Tag: Portugal
Afternoon Brief, August 31
Peter Michael Adds Its Support to Wine Spectator Learning Center at Sonoma State University: The Michael family's $300,000 donation to Sonoma States School of Business and Economics will be used to create The Peter Michael Winery Executive Classroom at the Wine Spectator Learning Center, which will house the university's future Wine Business Institute...
Afternoon Brief, July 10
United States set to overtake Australia for NZ wine exports: Winemaker Alex Giesen is tipping the United states to become our biggest export market in one to two years, but it may happen even faster
Afternoon Brief, July 9
2015 Survey of Alcoholic Beverage Preferences in Restaurants: Uncorkd conducted a survey composed of beverage related questions to help uncover consumer alcoholic beverage habits and insight when dining out
Portugal’s Historic Tejo Region: Home to Europe’s Oldest, Continuously Operational Wine...
Defined by a River. Refined by Tradition
(New York, NY, July 8, 2015) – Even before the founding of the Portuguese kingdom, the Tejo region...
Afternoon Brief, June 22
Sonoma County taps into LGBT tourism market with annual Gay Wine Weekend: The Sunday morning benefit wine auction, held outdoors at tables draped in white cloth, raised about $28,500 for charity, and guests then headed for a soiree around the swimming pool at the upscale MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa in Sonoma.
Afternoon Brief: May 11
Napa Wine Auction Goes for the Bling Factor: Auction Napa Valley has thousands of special bottles of wine on offer, but the industry's biggest fundraising event hasn't really been about the wine for years...
CVR/Wines of Tejo, Portugal, Announces New US Campaign: Defined by a...
Campaign features trade/media seminars and new communications platform
New York, NY – The Tejo Regional Wine Commission, Portugal (Comissão Vitivinícola Regional do Tejo / CVR Tejo)...
Afternoon Brief, February 26
End of an era. Parker hands Martin the reins for Bordeaux primeurs: At a press conference in London, the veteran Parker handed over responsibility for en primeur to team member Neal Martin, who he described as a "natural"...
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, 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 15
Wine Country vintners turn to truffles: On the edge of his Sonoma vineyard aptly named Scintilla, vintner Robert Sinskey has yanked out grapevines to make room for a few hundred oak and filbert trees. Its all part of a daring venture that may come to fruition or folly as early as next winter...
Afternoon Brief, November 17
California drought puts water thievery on rise:
As California's drought has grown more extreme this year, so have efforts to obtain water some now veering toward the criminal...
Afternoon Brief, October 29
Wine Enthusiast Names New York as Wine Region of the Year: Governor Andrew Cuomo announced New York State has been honored with the title of "Wine Region of the Year" by Wine Enthusiast magazine. The publication cited the quality of wines, tremendous growth of the industry, and greatly improved business climate...
Afternoon Brief, August 8
El Nino forecast drops 20 percent for Northern California:
Early reports indicate that the chance of having a strong El Niño season this winter has dropped, according to the National Weather Service...
Afternoon Brief, July 8
Veraison Starts in Napa Valley:
According to the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) veraison, an annual benchmark in the winegrape growing season is underway, occurring 5-10 days earlier than usual...
