Vantreo continues growth; adds wine division and SF of ce - North Bay Business Journal
SANTA ROSA A brokerage created from the division of a former top-ranked North Bay company added a San Francisco office recently and introduced a new, comprehensive wine specialty division. The young company is projecting continued revenue growth

Setting the wine Bar - Independent
Even though restaurant prices are coming down all around the country, the price of wine is staying pretty much as it was. Embedded in the price you pay in the off-licence, restaurant or supermarket is the Government’s share, made up of excise duty

EU abandons plan to allow blended rose wine - BusinessWeek
The European Union says it has dropped a plan to allow wine makers mix red and white wines to make rose. EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said regulators would heed calls from wine producers and would keep the current ban on blending. Wine

Wine: The Vale of plenty - Independent
The important thing to fix in your mind about the wines from Australia s McLaren Vale is their reputation for delivering the middle palate. That s not as wine geeky as it may sound; mid-palate is, as the terms suggests, that highly anticipated

Cork Wine Bar, Robert Wiedmaier big winners at Rammys - Washington Business Journal
The restaurant industry dined on shrimp and short ribs as they recognized this year s favorite restaurant and best pastry chef at this year s Rammy Awards. Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington s annual awards was held Sunday at the

EU DROPS PLANS TO ALLOW MIXING TO MAKE ROSE WINE - Tocqueville Connection
B RUSSELS, June 8, 2009 (AFP) - The European Commission announced on Monday that it had dropped plans to allow rose wine to be made by mixing red andwhite wines, a victory for producers in France and Italy. The decision, hailed by French and