Wine Industry News
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(Decanter) - From the beginning of 2011, a leading Bordeaux real estate agent says, an average of one Bordeaux chateau per month has been sold to a Chinese investor. Asian-owned properties in Bordeaux now number 40 to 50 – a figure that, given the size of the region, is a mere &l... -
(FoxNews) - It takes patience and an old-world mentality to own a vineyard. Winemakers have to be prepared to wait years between planting those grapes and bottling the luscious juice, and sometimes the longer you wait, the better. But when it comes time to sell that liquid gold, there's reall...Apps that bridge old world winemakers and younger drinkers
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(NPR) - A dozen universities are collaborating on a sort of extreme winemaking project: How cold a climate can a grape survive and still make good wine? The Northern Grapes Project is inventing wines the world has never seen before, winning wine awards and creating a new crop for struggling rur...Researchers Don't 'Wine' About The Cold, Their Grapes Thrive
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(TheDrinksBusiness) - US wine critic Robert Parker has slammed the idea that wines have been made specifically to suit his palate, defending his tastes as “complicated and varied.” According to AFP, during a rare interview with French magazine Terre de Vins published this...PARKER SLAMS CONCEPT OF ‘PARKERISATION’
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(WCP) - Well, here''s one way to respond to quarterly circulation and revenue declines. Starting next month, the Washington Post will be offering a new product: wine. Tim Condon , the paper's director of new digital ventures, introduced the Washington Post Wine Club in a morning memo to Post...Salud! Washington Post Gets Into The Wine Business
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(SouthAfrica) - South Africa's wine industry has seen the biggest grape crop ever produced after a bumper 2013 harvest season, wine consultation organisation VinPro announced in its harvest report on Tuesday. "The total crop is 4.6% higher than the record crop in 2008 - and high-quality wines ...Record grape harvest for South Africa
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(BizJournals) - In a bid to move into the market for premium Pinot Noir wines, Precept Wine has acquired the Yamhela vineyard in Oregon’s Tualatin Valley, southwest of Portland, the company said. Seattle-based Precept bought Yamhela for an undisclosed sum from Meriwether Farms LLC, an O...US: Seattle's Precept Wine buys Oregon Pinot vineyard
May, 16, 2013 -
(TTB) - This circular provides guidance to industry members and others on the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s (TTB) position that the advertising provisions of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act) and the implementing regulations under 27 CFR parts 4, 5, and 7 a...Use of Social Media in the Advertising of Alcohol Beverages
May, 16, 2013

