The Grandes Maisons Grands Crus started in the 19th century when the Burgundian negociants were beginning to come together and form professional associations. 1836 was the year the first considerable professional association was formed to promote the interests of the negoticiants and freedom of the trade in Burgundy. MORE >>

In a few weeks, I will deliver the keynote address at the annual meeting of the California Association of Winegrape Growers. About half the group’s members simply grow grapes; the other half also make wine from grapes that they grow. Hmm, maybe there’s a middle ground. might just use it to support my final argument in Sacramento. MORE >>

New York, NY: Newspaper Enterprise Association, Inc., Recently, someone asked me, “so just how big is Burgundy, say, compared to Manhattan?&# Excellent question! all sources appear after the jump.). Romanee-Conti (DRC) vineyard: 4.4 acres, about half of Bryant Park. Burgundy: 70,470 acres or about five Manhattans. 1966: 305. MORE >>

This decreased the quality of wine, needless to say, and associated wine with a cheap buzz, setting back the image of wine for decades in this country. If you’ve turned on PBS during the past couple of nights, you’ve probably encountered slow zooms and pans of black and white photographs. Online wine sales have been hampered. MORE >>

The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers Association recognizes the threat that the judiciary poses to their well-lubricated legislative machine. His fifth largest corporate donor is the National beer Wholesalers Association. Last year, a rag-tag coalition introduced a piece of legislation that threatened wine shipments. John Conyers (D-Mich.), MORE >>