Wine news May 6, 2015

LA Weekly profiles Whitney Adams and her wine focused YouTube channel.

The Perrin family, owner of Chateau Beaucastel in Chateauneuf du Pape, and co-producers of Chateau Miraval with Brad and Angelina Jolie-Pitt, opened a pop-up wine store at Avignon train station reports Decanter.

In Winesearcher Richard Hemmings asks when the world's top wines become increasingly unaffordable, where do you turn for value?

The Wine Economist on why the family wine business has remained strong in US. "Looking at the 2014 data, you will note that only four of the top ten firms (those in italics) are public corporations or subsidiaries of public corporations. The other six are family-owned or, like The Wine Group, privately-held and together they produce more than half of all the wine sold in America."

The Drinks Business on Cava.

In Wine Spectator scientists find terroirs have different fingerprints.

Winefolly asks how long does wine last opened?