Wine Industry News

  • Online lessons teach Spanish for the wine industry

    (NapaValleyRegister) - Josefina Adriance, author of “Spanish for the Wine Industry,” has teamed up with the online education site Quizlet to offer a new element to her program for people wanting to learn useful Spanish for work in the wine world. Now, with the purchase of her books, ...
  • Summit Wines for Xi and Obama

    (WineSpectator) - The government may be watching you more closely than ever, but have no fear, dear reader—Unfiltered is watching the watchmen right back. At least, we're keeping an eye on what they're drinking, despite their best efforts to keep Pres. Barack Obama's most-favored wine pa...
  • US: New Wine from a Lost Vine in Missouri

    (Wines&Vines) - In May, Terry Neuner, owner and winemaker at Westphalia Vineyards, introduced a new wine called Renaissance. This wine was a special release not only because of the limited quantity (40 cases) but because it is made of estate-grown Missouri Riesling, which represents the &ldquo...
  • Tax to blame for drop in UK wine sales

    (Decanter) -  Tax hikes are to blame for continued declines in UK wine and spirits sales, the industry body the Wine & Spirit Trade Association has said. According to the  WSTA ’s latest quarterly report, wine and spirits retail sales have fallen 3% by volume for the year an...
  • France: New association for digital wine start-ups

    (Decanter) -  A new Bordeaux-based association for wine start-up companies was launched this week at Vinexpo. Wine StartUps so far has 13 member companies, all of which were formed between three months and three years ago. It is led by Gilles Brianceau, director of Inno’vin, ...
  • Will wine lover Danica Patrick succeed in Wine Country?

    (TheSportsBank) - Goddess of NASCAR Danica Patrick is a lover of wine. She, and her ex-husband Paul Hospenthal acquired a very impressive wine cellar with over 1,000 bottles. (More on the Danica Patrick wine collection here) After she divorced Hospenthal so that she could date Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ...
  • INDIA OFFERS TO SLASH WINE AND SPIRIT DUTY

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - India is understood to have offered a dramatic cut to its current 150% import duty rate for wines and spirits as part of ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement with Europe. According to  Business Standard , India’s commerce & industry minister A...
  • Too Many Wine Lovers Have Their Heads in the Sand

    (WineSpectator) - Maybe it’s a matter of experience. Or maybe it’s contrariness. But what is it about some wine lovers that makes them so unwilling to accept certain realities? For example: The Prices for Napa Valley Wines Are Insane. Every year, simply by calling attention to...

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