Any wine pundit worth his syrah must at some point make the effort to evaluate the quadrennial crop of presidential candidates for their potential to promote American wine. Who would be most likely to push American-made wine front and (...) [Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog] By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Region Editor Last Saturday I did something that I’d never had the chance to do before: I led an all-Niagara (USA) wine tasting for a national audience as Rochester played host to the American Wine (...) By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Region Editor Last Saturday I did something that I’d never had the chance to do before: I led an all-Niagara (USA) wine tasting for a national audience as Rochester played host to the American Wine (...) From the "nothing to kill or die for" dept. Let’s take a imaginary scenario – trade between Italy and the USA is halted for economic and security reasons. No more Italian wine comes to America, ever again. What would this mean to Italians in the vineyards? To Americans in Kankakee? Assuming we (...) [On the Wine Trail in Italy] Great wine selection and much more. I’ve always found it fascinating to see how industries develop over time. Be it reading about the emergence and growth of the American wine industry, witnessing the transition of the print media and auto industries, or being brought-up in the aftermath of (...) In most European wine regions, place matters. That’s why in Burgundy, for example, and in the Rhone Valley, in Germany, in much of Italy, the term most prominently displayed on a label will be the name of a village or commune, often accompanied by the name of a vineyard. The name of the estate, (...) It occurred to me today that it's reasonable to claim that the American Wine Industry is better than the Ghanaian Palm Wine Industry. I know this not because I've tasted extensively through Ghanan Palm wines and found them lacking (...) [Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog] And, shame on me for even laughing, snob that I was. Years ago, I attended an American Wine Society conference, as a guest speaker. It was while I was working for Ironstone Vineyards as their Director of PR, and my subject was Cabernet Franc. I had written a presentation for my boss, and was (...) A recent analysis of the direct wine shipping market concludes that American wineries must prepare to increase their direct shipping capabilities in order to accommodate what will be an unanticipated yet staggering increase in the direct sales and shipments (...) [Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog] The national media is discovering the news, already several months old, that the U.S. has now become the world’s top wine consuming country. CNN and Bloomberg News actually had it last night as a top story: “Move over France, USA topping wine consumption,” CNN headlined it. This doesn’t mean (...) [STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG ] http://www.goodgrape.com/images/uploads/A_Fly_on_the_Wall_-_Jon_Rimmerman.pdf Odds and ends from a life lived through the prism of the wine glass… American Wine Consumer Coalition I am excited that Tom Wark - Man of Action - and also the Executive Director of the Specialty Wine Retailers (...) [Good Grape: A Wine Manifesto] http://www.goodgrape.com/images/uploads/A_Fly_on_the_Wall_-_Jon_Rimmerman.pdf Odds and ends from a life lived through the prism of the wine glass… American Wine Consumer Coalition I am excited that Tom Wark - Man of Action - and also the Executive Director of the Specialty Wine Retailers (...) [Good Grape: A Wine Blog Manifesto] Google’s recent inclusion of Life Magazine’s entire archive in its Google Books feature details the rich tapestry of American life in the 20th Century. From 1936 to 1972, Life published 1,860 weekly issues & now Google has made them available for free. You’ll find Richard Meryman’s famous last (...) [Drinks Are On Me - Page 1 of 16] Google’s recent inclusion of Life Magazine’s entire archive in its Google Books feature details the rich tapestry of American life in the 20th Century. From 1936 to 1972, Life published 1,860 weekly issues & now Google has made them available for free. You’ll find Richard Meryman’s famous last (...) [Drinks Are On Me - Page 1 of 16] Today I am at the 2011 North American Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. And you may be asking yourself, “Why the hell is there a wine bloggers conference in Virginia?” Well, there is actually some very tasty wine made here… it doesn’t all come from California. I haven’t had a (...) [Cheap Wine Ratings - Good Value Makes Wine Taste Better] |
West Coast of the United States (we find here the majority of American wine production, in California, Washington & Oregon)
