Wine Industry News

  • On Wine: What's in that wine?

    (MercuryNews) - As consumers have shown more interest in what's in their food, some are extending that to wine. What's in that bottle anyway? At its most basic, wine contains grapes and yeast; the latter converts the sugar in the grapes into alcohol. In most cases, at least some sulfur dioxide i...
  • Fake European Wines Cause for Concern in China

    (VOANews) - Bruno Paumard, the cellar master at a vineyard in China, can't stop laughing while describing a bottle of supposedly French wine a friend gave him two years ago. It's white wine, with a label proclaiming it is from the vineyards of Romanee-Conti, the bottle bearing the logo that...
  • Neuromarketing: How The Price Of A Wine Can Influence Its Taste

    (WorldCrunch) - Chances are that at least once in your life you've found yourself at a restaurant, sitting next to someone who claims to know everything about wine. They usually hold their glass up toward the light to see the color of the wine, talk about tannins, grape variety, soil quality....
  • Winegrowers facing labor hurdles as harvest season approaches

    (PressDemocrat)  - Grape growers and farmers throughout the state are facing a range of challenges finding and holding on to laborers as they head into harvest. State enforcement agencies are cracking down on wage and labor violations, labor groups and activists are targeting f...
  • Find the right wine for your wedding

    (Eatocracy) - June is back on top. After dropping to second place (after September) in 2011, it is once again the most popular month for weddings. What surprises me, though, is that it’s not the most popular month for bankruptcies, given the average cost of a wedding these days is about $28...
  • UK: Virgin Wines ready for sale

    (Business-Sale) - The UK arm of Virgin Wines could be sold to a rival German company, according to recent reports from the Sunday Times. The paper revealed that Direct Wines, the parent company of the online wine merchant, is understood to be reviewing its ownership of the business. Althoug...
  • UK: Warning to mothers over risks of regular drinking

    (HeraldScotland) - Scots mothers are to be targeted in a new publicly funded drive to make them aware of the serious dangers of habitual drinking. Experts will step in at an early stage to help parents, who might open a bottle of wine in the evening, along with other groups of people who ar...

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