By: KEITH LESLIE
TORONTO (CP) - Premier Dalton McGuinty will announce a new plan Sunday to have consumers pay a deposit on liquor and wine bottles at LCBO stores and return them to Beer Stores for refunds.
McGuinty says it’s no longer a matter of whether there will be deposits charged on liquor and wine bottles in [...]

 
 
 

The daunting task of putting this tome together was handled by Romi Boom, editor for the fifth consecutive year, who is obviously getting to know the nuts and bolts of this industry like few others. “The wine industry keeps evolving,” she says, “and therein lies the challenge – to convey this information in an accessible [...]

Robert Mondavi, who is now celebrating his 40 years of winemaking, is truly an icon of California wine. He is a moving spirit among winemakers and his unselfish contributions have made American wine what it is today.
My most fond memory associated with Robert Mondavi was when I was visiting his vineyard almost a decade [...]

After more than 20 years of effort, the November ballot will include a question asking Massachusetts voters to support or reject the Wine at Food Stores Initiative, which would allow grocery stores to sell wine.
It’s an initiative that has been roundly decried by package store owners like Dan Denufrio of S&M Liquors on Water Street, [...]

By Jessica Yadegaran
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
THEY MAKE some of California’s best wines, yet they still get carded.
They are young, rebellious and seriously fruitful winemakers who put the screw in screw cap.
Most have tamed the vine a short time, but with a shout-out to the Old World, they forge ahead on a journey to take wine from [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. — Wine tourism has become commonplace now that every one of the United States has at least one winery, and most of them many more.
The majority of states have created wine trails to entice tourists to visit various vineyards and wineries. Pamphlets for self-guided tours are usually free and areas are marked with [...]

Caldwell, ID - Idaho’s Snake River Valley is likely to be state’s first appellation.  The Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission filed the request a year ago.  It typically takes 18 months to two years to get approval.  The AVA designation stands for American Viticultural Area.  The area is a little more than 8,000 square [...]

By BEN DOBBIN
The Associated Press

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Despite a projected 10 percent drop in New York’s overall grape crop this year, a mild winter, plentiful rain and rising consumer demand could help generate the biggest supply of wine grapes since 1999.
An estimated 160,000 tons of grapes will be produced statewide in 2006, down from [...]

PM - Tuesday, 29 August , 2006 18:33:29 Reporter: Neal Woolrich
MARK COLVIN: The stockmarket was buzzing today with speculation that another big name Australian brand could be heading into foreign ownership. Media reports say that two of the world’s biggest brewing companies have their sights set on Foster’s.
Last week the retailing giant Coles Myer [...]

SACRAMENTO - Count Sen. Carole Migden as, well, crushed.
On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed her bill that would have designated zinfandel as the official “historic wine of California.”
“It would be a shame,” the governor wrote, to effectively snub syrah and spite chardonnay.
“Whether it is a Cabernet from Napa or Sonoma, a delicate Pinot Noir from [...]

The Associated Press
Last Updated:August 28. 2006 11:58AM
Published: August 28. 2006 11:58AM

MOUNT AIRY, N.C.
North Carolina grape growers are nervously awaiting their fall harvest, hoping they have buyers and that their fields remain dry before the grapes are picked.
Grape prices averaged $1,000 to $1,500 a ton last year in the Yadkin Valley area of the state, but [...]

A new survey is once again stirring up debate over the ability to buy alcohol online.
According to a study conducted by a national organization, Teenage Research Unlimited, more and more teens are turning to the Internet to buy liquor illegally.
All it takes is a computer and a credit card and online shoppers can have their [...]

NEW YORK, NY–(MARKET WIRE)–Aug 24, 2006 — Straight Up Brands, Inc. (Other OTC:STRU.PK - News) (the “Company”) http://www.straightupbrands.com/ announced today that it has acquired a majority interest in Straight Up Productions, Inc., a producer of wines and branded spirits in conjunction with hip-hop stars and nationally known celebrities. In anticipation of the closing, the Company [...]

One of Robert Parker’s closest collaborators, Pierre Rovani, has confirmed he will no longer be working for the world’s most influential wine taster. Rovani, who has worked with Parker and contributed tasting notes to his publication The Wine Advocate since 1996, says he is returning to a position within the wine trade.Writing on Robert Parker’s [...]