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Fresh hell for California's crippled wine industry as values hit rock bottom
California's battered wine industry is spiraling deeper into crisis as vineyard values across wine country plunge, buyers vanish, and experts warn the pain could drag on for years. At an AWG Wine Advisors conference in Santa Rosa on May 21…
Adventure Trips That Focus On Gastronomy And Wine
Few travel experiences pair quite as well as adventure travel and a deep dive into regional wines and cuisine. After a day spent hiking, walking, or biking, sitting down to a freshly prepared local meal, savoring the work of a Michelin-starred…
I'm a Wine Expert- This Costco Bottle Is the Best Bargain in Wine
Whenever a well-meaning non-wine-expert presents me with an “amazing wine discovery,” I approach the bottle with a healthy dose of skepticism. Like the time my dad whipped out a bottle of Champagne from Costco—bearing the big…
Blouge Is Our Summer Wine Crush
“The word is out on blouge,” says Meri Lugo, the managing partner of Domestique, a natural wine shop in Washington, D.C. “One of our regulars recently told us that blouge is going to be his wine of the summer.” A…
AI can recommend wine. But can it replace a sommelier?
For the wine uninitiated, few things are more quietly panic-inducing than choosing wine at a fine dining establishment. While the tasting menu is mercifully concise, the wine list arrives like a phone book filled with obscure regions…
Vega Vineyard Wines Vermentino Gold
Awards come a dime a case in the wine business, but there's certainly something special when a California winery wins top accolades in the cultural homeland of a specific grape. That's what Vega Vineyard & Farm just pulled off at the International…
Wine shop gets green light despite residents' 'excessive drinking' fears
A new wine store is set to open in West London despite two objections from local residents. Majestic Wine will open at 92-96 St Mary's Road in Ealing, replacing a tyre-fitting establishment. The company has over three dozen stores across the city…
Jeroboams: 'a modern fine wine merchant... can't just sell people wine
Six months after launching its new Exchange platform, db catches up with Jeroboams on the growth of the site and its next steps. Arabella Mileham reports. Speaking to the drinks business six months into the launch of its new fine wine exchange, CEO…
Carney's in-flight menu includes fine wine, braised beef and 'luxury' butter: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Your grocery list this week probably didn't include “luxury Normandy butter cups” or beef tenderloin, and you probably opted for the $25 bottle of red wine instead the one more than twice the price, but the Canadian Taxpayers…
Disney+'s $40M Action Fantasy Series Is Aging Like Fine Wine
To say that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has faced difficulties with its output on Disney+ would be putting it mildly. Although there was an admirable attempt to ensure that the shows put out on streaming were of the same quality as the films…
Brisbane night markets return with street food, music and mulled wine
Night market season has returned to Brisbane, combining Singapore-style hawker market dining with the cosy pleasures of the German-model Weihnachtsmarkt, or Christmas market. A hallmark of the latter is mulled wine, or Gluhwein, which is offered at…
Endeavour Group trims wine portfolio in cost-saving plan
Endeavour Group has unveiled a restructure of its Pinnacle Drinks business as it looks to cut costs and trim its premium wine range. In a statement today (27 May), the Australian group said it will reposition Pinnacle as an “asset-light…
Kylie Minogue Wines tops 27 million bottles sold worldwide
With more than 27 million bottles worldwide, equivalent to more than 135 million glasses poured. The range is now distributed across 36 international markets and stocked by major retailers including Tesco and Sainsbury's. Marking the milestone…
Lompoc Winery Sues County Supervisors, Vintners Association Over Wine District
A Lompoc winery has filed a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Barbara County Vintners Association over fees paid to the county's Wine Business Improvement District. Flying Goat Cellars filed a lawsuit…
Wine Country warned about harmful grapevine pest found on Costco plants
County agricultural commissioners have issued a multi-county alert after the glassy-winged sharpshooter, an invasive pest carrying Pierce's disease which is incurable for grapevines, was detected on vines sold at regional Costco locations. The…
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