Wine Industry News

  • Wine Revolution: As Drinkers And Growers, U.S. Declares Independence

    (NPR) - A curious shift has happened in global wine-drinking trends: Americans have overtaken the French and Italians, Europe's traditional lovers of the fruits of the vine, as the world's top wine market. And it's not just wine drinking that's taken off stateside: U.S. wine production is also on...
  • US: Eye-Catching Names Lead Top 20 New Wine Brands

    (Wines&Vines) - Fresh brands with provocative names like Skinnygirl, Ooh La La and Stark Raving made the Top 20 New Table Wine Brands of 2012, as selected by the Symphony IRI Group (SIG). At least half a dozen appeared to be targeting female consumers, while only one new “critter” brand—Curiou...
  • Wine Emergency

    (HuffingtonPost) - My friends and I have what we call wine emergencies. Anytime someone is feeling overwhelmed by raising children, a husband who doesn't always quite "get it," a bad day at work or all of the above, we can call a wine emergency. As in calling our circle of friends and saying "Hey, I...
  • California's experience with sustainable winemaking

    (Canada) - An interesting and informative element of the Vancouver International Wine Festival that ran from Feb. 23 through March 3 - with a regional focus on California - was the prevalence of sustainable winemaking practices in so many of the wineries in the state of California, today. Often c...
  • Liv-ex sees ‘steady’ trade in 2010s

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Bordeaux 2010 has accounted for 13% of all trade by value so far in March on the Liv-ex index. bordeaux-surveyLiv-ex reported on its blog that while the 2010s still lag behind the 2009s in terms of trade, it is the most concerted period of activity the vintage has seen in th...
  • Henri Krug dies

    (Decanter) - Henri Krug, former head of Champagne Krug, has died of cancer aged 76. Henri Krug, who died on 7 March, represented the fifth generation of the family to head Champagne Krug, passing the mantle of directeur de la maison to his younger brother Rémi when he retired in 2001, but still on...

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