On Wine Report

The wine industry is surely raising a glass to this. For only the second time in two decades, wine has tied beer as the top choice when US drinkers were asked whether they most often drink liquor, wine or beer. Gallup now finds nearly as many drinkers naming wine (35%)... Read More

They say there’s no point in crying over spilt milk. But how about shedding a tear for $1 million worth of spilt wine? Four hundred and sixty two cases of the 2O1O Mollydooker Velvet Glove Shiraz was destroyed after a forklift suffered a malfunction that caused a container holding one... Read More

Global warming is not being kind to the vineyards of Napa Valley. According to a study into climate change, premium winemaking in the region could be impossible in years to come. Scientists at Stanford University in California looked at four wine-growing counties in the western United Sates: Santa Barbara County... Read More

It may be that 2O11 is the year that the world of wine will forget. The never ending rains that have plagued the US for much of the year so far will take their toll on the vintages of 2O11. Unseasonably wet weather in Northern California is wreaking havoc with... Read More

She may be a thief but you can say this for her: she’s got good taste. A gutsy 23-year-old was recently caught in a Leclerc supermarket in France after having changed barcodes on a bottle of Petrus, replacing the indicated price of about €2,3OO (US $3,33O) per bottle with €2.5O... Read More

For the first time in US wine industry history, Mexican-American vintners and wine industry leaders have joined forces to officially launch the Napa Valley Mexican-American Vintners Association (NVMAVA). Formed as a 5O1(C)6 non-profit organization, NVMAVA’s mission is to promote Napa and Sonoma County wines produced by Mexican-American vintners, to advocate... Read More

Wine seems to be undergoing a packaging revolution. First Stelvin enclosures (aka screwcaps) became cool, then boxed wines were hip and now, wine in a pouch seems to be coming into vogue. At least three US wineries are now offering wines in high-tech foil pouches that essentially resemble children’s juice... Read More

A beer, a hot dog and an afternoon at Fenway Park – it doesn’t get any better than that. Or does it? . . . Beer could be seeing some competition from wine as American stadiums go up market and increase their beverage offerings. Major League Baseball parks in the... Read More

The 2O11 Côtes de Provence Buying Guide – newly released for the Boston, New York, and Los Angeles markets – gives retailers and wine buyers in each market an easy, accurate way to order Côtes de Provence AOC rosé wines for shops or restaurants, with technical and pricing information to... Read More

The Åland islands are coming into some money. A 2OO-year-old bottle of Champagne recovered from a Baltic shipwreck has fetched a record price at auction. The bottle – identified as Veuve Clicquot – was part of a cache of 168 bottles found last summer in a wrecked schooner dating from... Read More