Wine Industry News

  • Billionaire Koch Makes Fake Wine Claim Into Federal Case

    ( Bloomberg ) - When most people get a bad bottle of wine, they send it back. When billionaire collector William Koch concluded the vintage wines he bought at auction were counterfeit, he made a federal case out of it. Koch purchased what he thought were French wines from the Bordeaux and Burgundy ...
  • Climate change impacting worldwide wine production

    ( RawStory ) - It’s circa 2050 and shoppers are stopping off at Ikea to buy fine wine made in Sweden. A Nordic fantasy? Not according to climate experts who say the Earth’s warming phase is already driving a wave of change through the world of wine. As new frontiers for grape growing op...
  • Bordeaux Index opens LA office

    ( TheDrinksBusiness ) - Fine wine merchant Bordeaux Index has announced the opening of an office in Los Angeles. The move is an additional step in the merchant’s globalising process (it already has offices in Hong Kong and Singapore), as well as catering to better suit the needs of Bordeaux I...
  • Privatization Bill Makes History in Pennsylvania

    ( Wines&Vines ) - On the evening of March 21, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would gradually end Pennsylvania’s monopoly of the sales of wine and liquor. The distribution and sale of beer would also be affected if the legislation passes the Pennsylvania state...
  • Beer edges wine as young women's drink of choice

    ( LATimes ) - Who says beer is a man's drink? Beer has passed wine as the beverage of choice for women ages 18 to 34, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Julia Herz, craft beer program director for the Brewers Assn. trade group, said women in their 20s and 30s are in "the sweet spot" for...
  • FEATURE-Bulk vs bottle dilemma for South African wine

    (Reuters) - At South Africa's Rostberg and Co., green bottles filled with a ruby liquid clink as they march along a conveyor belt, destined for wine-lovers from Paris to Shanghai. But if a trend toward bulk shipping continues, the music of the Rostberg bottling plant may be about to stop. Set in...
  • High Tide: From Sarkozy Denunciation to Counterfeit Wine

    ( WSJ ) - A member of the mayor of Rome’s inner circle was arrested Monday and charged with accepting EUR 800,000 in bribes from a bus manufacturer. The man, Ricardo Mancini, doesn’t appear to have been contacted for comment. India’s defense minister confirmed corruption was invol...
  • Single-Serving Wine for Sipping Small

    ( NYTimes ) - Buy me some pinot and Cracker Jack! Pinot grigio, California merlot, cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay are now sold in sealed single-serve plastic goblets. Next month, Zipz, the company behind this new format, will introduce them at baseball stadiums, including Citi Field (hear th...

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