An old wine industry adage says that during good times, people drink. During bad times, they drink more. Whoever came up with this saying didn't come from Napa Valley.

As the Champagne price war hots up, Tesco has asked suppliers to find it 300,000 bottles it can sell for £10 each, and Bollinger can be had for a song.

Rough & Ready-based Zinfandel Advocates & Producers in Nevada County has established a $500,000 scholarship endowment for the Sonoma State University Wine Business Institute's MBA program to honor the zinfandel organization founder Donn Reisen.

Hong Kong has become an auction hub that rivals London and New York. Five major houses now hold regular sales, and they're pulling in record prices for the hottest labels.

A recent survey conducted by DialAFLight suggests that frequent travellers are heavily reliant on alcohol to get them through flights. The research shows that 53% of people have drunk more than two units while waiting to board a plane, whilst a third have been drunk on a plane.

Three-dozen media representatives from across the continent received an intensive education about the grapes, wines and produce grown in vast and varied Monterey County during the 13th annual Great Wine Escape hosted by the nonprofit Monterey County Vintner and Growers Association (montereywines.org).

Rock 'n' roll and spirited libations have always gone hand in hand. A new enterprise, Wines That Rock, wants to take things to a new level by creating quality wines named after legendary rock albums.

Metropolitan Vintners, the parent company of NYCWine.com, NYCWineReport.com and the New York City Wine Club, announces the launch of a new feature that will allow wine stores without their own websites to easily list wines online free with Wine-Searcher.com.

A new pro-wine lobby with a budget of some €2m has been created to counter the effects of the French government's 'vilifying' of wine.

A French company is set to launch a TV channel dedicated to French and international wine culture - when only months ago the government was considering making it illegal to discuss wine in the media.

The stores, which operate under the Threshers, Wine Rack, The Local, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine brands, will shut by 16 December.

California's Cade Winery, which opened in April, is part of the PlumpJack Group, a hospitality business co-founded by oil heir Gordon Getty and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

After a brutal year in which the nation's luxury retailers were forced to offer their wares at stunning discounts, they are trying to get their magic back. And they may have found a way: deliberately running low on merchandise.

The outlook for the home market dimmed this week as residential construction and mortgage applications fell and loan delinquencies reached a record.

As assistant to the visionary vintner's spouse and cultural inspiration, Prince worked with Margrit Biever Mondavi to bring music, art and laughter to the landmark midvalley wine operation.

Growers should be careful using bud dissection results to estimate yield. Studies have found that bud dissections may explain from as low as 50% to as high as 90% or the variation in actual yield.

The total crush of South Australian winegrapes in 2009 was 730,904 tonnes, down 11% from the prior year, according to the 2009 South Australian Winegrape Crush Survey Report.

Petite sirah is a grape variety that usually isn't so petite and has little to do with syrah (other than being its offspring)

Plus, an NBA team takes its ticket holders wine tasting, a Wine Spectator shout-out on ABC drama Brothers and Sisters, and two noteworthy upcoming auctions

Too much sediment spilled from orchard, regulators say