Legendary Beaujolais Winemaker Georges Duboeuf Dies at 86
Georges Duboeuf, the influential winemaker behind the Beaujolais Nouveau movement, passed away from a stroke on Saturday at the age of 86.
Duboeuf first launched Nouveau commercially in Europe in 1974. Made from gamay grapes...
Port Ellen Receives Approval for New Distillery Construction
Soon enough, whisky fans can sip Port Ellen without paying huge prices on the secondary market.
This legendary “ghost distillery” — closed in the mid ’80s during the most recent Scotch nadir — recently received...
Bacardi Acquires Stillhouse
Bacardi Limited today acquired all the assets of Stillhouse, LLC.
Bacardi made an initial investment in Stillhouse in 2014 and has provided additional funding and strategic support to the company through the years. This acquisition...
Palm Bay Adds Piedmont’s Beni di Batasiolo to Wine Portfolio
U.S. wine and spirits importer Palm Bay International has announced the addition of Beni di Batasiolo to the company’s portfolio.
Based in Piedmont’s Langhe district, Batasiolo was established in 1978 by the Dogliani family. Today...
Organic Vs. BioDynamic Wine: What’s The Difference?
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, all farming was organic by today’s standards. Nowadays, the norm in commercial agriculture is to boost crop productivity with chemicals, hormones and genetically modified organisms.
In conventional grape growing for...
