine brand
was born.
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Keg
Wines Cut Costs, Open Markets
Oregon's Wooldridge Creek
Winery goes direct to trade with beer-style kegs
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Unique
New Zealand Wine Yeasts Discovered
Scientists from the
University of Auckland have discovered a unique group of New
Zealand yeasts involved in wine production, and have begun
to identify the origins of the local yeast strains - with
surprising results.
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Washington Expects Record Wine Grape Crop
A report by the
Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers indicates
record crop of 155,000 tons of wine grapes this fall. That
would be up from 145,000 last year.
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Seven
New Wineries Open Across Indiana
The Indiana Wine Grape
Council says seven new wineries opened this year across
Indiana and seven more are expected to start up in the
coming year. The new wineries give Indiana 43 commercial
wineries and more than 400 acres of grapes.
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Wine
Matters: It's Harvest Time in Texas Wine Country
August marks the grape
harvest in the Texas Hill Country. Don't miss the 2009
Harvest Wine Trail Friday through Sunday and Aug. 21-23.
Some 24 wineries will participate, and some will have
tastings of new releases.
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'Really Goode Job' A Boon For Wine Industry
Highly-publicized social
media talent search bears fruit for numerous wineries
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Gary
Vaynerchuk, the 'Social Media Sommelier'
Gary Vaynerchuk wants to
"fail very badly." Wine's first man of social media will
tell you so. At least that's what he says.
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The
New York Times Refreshing Wine Club
The New York Times needs
all the revenue sources it can get right now, so it's
licensed its brand to the Global Wine Company and created
the New York Times Wine Club.
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Texas
Develops Strategy to Attract More Wine Aficionados to State
The Texas Department of
Agriculture has launched a new tourist initiative designed
to draw more wine enthusiasts to the state.
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'In
Wine We Trust,' Ads Suggest
The idea behind the
campaign, created by Amazon Advertising in San Francisco, is
that just as you can trust, say, Stephen Sondheim, who wrote
the lyrics for "Gypsy," to produce memorable music,
consumers can trust Blackstone to provide fine wine at
reasonable prices (most of its offerings cost $8 to $10 a
bottle).
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Five
Reasons to Drink Pink Wine
Reputations can be tough
to shed. Perhaps none are more stubborn than rosé's. Why?
The wine industry--by cranking out millions of bottles and
casks of bland, too-sweet white zinfandel in the 1980s--did
its best to kill the notion that pink wine can be a tasty,
refreshing, refined drink.
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New
Wine Galloping to Market
Kendall-Jackson Winery
announced Tuesday that a limited edition of wines honoring
the horse will be ready for the holiday season. K-J plans to
produce and bottle 300 cases of the wines. Each bottle will
bear the horse's image.
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Three
Apps to Take to the Wine Seller
Wine apps have come a
long way in a short time. At first there were just
electronic wine journals, which helped you keep track of
what you had drunk, and or hoped to drink in the future.
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Is
Organic Wine Healthier and Tastier?
Studies show that
drinking wine is good for you, but let's face it; most
people drink wine because they enjoy the taste. The health
benefits are an afterthought…or a justification for that
second glass! But what about organic wine? Is it healthier
and tastier?
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Frisco
at Center of Denton County Alcohol Sales Lawsuit
The city government is
backing a lawsuit filed over a May election that opened the
door to all alcohol sales in southeast Denton County,
including part of Frisco.
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Deloach Launches Bag in a Barrell Pinot
Fairmont Hotel is first
to showcase refillable, 10-liter package from Sonoma vintner
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Zinfandel-- Back to It's Roots
Once a cultivar of
unknown origin, zinfandel within the past decade has been
genetically tied to an ancient Croatian grapevine, crljenak
kastelanski, which had almost died out. Scientists also
determined in recent years the Italian grape primitivo and
zinfandel are one and the same.
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The
Top 10 Most Sustainable U.S. Wineries
An "organic" label is one
way to judge wine sustainability, but the life cycle impact
of a bottle of red goes beyond that. Greenopia, a provider
of independent green product ratings, released a
comprehensive list of major wineries ranked in order of
sustainability today, taking into account factors like
growing practices, transportation, building logistics, and
wine packaging.
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New
Upper Mississippi River Valley Wine Region, Nation's
Largest, Raises Grape Expectations in Midwest
It's the Upper
Mississippi River Valley, covering a whopping 29,914 square
miles (77,477 square kilometres) and encompassing portions
of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. That's 39 times
the Napa Valley's puny 759 or so square miles (1,966 square
kilometres).
