Winexpression

It started about 2 years ago, when wine makers from the U.S. and Europe signed a declaration to protect the place names associated with their wines. In January of this year, the European Union, responsible for overseeing the wine industry in Europe, recognized the significance of Napa Valley Terrior by granting it name protection,  the […]

Claiming inferior quality wine, Russia has banned all wine coming from Moldova or Georgia. This follows a ban on Meat and Dairy from Ukraine.
Russia’s chief public health official, Gennady Onishchenko, signed a letter on March 25 asking the head of the customs service not to allow wine from either country into Russia. Hundreds of […]

The French make the most wine in the world, but, their market share is sliding fast and they can be bumped out of that top spot sooner than they think, if things don’t change. Many are taking the first steps in remedying the situation by looking to the government for help, but is it because […]

Thanks to a ruling by the Supreme Court last year, more states are introducing legislation to allow direct shipping of outside wine to consumers in their state. It was announced that Idaho has been added to the growing list. Wineries from outside the state for $50, will be able to ship up to 24 cases […]

When will the madness end? In the latest news, a California liquor distribution company broke the law by shipping wine directly to wine consumers in Arizona, instead of using the states wholesalers. They have agreed to pay the $22,000 fine to the state.
The Supreme Court ruling from last year in New York and Michigan to […]

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is standing up for consumers in his state by Vetoing a bill that was still biased for local wholesalers. The bill wouldn’t allow shipping from wineries that produce more than 30,000 cases of wine direct to consumers if they had representation by local wholesalers within the past 6 months. The governor […]

A federal judge in Detroit decreed that out of state wineries can ship directly to customers in Michigan, in line with an earlier ruling by the supreme court stating the same thing. Mike Cox and Michigan wine wholesalers are trying to keep their grip on their 20 year direct shipping monopoly and were asking […]

Mentioned back in September, Wine Origins, a conglomorate financed by the European Union, the Comite Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC), the Instituto dos Vinos do
Douroe Porto (IVDP), Fedejerez who represents Sherry producers from Spain, and others, Launched their website today.
From the Website: When it comes to wine, there is no ingredient more important […]

The next time you buy a bottle of wine from New Zealand, check out the label. You might be surprised to find a disclosure like, “fined with milk product”, or, “softened with egg whites”, or perhaps, “clarified with sturgeon bladder” (Although I’m sure they’ll use the less offensive phrase for that, ‘clarified with Isinglass’). Although […]

No, I’m not talking about real estate, but wine, and the importance of where it’s from. According to a national survey released by The Center for Wine Origins, 57% of wine consumers said location is the #1 factor in their wine buying decisions. The group plans on kicking off a marketing campaign across the country […]