Wine Industry News

  • WINE: Beyond the imagined conventions of wine making

    (BDLive) - WHEN the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears at Elsinore, Horatio cries out: "This is wondrous strange." Hamlet, ready to believe in the apparition, replies: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy." What is unlikely and amazing to some people ...
  • VINEXPO PREPARES FOR CHINESE SURGE

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Vinexpo is predicting a record number of visitors from China this June, boosted by the Bordeaux fair’s creation of its first ever Chinese pavilion. Having attracted 500 Chinese visitors in 2009, the biennial trade fair saw this amount nearly triple in 2011 to 2,340. With...
  • Bordeaux 2012: mixed verdict on first look at Right Bank

    (Decanter) -  'Brittle' and 'lots of make-up' were two of the comments from critics as London had its first look at the 2012 vintage from Bordeaux’s Right Bank properties.  Tuesday night’s annual London en primeur tasting of the  Cercle Rive Droite  – a group o...
  • Why Vintners Can't Sign Wine Labels

    (Wines&Vines) - Experts at the Best Practices in Winery Operations conference last week in Napa discussed topics such as social media, evaluating vineyard property and contract winemaking. But the most lively sessions at the two-day event sponsored by the Seminar Group were an update about Cali...
  • Health Watch: Champagne Boosts Brainpower

    (WineSpectator) - Champagne may bubble with more than deliciousness. According to research from a team at the Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy department of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, organic acids in the French sparkling wine actually increase brainpower. In their report, publish...
  • Robert Parker sues Antonio Galloni for Fraud, Breach of Contract

    (TheWineCellarInsider) - The Wine Advocate filed a law suit against their former wine reviewer Antonio Galloni today! Galloni previously wrote wine reviews for Robert Parker and The Wine Advocate, covering California, Italy, Burgundy and Champagne. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13-cv-827 The action is for &...
  • Wine Industry Tries to Fix Image in China

    (WSJ) - When Mark Bright attends wine events in China, he says, people often complain that California wine is overpriced and of poor quality. The San Francisco-based winemaker and sommelier blames that reputation on vendors who have flooded China with cheap "plunk" wine that they sell at prices nor...

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