Wine Industry News
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(Bloomberg) - A case of 1998 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild sold for 5,800 pounds ($9,000) on Liv-ex in the past week, matching its mid-March level and outperforming the four percent drop in the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 Index over the period. The transaction on Aug. 7 was the fourth sale at that level out... -
(BrisbaneTimes) - The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre has called for a global boycott of an Italian company that sells wines featuring images of Adolf Hitler and Nazi slogans on its labels. "The Wiesenthal Centre denounces the marketing of these products and urges wine distributors in Italy...Hitler wine leaves nasty aftertaste for human rights group
August, 11, 2013 -
(SecuringIndustry) - The profile of mineral elements in Chinese rice wine can be used to identify product made at specific wineries, say researchers. The technique could be used by manufacturers to authenticate their own product and identify counterfeit and adulterated products, according ...Fingerprinting technique can authenticate Chinese rice wine
August, 11, 2013 -
(GlobalPost) - Wine exports from northern Spain's Rioja region rose 7.74 percent in the first six months of this year, compared with the same period in 2012, totaling 47.7 million liters (12.6 million gallons), Rioja's DOCa wine quality regulation agency said. By countries, the best customer for...Wine exports from Spain's Rioja region rise 7.74 pct
August, 11, 2013 -
(TheMalayMailOnline) - A Filipino winemaker is hoping to put coconut-based wines, which have long been consumed in parts of South Asia and Africa, on liquor store shelves around the world. Made from the sap of coconut palm flowers, Vino de Coco is slated to hit shelves this month in China, where...Philippines: Winemaker creates premium coconut wine
August, 11, 2013 -
(WSJ) - THE NAPA WINE community has been speculating for months about the intentions of Frédéric Engerer, the peripatetic CEO of Château Latour, who has been spotted prowling the valley with an acquisitive gleam in his eyes. I'd played the guessing game myself, and tried t...Wine: An Eminent New Leader for a Cult Cabernet
August, 10, 2013 -
(FoxNews) - In just 10 minutes, five percent of the crop that would become 2013’s dry white Bordeaux was destroyed in a hail storm that ravaged the famous wine-producing region last Friday. Due to the storm, which only lasted from 8:40 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. last Friday, the 2013 dry white B...Hail storm wreaks havoc on Bordeaux region, will affect wine prices
August, 10, 2013 -
(Wines&Vines) - While most West Coast winegrowing regions bask in what looks to be another boom year, vineyard conditions east of the Rockies have been neither uniform nor uniformly favorable during the 2013 growing season. Colorado: Cooler than ever It’s no surprise that mu...2013 Wine Vintage: Central United States
August, 10, 2013

