Winexpression

Napa Valley, CA
On May 9th, Napa was the 9th county in the Bay Area to be added to the growing list of regions that have trapped the light brown apple moth. This native of Australia can also be found in New Zealand, Ireland, the U.K., and Hawaii, and is now an unwelcome guest in East [...]

As reported in October of 2005, the warehouse fire that destroyed millions of dollars worth of wine, including 2 of my friends wines, now has the prime suspect indicted. Federal prosecuters announced yesterday that Mark Anderson now faces 19 Phelony counts in connection with the arson of a storage building in Vallejo, CA and defrauding [...]

In what has turned into a bit of a political fiasco, wineries in California’s largest un-subdivided AVA are at odds over how the region should be divided and defined. Some support a simple East and West subdividing, while others feel there should be up to 11 different areas. American Viticultural Areas (AVA’s) are used [...]

In a move that has delighted some, and enraged others, the French government will allow wineries to use the designation “Vignobles de France” to denote wine that can originate from anywhere in the country, that can contain/ be blended with any grape. A couple of the reasons for this change are the decline in wine [...]

Although this article is quite long, I recommend you bookmark it and consume it in small doses, it is well worth the read. The interviewer asks some questions that many have already heard the answers to, but Parker seems to give more; details, emotion, some little known facts.
For the world’s most influential wine writer, [...]

No it isn’t me, but Caduceus Winery owner Maynard Keenan James, pictured here. It looks like his entries started popping up at the end of last year. This is a smart way for Wine Spectator to include the famous tool front man’s unique take on the wine industry, all the while luring his wine loving [...]

In and effort to maximize profits, a loophole in the law is allowing some American wine makers to blend up to 25% foreign juice into wine labeled ‘American’. The law does not allow the foreign wine to be blended if the wine is designated as Californian. Companies like The Wine Group, the third largest US [...]

In the 4 weeks ending November 18th, wine sales surged after the announcement that overweight mice that were given resveratrol where able to run longer and outlive those who weren’t.
Red wines accounted for a record 52.4 percent of table wine dollar sales in food, drug and liquor stores as measured by ACNielsen in the [...]

As they just announced their entire European wine line will now be closed with a Screw Cap. This includes bottles that retail for up to $77 U.S. (£40). Jacob’s Creek parent company, Pernod Ricard UK, decided to make the change to meet the demands of retailers, consumers, and the wine making team.
Adrian Atkinson, of [...]

Jon Bonné, of MSN fame, is officially the new editor of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Wine section (announced on October 11th by Jon himself), and has jumped in head first with the front page article: North stars - Washington wines reach for the stratosphere. A nice piece, and a great first effort, but the caliber [...]