Tag: Bordeaux
Afternoon Brief, April 6
Can Music Change the Way Your Wine Tastes? Several studies produced over the past couple of decades demonstrate how music can influence the wines people buy, and even how a wine's taste is perceived...
Afternoon Brief, April 3
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Trending Story:
Can Bordeaux Woo Back Americans?
Bordeaux hopes to woo back the US market, thanks, in part, to the strength of...
Afternoon Brief, March 30
Washington Wine Country's Nuclear Threat: A nuclear facility in Washington state's prime wine country is leaching radioactive groundwater and is one natural disaster away from Fukushi
Afternoon Brief, March 23
Parker: High Wine Prices Creating 'Caste System': The high prices set by famous wine estates is shutting people out of the market and creating a caste system of wine, according to Robert Parker, who also admitted that he is part of the problem...
Afternoon Brief, March 20
Arsenic-Tainted Wine: Overkill or a Real Killer? If you drank a bottle of the alleged arsenic-tainted California wine, there's probably no need to rush to the attorney's office to update your will...
Afternoon Brief, March 13
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Trending Story:
California No Longer Copying Europe
Californian winemakers may be attempting to emulate the quality of Europe's great wines, but not...
Afternoon Brief, March 10
Brain Protein Could Hold Alcoholism Cure: A study, led by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, found that the naturally-occurring brain protein called Neuropeptide Y, or NPY, was capable of suppressing binge alcohol drinking in mice...
Afternoon Brief, March 9
1 in 5 Chinese Wines Close to European Standard: In the wake of a major tasting of Chinese wines, leading French wine critics Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve have claimed that one-fifth of the country's wines entered were "very good"...
Le Grand Cercle Des Vins de Bordeaux Tours the U.S.
Bordeaux’s Top Winemakers Showcase “En Primeur” 2014 Vintage One Week After Bordeaux’s Own Primeur Week, Alongside 2011 and 2012 Vintages
NEW YORK (March 5, 2015)...
Afternoon Brief, February 10
The Preliminary California Grape Crush Report released today reveals the 2014 winegrape crush was down 7.9% to 3,910,178 from the 2013 record high winegrape crush of 4,245,852 tons...
Afternoon Brief, February 2
Wine market expects rise in premium brand sales despite decrease in wine consumption last year:
Despite an overall decrease in wine sales last year, the global wine market is expected to grow in both revenue and sales over the next five years. Constellation Brands, one of the leaders in the alcoholic beverages industry, has seen share prices become expensive despite growth from its beer and spirits segment...
Afternoon Brief, January 23
The $300,000 of world-class wine whisked away from a Yountville restaurant last month has been found in a private cellar in North Carolina but who took it remains a mystery...
Afternoon Brief, January 14
This past week, the words "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") have traveled the world in sympathy with the victims of the deadly jihadist terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, for which Al Qaeda in Yemen is now claiming responsibility...
Afternoon Brief, January 2
Higher returns low risks, crucial advantages of investing in fine wine: Investors who want to enter fine wine market should know that the industry can be extremely profitable. The secret is to play it safe and not take unnecessary risks...
Afternoon Brief, December 31
Australia's wine 'cheaper than a bottle of water': It depends what wine you're looking at and where you get your bottled water, but on some big retailers' shelves in Australia it's not too hard today to find water that is more expensive than wine...
