Forbes.com ran an interesting (and sobering) article this week about the future of small to medium wineries in the U.S. (primarily CA, WA, & OR). What this article says is that, due to the proliferation of wineries, wine brands, and distributors (5000+, 7000+, and 450+ respectively – in the U.S. alone), consolidation is inevitable. Throw…
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In the News: Can Red Wine Keep You Young at Heart?
No doubt that a glass or two of red vino can awaken your youthful enthusiasm, under the right circumstances of course (dining with friends, during a hot date…). But can red wine literally make you young at heart? As in, keeping your ticker from aging? Apparently it might, according to this article released today by…
Hail to the King, Baby (Robert Mondavi 1913 – 2008)
Most of you reading this will have heard by now that Robert Mondavi, patriarch founder of the Robert Mondavi winery enterprise, died on Friday, May 16, at the age of 94. By the time this article posts to the web, there will probably be hundreds of well-written obits. available on the Internet. Most of them…
A Nose is A Nose is Splendor: Why Winemaking is Still More Art than Science
(images: weblogs.nrc.nl, gizmag.com.au) The AP reported an interesting tidbit recently in the world of winemaking – interesting enough to be picked up by several other news sources, anyway: Ilja Gort, the flamboyant Dutch owner of Bordeaux’s Chateau de la Garde, has insured his insured his nose (and sense of smell) with Lloyd’s of London, to…