How Global Economic Shifts Changed the Wine Industry — For Better and For Worse

(Time) – The international wine market was a favorite subject for classical economists in the 18th and 19th centuries to help explain the benefits of free trade. Adam Smith advocated free trade in his opus, An Inquiry… read more

BERGER: The art of wine description

(Pressdemocrat) – Describing what a wine tastes like is an art form that isn’t taught in any school and is best created by those with an exalted sense of the absurd. I have seen wine reviewers who wax so poetic that… read more

GTREE(TM) Set To Revolutionize Sustainable Label Offerings

/CSRwire/ – Following years of research, testing and development, G3 Enterprises is now offering GTREE™ – an environmentally sustainable, high-performance wine label paper which was developed for use on all bottling… read more

UK: Magnum Tonic Wine breaches alcohol marketing rules for hinting at increased sexual performance

(Thedrum) – A drink called Magnum Tonic Wine has breached rules on alcohol marketing for claiming it could make the drinker better in bed. The Portman Group’s Independent Complaints Panel rapped the product for… read more

US: New Jersey Lets In Most Wineries

(Wines&Vines) – After we published last month the welcome news that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had signed into law the long-sought legislation allowing direct-to-consumer wine shipments from within and outside the… read more

UK: Camel Valley Vineyard in protected status bid

(BBCNews) – Cornish vineyard is trying to protect the status of one of its wines. Camel Valley Vineyard at Nanstallon, near Bodmin, is applying for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) recognition for its Darnibole…read more

Wine: ‘France is very protective over the way rosé is made’

(Scotsman) – WITH Valentine’s Day just over a week away, it is time to look at some of the pink wines we traditionally associate with 14 February. Oddly enough, few in France – home to a third of the world’s rosé… read more

UK: Government alcohol ad ‘scaremongering’

(Decanter) – New UK government guidelines warning that drinking two large glasses of wine a day triples the risk of mouth cancer are ‘scaremongering’’ an influential alcohol lobby group claims.A TV advert launched… read more

US: Political notebook: Wine, another senator stepping down, judicial discipline

(Knoxnews) – The latest effort to legalize the sale of wine in Tennessee grocery stores appears stalled at the starting gate, but the sponsor insists that it’s only a matter of time until the effort is successful…. read more