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First
Ever Independent Champagne and Sparkling Wine Invitational (ICSWI)
to debut in New Orleans April 16-18, 2010
The first ever
Independent Champagne & Sparkling Wine Invitational (ICSWI)
will take place in New Orleans, April 16-18, 2010. ICSWI
2010 will expose consumers and trade to independent global
producers who are making exceptional, hand-crafted products.
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Starbucks Experimenting with Beer & Wine
Starbucks Corp. will add
beer and wine to its menu of coffees, teas and snacks at one
of its Seattle locations. The store has been named "15th
Avenue Coffee and Tea inspired by Starbucks" and will open
July 24th. The performance of the Seattle area stores will
determine if Starbucks will sell alcohol elsewhere.
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First
California Winery Certified with Green 'Gold' Rating
St Helena winery in the
Napa Valley has become the first in California to receive a
gold certificate for its environmental awareness and
sustainability.
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Hardy
Wallace Picked for Murphy-Goode Winery's $10,000/month Wine
Social Media Job
Sometimes the early bird
really does catch the worm--or in this case, a
$10,000-a-month job as the world's first "Wine Country
Lifestyle Correspondent." Hardy Wallace, from Atlanta,
Georgia, flew to San Francisco to be first in line when the
now-famous job search began in April. Today he has his dream
job.
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Rosemount Estate Wines Announces Exclusive Partnership with
'Hells Kitchen' and Chef Gordon Ramsay
Rosemount Estate wines is
pleased to announce a one-year exclusive wine partnership
with Hell's Kitchen, the enormously popular reality series
in which aspiring young chefs are put to the ultimate
culinary challenge, and Gordon Ramsay, world-renowned
celebrity chef and star of the long-running FOX series.
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Rachael Ray Picks pro-mis-Q-ous
pro-mis-Q-ous Red and
pro-mis-Q-ous White wines have received the endorsement of
media superstar Rachael Ray. The wines appear on the popular
"Everyday Faves Fun" page where Rachael recommends her own
personal picks for the month.
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Gnarly
Head Continues Life on the Edge as Exclusive Wine Sponsor of
Hurley's US Open of Surfing
For the third year in a
row, Gnarly Head will be the exclusive wine sponsor of
California's premier surfing event, the annual U.S. Open of
Surfing, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this July
in Huntington Beach.
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DeLoach Vineyards Rolls Out Barrel to Barrel Wine Service
DeLoach Vineyards, a
pioneering Russian River Valley producer of Pinot Noir,
Chardonnay and Zinfandel, is revolutionizing
wine-by-the-glass service at premier hotels and restaurants
with the introduction of its "Barrel-to-Barrel" wine
program.
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Sutter
Home Advances Sustainability with Ball's 187ml Plastic Wine
Bottles
Sutter Home Winery, the
number one producer of single-serving 187mL wines, is now
using PET bottles from Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) for all
187mL wine bottles sold throughout the U.S.
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Crush
Begins on Texas' Gulf Coast
Hot, dry season sparks
early July harvest of Blanc du Bois winegrapes
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Staples
Says Wine Biz is a Big Employer for Texas
Staples said the wine
industry contributes almost $1.35 billion to the state's
economy and employs about 9,000 Texans.
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New
Wine to Benefit Lobster Research
Big Claw's first pour was
celebrated on the outdoor deck of one of Portland's
best-known spots for eating lobster: DiMillo's Floating
Restaurant. Winemaker Steve Melchiskey of USA Wine West came
up with the blend, which he tested on a panel of 15 wine and
food professionals.
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Sonoma
Vintner Leads Texas Custom Crush
Fridell will supervise
winemaking for Houston start-up
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Obama
Presents N.C. Wine to Italian President
Obama gave Napolitano a
variety of American wines packaged in a custom-made box
crafted from the wood of former Oval Office flooring, and a
bottle of 2008 Raffaldini Vineyards Vermentino was among the
wines in the package.
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Kendall-Jackson Winery Taps GE for Energy Efficiency
Just as wine is often
best enjoyed years after its original bottling,
Kendall-Jackson Winery expects to see the benefits of an
energy-efficient lighting solution for years to come. The
California winery aims to save more than $100,000 annually
in energy and maintenance costs as a result of an energy
efficiency program that features innovative new lighting
from GE Consumer & Industrial.
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Iowa Wine
Industry Grows
The Iowa wine industry
has exploded in the past ten years.
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Silver
Mountain Vineyards goes to 100% Solar Energy
Silver Mountain
Vineyards, a certified organic vineyard and winery in the
Santa Cruz Mountains has joined the small but growing ranks
of California growers and wineries to install solar systems
to power their operations. The newly installed 46-kilowatt
solar system will generate 100 percent of the winery's
electricity needs.
