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October 2009 Wine NewsArchives by MonthWine News Archives |
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36 Hours in Napa Valley | October 4, 1:59 pm | 0 comments "STRIKING waves of mustard flower. Rolling fields of budding vines. No traffic. You might need to pack an umbrella and an extra sweater, but winter is a surprisingly beautiful time to visit the Napa Valley of California. A misty and painterly moodiness sweeps over the 30-mile-long region this time of year, scattering the crowds, sharpening the colors and infusing the oak-scented tasting rooms with coziness. Daytime temperatures hover as high as the 50s, and though the season brings rain, it encourages an air of reflection perfectly suited to those big California reds." Source: nytimes.com |
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Researchers: Champagne's aroma comes from bubbles | October 5, 3:59 pm | 0 comments "Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles. A team of researchers — in Europe not surprisingly — found that Champagne's bursting bubbles not only tickle the nose, they create a mist that wafts the aroma to the drinker." Source: google.com |
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Wine’s Future: It’s in the Bag (in the Box) | October 6, 2:17 pm | 0 comments "With better wine in better boxes (and with consumers embracing a more relaxed idea of wine) box wine deserves to play a bigger role in the future of wine." Source: wineeconomist.com
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Kiwis try to restrict wine production | October 11, 7:10 am | 0 comments "The New Zealand Wine Growers Association wants next vintage to be cut by 20,000 tonnes to stop the best known varieties becoming too cheap." Source: net.au |
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County rethinks weddings at wineries | October 12, 5:54 pm | 0 comments "The Napa County Board of Supervisors, in a joint session Tuesday with the Napa County Planning Commission, agreed to rethink the strict regulations that prohibit local wineries from hosting large-scale events such as weddings." Source: napavalleyregister.c
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Bargain prices for grapes leading to low prices for wine | October 13, 6:23 pm | 0 comments "The year 2009 has been a boon year for grape growers. The harvests have been huge. However, as with all boon cycles in productivity, there is a downside. Too many grapes on the market lead to lower prices for a bottle of wine." Source: huliq.com |
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Would You Buy a Bottle of Twitter-Branded Wine? | October 15, 3:56 pm | 0 comments "Hey Twitter users, would you like some cheese to go with that whine? No? How about some wine to go with that whine? It seems that if this whole microblogging thing doesn't pan out for the folks on Twitter, they've got another promising career to fall back on: wine making." Source: pcmag.com
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Free the Grapes!: Wine Direct Shipping Issue Fermenting in Massachusetts | October 18, 7:13 pm | 0 comments "Massachusetts wine lovers live in one of the few states where access to American wineries is severely limited by state law. But that could change soon. The 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Family Winemakers of California v. Jenkins on November 2. The lawsuit challenges the state`s ban on shipments from wineries and wine companies producing an aggregate of more than 30,000 gallons - about 12,600 12-bottle cases. The law does not affect any in-state wineries - which all produce less than the 30,000 gallons, including fruit wine - but affects wineries that represent 98% of wine in interstate commerce, according to the filing." Source: reuters.com |
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All Bottled Up | October 19, 3:43 pm | 0 comments "FINDING a visually appealing way to store wine bottles at home can be challenging, particularly since they need to be kept horizontal." Source: nytimes.com
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Find your way around value wines with ease | October 20, 8:11 pm | 0 comments "Discovering a good wine makes you feel like you've gotten away with something. Who doesn't love a great deal? There's a growing selection of value wines, but sometimes it's overwhelming to pick a good bottle. Because of their affordable price, some labels that have been around for years -- Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, for one example -- are being introduced to a new generation of wine drinkers." Source: seattlepi.com |
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Drink the Wine You Like, No Matter What Scientists Say | October 23, 11:49 am | 0 comments
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Amazon Pulls Cork On Wine Delivery | October 24, 9:50 pm | 0 comments "Amazon.com has ended a trial program to sell wine online, the company confirmed. The wine sales pilot, which the e-commerce giant launched last year, was intended to sell wine from California’s Napa Valley and other U.S. regions. An Amazon spokesman declined to give details about why the company ended the program." Source: wsj.com
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Wash. wineries getting bigger as production grows | October 26, 4:02 pm | 0 comments "When it comes to wine production, Washington state still can't touch California, which produces 90 percent of all U.S. wine. Robin Pollard of the Washington Wine Commission says small, boutique wineries still dominate Washington's wine industry. But the massive storage and fermentation tanks being erected in Washington's wine corridors show that things are changing." Source: google.com |
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2009 New York Wine Experience: Wine Tastes Better When Shared | October 27, 3:37 pm | 0 comments "At first, no one in the room could believe it. Wine Spectator senior editor James Suckling was moderating a seminar on Brunello di Montalcino at the New York Wine Experience. When he introduced the final wine of the tasting, Valdicava's Brunello di Montalcino 1997, he explained that owner Vincenzo Abbruzzese had sent the last six cases of the wine in his cellar to New York so the audience could taste it. He had no more. The crowd of almost 1,000 people in the ballroom fell silent. Then they stood to applaud." Source: winespectator.com |
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The Fanciful Notion of ‘Minerality’ in Wine | October 28, 3:26 pm | 0 comments "From wine critics to wine makers, one of the most popular words used to describe a wine’s taste the past few years has been “minerality.” The notion refers to a wine’s “gout de terroir,” or “taste of the soil,” — the presumed ability of a vine to absorb minerals from the soil and impart them into the finished wine." Source: nytimes.com |
