Wine Industry News

  • NZ: 'Wake-up call' for industry

    (Stuff) - Significant damage to several wineries and cellar doors has been reported after Friday's earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. Damage appeared to be widespread, including Yealands Winery near the earthquakes' epicentre, Indevin, Giesens, Saint Clair Family Estate and South Pacific Cel...
  • Eastern U.S. Needs a Sunny September

    (Wines&Vines) -  What a difference a year makes. March 2012 was exceptionally warm across the eastern United States, which led to early bud break and problems with spring frosts in some areas. Some rain in May and June was mitigated by warm, even hot, sunny weather in mid-summer that accel...
  • Fingers crossed as wine harvest begins in France

    (TheLocal) - The annual wine harvest season got underway in France this week, two weeks later than usual thanks in the main to adverse weather conditions. Violent summer storms have meant 2013 may not be a vintage year for some French wines. The harvesting of France's grapes began in earnest thi...
  • 10 Agriculture Stories You Should Read Today

    (WFP) -   1. Genetic Engineering’s Genuine Monster:  Bowing to the beast of government regulation. ( Forbes ) 2. A Fort Knox For Seeds:  From the outside it may not look like a bastion of U.S. agriculture. Inside, it holds one of the world's largest collections of seeds...
  • Jackson Family Wines buys Oregon winery

    (PD) - Jackson Family Wines has bought its first winery in Oregon, expanding its presence in the Willamette Valley just months after it acquired nearly 300 acres of vineyards in the state. The Santa Rosa company bought Soléna Estate, a 15,000-case winery in the Yamhill-Carlton district wi...
  • New book claims sushi, wine okay for pregnant women

    (CBSNews) - Emily Oster isn't a baby doctor. She's an economist and a mom who wanted to know more about all those rules handed down to women after the pregnancy stick goes pink. Only two cups of coffee a day! No alcohol. Beware deli meats. Being pregnant, she said, felt a lot like being a ...

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