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Newest
American Wine Appellation, World's Largest
The Feds that regulate
wine granted a new American Viticultural Area (AVA), the
American word for appellation www.wineinstitute.org/resources/avas,
to be known as the Upper Mississippi River Valley
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Number
of California Wineries passes 2,800
Bewildered by the number
of wine choices in the supermarket? It's about the only
downside to living in a golden age for wine, especially
California wine.
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Virus
Resistant Grapevines
Viruses [sic] can cost
winegrowers an entire harvest. If they infest the
grapevines, even pesticides are often no use. What's more,
these chemicals are harmful to the environment. Researchers
are growing plants that produce antibodies against the
viruses and are thus immune.
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Sonoma, A Vintner's Paradise
A recent tasting and food
pairing at Taste Select Wines in Austin brought some of the
best of Sonoma's growers and vintners to Texas to share a
glimpse of what is going on in the region.
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Winegrowers See A Future in Green
Producers of wine are
investing early in sustainable techniques as the industry
prepares for strict new rules to be rolled out in the next
10 years
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Vic
Poulos: Texans can Take Credit for Good French Wines
In 1862, Monsieur Borty
imported American vine cuttings to plant in his vineyards in
Rhone, France. Little did he know that he was introducing a
tiny aphid lying in the roots that would soon devastate the
French wine world.
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The
War of the Rosés
It was full-on war: The
traditionalists against the opportunists. Fermentation tanks
standing as solemn sentries in wineries; bottling machines
lined up at attention, furious winemakers on both sides of
the argument awaiting a vote by the EU (European Union)
defining how rosé could be made.
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Boulder, Colorado Cooperative Planning Wine Vineyard
Members of the LaGazza
Vineyard & Estates say they want to begin planting on the
40-acre site in southeast Boulder this fall and hope to have
their first harvest in 2013.
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Plastic Not Fantastic for Wine
The study found that in
the short-term, wine stored in glass and plastic tasted
similar, but the wine stored in the plastic bottles started
to deteriorate after about eight months and is best consumed
within 12 months of bottling.
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Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association Appoint Special
Committee Focused on Agri-Tourism Development and Wine
Marketing Integration
Merrill Bonarrigo,
co-founder of Messina Hof Winery and Resort in Bryan, Texas,
is proud to announce her participation in the 2009 Texas
Wine and Grape Growers Association (TWGGA) Special
Committee.
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Coppola hawks his wine and New Movie
Call it clever and
eye-catching -- or perhaps just shameless self-promotion.
But you have to hand it to Francis Ford Coppola. In an era
when marketers try to seamlessly and subliminally blend
products into movies, Coppola would rather come out and just
hit you over the head with a bottle -- literally.
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The PH Factor: The Truth about Acidity in Wine
Understanding a bit
about how acid actually works in the wine equation will help
you evaluate wines more analytically.
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Viticulture
Flourishes in Texas
The Texas High
Plains has 9 million acres that could be planted with
grapes. Talk to some of the local farmers now growing
everything from albariño to viognier, and you'll wonder why
the entire area isn't completely covered with vines.
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Science's Toast to Wine-in-a-Box
Study shows
packaging reduces an off taste. Long dismissed by certain
purists, boxed wine is now getting a thumbs-up, of sorts,
from the realm of science.
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New Meaning
for Drink to Your Health
So-called
"lifestyle tax proposals" would help pay the $1.5 trillion
tab over the next decade to revamp the system while slowing
sales of unhealthy products that contribute to rising
medical costs. All alcoholic beverages would be taxed at the
same rate, based on their alcohol content, eliminating the
lower rate that beer and wine now have.
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Marlborough
Sauvignon Brand Tops US Market
A Marlborough wine
has replaced California's Kendall Jackson as the number one
selling brand of Sauvignon Blanc in the US.
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Whole Foods (R)
Unveils Priced to Please Top 10 Summer Wines
Crisp and
Refreshing Wines are Paired with Season's Best Cheeses to
Suit Any Occasion
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Washington
Wines comparable at better than California prices
A MARKETING-SURVEY
company has released some telling statistics about wine
drinkers. According to the Pointer Media Network, 7.5
million wine drinkers purchase 80 percent of the wine sold
in this country.
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Texas Hill Country
Wineries' Determination a lesson we could follow
It takes
determination to have a successful winery in the Texas Hill
Country. North and west of Austin, Texas twenty-four
wineries show that a stick to it attitude can pay off. These
wineries are faced with challenges.
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Texas Tech adds Wine
and Grape Courses
Expanding industry
sparks new viticulture/enology programs and extension
services
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Wine Matters: Texas
Tech Viticulture Program First in State
The Texas High
Plains has 9 million acres that could be planted to grapes.
Talk to some of the local farmers now growing everything
from albariño to viognier, and you'll wonder why the entire
area isn't completely covered with vines.
