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winesandvines.com/.-  Davis, Calif.—Reflecting upon her “40-year journey” in the wine business, Vintners Hall of Fame inductee Merry Edwards provided practical advice about lifelong learning and following one’s passion—and expressed great satisfaction in the industry’s advances in technology, quality improvement and sustainability—during a lecture Tuesday at the University of California, Davis. Edwards spoke as part of the Walt Klenz Lectureship Series sponsored by Treasury Wine Estates and named in honor of former Beringer Blass CEO Walt Klenz. Started in 2006, the…

Decanter.com.-/ Forget about buying Bordeaux 2013 en primeur, says Decanter consultant editor Steven Spurrier, but our experts say there will still be plenty of wines to enjoy in this ‘drinking vintage’ – with Sauternes and dry whites scoring well alongside strong individual performances from the reds. Tasters descended on Bordeaux for en primeur week with some trepidation following a difficult 2013 growing season that wine consultant Stephane Derenoncourt described as a ‘war against nature’. Perhaps it was inevitable that many…

thedrinksbusiness.com-/- A Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a wine store and its owner by a customer who bought a number of wines he “didn’t like”. Philip Seldon bought six $12.99 bottles of a 2009 Rioja Crianza after receiving an email promotion from New York-based wine store, Grapes: The Wine Company, in which staff said they had been “very impressed” with the wine and highlighted its 91 rating by Robert Parker, according to a report by The New York…

PARÍS.- Chile se convirtió en el sexto mayor productor de vino a nivel mundial tras superar a China, según datos de la Organización Internacional de la Viña y el Vino (OIV). De acuerdo a los datos del organismo, en Chile se produjeron 12,8 millones de hectolitros durante 2013, es decir, un 2% más que en el año anterior. Esta cifra le permitió superar a China, que anotó un descenso de 15% en 2013 tras producir 11,7 millones de hectolitros. En…