Why America is drunk on canned wine – USA TODAY

USA TODAY Why America is drunk on canned wineUSA TODAYIt's never too late to crack open a can of chardonnay. This summer, millions of wine drinkers ditched corks and slipped a can of wine in to-go bags. Canned wine is a booming, if relatively new, sector of the wine business in the USA. Nielsen reported […]

Distilling The Story Of California Wine, One Label At A Time – NPR

NPR Distilling The Story Of California Wine, One Label At A TimeNPRFor the first half of the 20th century, nobody would have ever compared the wines of California's Napa Valley to the great wines of France. "It's amazing when you think about it," says Amy Azzarito, online strategist at the University of California … and […]

81 Pa. grocery stores, restaurants and hotels approved to sell wine by the bottle: Here’s the list – PennLive.com

PennLive.com 81 Pa. grocery stores, restaurants and hotels approved to sell wine by the bottle: Here's the listPennLive.comThe Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board today announced an initial 81 wine permits have been approved, allowing grocery stores, restaurants and hotels in the state to sell wine by the bottle. This is the first round of what could […]

How Czech Wine Got Its Terroir Back – New York Times

New York Times How Czech Wine Got Its Terroir BackNew York TimesIntrigued, Mr. Mazey, whose contract as a winemaker for Ausvin, an Australian producer, was about to expire, left for South Moravia, the main wine producing region of the Czech Republic. He had never heard of Moravia, nor of some of the grape varieties … […]

This is how your favorite wine gets made: Forget Uber — tech pioneers are chasing the perfect Cab – Salon

Salon This is how your favorite wine gets made: Forget Uber — tech pioneers are chasing the perfect CabSalon“Fundamentally, to make great wine you must be a great farmer,” McMinn told Salon. “Fifty percent of what great wine is, is where vines are planted, the terroir — right place, right varietal, right root stock. Twenty-five […]

Berkeley rare wine store owner pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times Berkeley rare wine store owner pleads guilty in Ponzi schemeLos Angeles TimesThe owner of a high-end Berkeley wine shop pleaded guilty to bilking customers out of at least $45 million in what one prosecutor described as a “wine Ponzi scheme.” John Fox, 66, admitted masterminding a “massive scheme to defraud” through his […]

Wine, women and scam: High-end seller guilty in Ponzi scheme … – SFGate

SFGate Wine, women and scam: High-end seller guilty in Ponzi scheme …SFGateThe owner of a now-bankrupt premium wine store in Berkeley pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding customers out of at least $45 million, in what a judge …Berkeley's Premier Cru wine schemer pleads guilty to wire fraud …East Bay TimesBerkeley Wine Company owner pleads guilty of […]

Wine investing may be your tipple of choice – CNBC

CNBC Wine investing may be your tipple of choiceCNBCHowever, the fine wine market, like all markets, goes through a boom-and-bust cycle. Market prices rose rapidly in 2008 and 2009 because of increased interest from Chinese and other Asian buyers, as well as the emergence of Hong Kong as a fine wine hub … Brought to you […]

Ginger Zee Uncorks the Mystery Behind Napa Valley’s Tasty Wine … – ABC News

Ginger Zee Uncorks the Mystery Behind Napa Valley's Tasty Wine …ABC NewsEvery year a new crop of wine grapes is harvested in the Napa Valley before they're crushed, turned into wine, aged in barrels, bottled and sold. When the bottle … and more » Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article here

Ginger Zee Uncorks the Mystery Behind Napa Valley’s Tasty Wine – ABC News

Ginger Zee Uncorks the Mystery Behind Napa Valley's Tasty WineABC NewsEvery year a new crop of wine grapes is harvested in the Napa Valley before they're crushed, turned into wine, aged in barrels, bottled and sold. When the bottle is aged and uncorked, it will taste different from the same wine from the same vineyard […]