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The
New Way to Learn About Wine: Twitter
The social media tool is
perfect for discovering and learning about different styles
and varieties.
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Wine Country Lowdown:
Northern Willamette Valley
TThe Willamette
Valley AVA, at roughly 9,000 square acres, is by far the
state's largest. More importantly, it's regarded as the
epicenter for commercial wine production in the state.
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Oregon: More Wineries Going Green
Sustainability efforts
have grown beyond the vineyard.
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New Wine Campaign
Kicks off in Houston
The country of
Israel has been working hard to improve its wines and now,
for the first time, Israel will market its finest wines in
Houston. And the idea is leaving a good taste in the mouths
of wine critics.
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Texas Wine Bill Clears
Senate with help from Dewhurst
A bill that would
let Texans take their own wine into restaurants serving
liquor has quietly cleared the Texas Senate after some help
from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and the Texas Restaurant
Association.
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Several Proposals in Legislature would make some sweet wines
All-Texan
State law says he
can't buy or sell brandy from other Texas wineries, so he
buys California brandy - and has it shipped here - to make
his sweet wines such as sherry and port.
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Texas: Sunday Liquor Sales: Bills would lift ban
The hardest fight isn't necessarily with teetotalers and
social conservatives. It's with other liquor store owners
who believe Sunday sales would barely cover the cost of
staying open.
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Castello Banfi Honored with Vinitaly's Top Award
Annual Wine Fair
recognizes Montalcino's Premier Estate for it's Pursuit of
Excellence
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Gordon
Ramsey Lends his Name to a Wine Label
Gordon Ramsay is putting
his name on a wine for the first time.
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Ed Hardy Wines?
Christian Audigier's Branding Machine Grinds on
Michigan is known as the
home for many a favored microbrew, and now, wine on tap
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Francis Ford Coppola's Innovations as a Winemaker don't stop
at the grapes
Coppola has been
stirring up the wine barrel with all sorts of eye-catching
initiatives. He is selling wine in single-serving cups.
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Concrete Strides for Fermenting Tanks
Concrete tanks
find solid support from California industry
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A
Toast to Mexico's Undiscovered Wine Country
Though it produces 90 percent of Mexico's wines today, Baja
is a relative newcomer to the industry. The oldest winery -
not just in Mexico but in all the Americas - is in Coahuila
state.
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Australia: Wine Sellers Twitter Away
In a world first,
thousands of dollars of Australian wine has been sold to the
UK, using the online chat service Twitter.
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Antonio Banderas buys vineyard in Ribera del
Duero
Hollywood actor Antonio
Banderas has bought the Bodega Anta Natura in Ribera del
Duero.
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Story
Port by Any Other Name
While "port" is now banned from a
U.S. wine label - an agreement with the European Union
grandfathered-in labels that previously used the term -
Peltier Station, a winery in Lodi, has produced a new
port-style wine made from zinfandel that doesn't fall under
the grandfather clause.
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Sam's Club Introduces Second Fair Trade
Certified (TM) Wine
Sam's Club
continues its commitment to Simple Steps to Saving Green(TM)
and sustainability with the addition of a second Fair Trade
Certified(TM) wine in locations nationwide.
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Ultraviolet Tool May Reduce Need for Sulfites:
It uses ultraviolet rays
to zap unwanted microbes and yeasts, reducing the need to
add the sulfites that have traditionally done the job of
preserving the wine - and making some people feel lousy.
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Message in a Bottle:
Sting's Vineyard to sell "Rock Star Wine"
The rock star Sting -
whose best known songs include Message in a Bottle - is to
produce 30,000 bottles of Chianti a year from his
300-hectare estate in Tuscany.
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Australia: Apera and Topaque enter the Wine Lexicon:
No longer able to
"borrow" the name Sherry and Tokay, Australian wine
producers are getting creative.
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First UV Treated Wine to be Available
This Year, Reduced need for Sulphites
The wine, produced by L'Ormarins
wine estate in Franschhoek, is treated by a UV (Ultra
Violet) light machine that, according to the owners, kills
unwanted microbes and yeasts. This, says cellar master Neil
Patterson, reduces the need to add sulphites.
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Wines of Chile: New US
Presence as NY Office is Opened
Wines of
Chile
is to open a new
US
office in a bid to capitalize on consumers' increasing
thirst for more diverse styles of the country's wines.
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Than 6300 Solar Panels Top Winery; Will be World's Largest
Constellation Brands, Inc., an international producer and
marketer of beverage alcohol brands, is in the process of
implementing the world’s largest winery solar energy system
at its
Gonzales,
CA,
facility. The company anticipates the project to be
completed in early this year.
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