I suspect the Idaho wine industry will utter a collective sigh of relief when it reads this article from Wines & Vines and this article from the St. Helena Star talking about how the federal government has put all American Viticultural Area approvals on hold while it decides what to do about a system that has been in place for more than two decades...

Forum: Wine Education with Kevin Zraly Posted By: Robert Dentice Post Time: 04-07-2007 at 06:07 PM

The UK government is consulting on a new legislation proposal to protect the Scotch whisky industry from foreign imitators and more tightly define the descriptions applied to Scotch, like single malt or blended grain. Similar to Champagne, the legislation would also define Scotch’s geographical origin and that the whisky come from the distillery specified on the bottle...

Ahh, the buzz around the valley from four vendors is compliance. My thoughts are different. Adding complex compliance tools are not the answer. The answer is making DIRECT your priority and focusing on the states that offer the path of least resistance. What do I mean? One - Me, I ...

In case you haven't heard, the U.S. government is considering a change to wine labeling laws that would require wineries to put information on each bottle similar to the nutrition facts you see on grocery items. This change would have a deep impact on the industry. Thus, if you are or plan to be involved in the wine business, you should learn more about...

Right-wing French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that he will give more freedom to wine advertising in France should he be elected in May. According to news agency Reuteurs, Sarkozy, currently French interior minister, told a group of winegrowers in Sancerre that he would allow advertising to show wine ...

regulations to cause winemakers unnecessary grief... What U.S. Sulfite / Organic Regulations Mean for Winemakers In a nutshell, it seems that the U.S. regulations regarding sulfite use for wines ... discouraged from even trying to make wines that would be labeled "organic" by the U.S. government. What U.S. Sulfite / Organic Regulations Mean for You And who suffers the most - wine...

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The Liberal Democrats have criticsed the Government's wine cellar which stocks over 36,500 bottles worth over £650,000...

Morgan Stanley to advise it on its $6 billion sale of V&S.