Category: Wine News
Gallo and Constellation Screwed by U.S. Tort Law
I’m sure I’m going to catch hell for this post from any number of quarters, but it needs to be
Ensuring Organic Wine’s Lousy Reputation for Years to Come
I’ll bet you didn’t know there was an anti-sulfur lobby did you? Sure, you thought, there are those winemakers who
“Big Jay” Miller Departs Wine Advocate in Wake of Scandal
With eerily similar rhetoric to Herman Cain’s “suspension” of his campaign for President this week, and amidst an equally scandalous
Time for a Margin Call on your Wine?
I wrote last week about the great slurping sound that can be heard from China these days when it comes
The Downside of AOC
, near Bordeaux, whose sales of sugar apparently went off the charts right about around harvest time this year. The
China the Wine Juggernaut
Did you need any further confirmation that China is now the 8000000000 pound gorilla in the global wine industry? From
International Crime Syndicate Strikes… German Vineyards!?
In several places in the Southern German wine regions of Pfalz and Württemberg, thieves have been making off with hundreds
Napa and the New Kid in Town
Napa Valley has been awash with nervous energy for the past week. And it has nothing to do with the
South Africa Has Some Work to Do
I’m an unabashed fan of South Africa. I love its wines, its people, its food, and the land itself in
Hungary: Where It’s Tough to be a Wine Critic
Here in America, our government doesn’t produce its own wine, it just reserves the right to monopolize the power to
Being Proud of Your Country’s Wine Doesn’t Mean Anything if You Don’t Drink It
There are a few things you can count on no matter where you are in history. One of them is
Sit On Your Ass and Drink Red Wine
I can hardly think of a better piece of news than this: if all you like to do is sit
Wine Counterfeiters Get Sloppy
It used to be that spotting the counterfeit wine was pretty tricky. You had to look for a cork that
Wine: Now THAT’S a Lousy Business
As many of you know, the wine business was hit pretty hard in the recent recession. Lots of wineries went
Wine Drinkers in Pennsylvania Begin to Escape the Borg
Unless you live in a fascist or totalitarian state already, you have probably not been aware of the grave and
Compound in Red Wine Shown to Simulate Concussions
Researchers are studying whether a compound found in red wine can produce short-term or the long- term effects similar to
The Perils of the New Wine Economy
We live in remarkable times. The pace of technological innovation and the remarkable changes that globalization has wrought upon the
Don’t Steal Mommy’s Wine
My daughter gets a kick out of smelling what’s in our glasses when we’re drinking with dinner, but she knows
