Winexpression

Believe it. The European Union has offered to turn 40 million gallons of surplus French wine into fuel, disinfectant, or any other use for distilled alcohol. The same offer went out to Spain for their surplus, about 100 million gallons of table wine. Wow, are sales that bad right now? Accordingly to yesterdays SFGate feature,they [...]

That’s what some some Australians scientists are focusing on by trying some different yeast strains that convert less sugar to alcohol. How does it work? “Instead of alcohol, the yeast converted some of the sugar to glycerol and gluconic acid, which are already found naturally in wine.” Supposedly this will increase the flavour of wine, [...]

I’ve made many new discoveries since I started drinking wine, and one of these is varietal diversity. There are so many varietals to try that you have to branch out. Many of these ‘unpopular’ varietals are only missing the marketing, because the wines produced are fantastic. One of the under appreciated gems is Roussanne, a [...]

Consolidation is a recurring theme in the wine and spirits industry. This time a bid in the works announced Monday by Constellation Brands to take over Allied Domecq which already has a bid by France’s Pernod Ricard. Several Napa wineries would be involved in the deal, as they are under the Allied Umbrella.
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Want to jump head first into Winemaking, but don’t have a friend with a vineyard? Try Wine Boot Camp, a course that covers the basics of wine making, from the vineyard to the bottle. At $395 per person for a one day glass, it isn’t cheap, but at least you get a free t-shirt [...]

Vintage port was declared by the Symington family, for the 2003 vintage, the last vintage year was 2000. Although temperatures were hot in 2003, the harvest yielded mature fruit, resulting in an outstanding your for Ports. Some wine reviewers, such as Winespectators, James Suckling, have barrel tasted some of these wines and declared [...]

Fosters just keeps getting bigger and bigger, this time offering a bid to purchase Southcorp, to become the second largest wine company behind Constellation Brands Inc. Holding will now include brands like Penfolds, Lindemans, Rosemount, on top of it’s current holdings of Wolf Blass, Yellowglen, Saltram, Chateau St. Jean, Chateau Souverign, and Beringer, among others, [...]

The opening of the Wynn Resort and hotel in Las Vegas will be accompanied by wines from New Zealand as the featured brand. I guess “it pays” to know some higher ups…
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Arnold Palmer, the man, the legend, the vintner? Amoung his many businesses, Arnie has gone into wine. But he follows a list of other Golfers who have done the same, names like Ernie Els, Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman all have their own labels as well. Fortuneatly, although famous, Arnie is pricing his wine reasonably, [...]

If you’re planning a trip to Napa, make sure one of your stops includes Neal Family Vineyards. But being that this winery is a small family owned operation, you’ll probably need to call or email to make an appointment. Chances are you’ll talk to the owner Mark, who’ll cordially invite you to visit at a [...]