Wine Industry News

  • US: Bill to allow wine 'growler' sales advances to Oregon House floor

    (OregonLive) - A proposal to allow sales of wine "growlers" in Oregon, similar to those used for craft beers, popped out of a legislative committee Monday and now heads to the House floor. State winegrowers are pushing House Bill 2443 as a way to expand sales and embrace changes in consumer tastes....
  • Firms charting path after stepping into Napa Valley

    (NBBJ) - Regional accounting firms that recently made efforts to expand in the Napa Valley are moving into the next phase, positioning themselves with hiring and training in a county that has rebounded strongly after the worst of the recession, especially in the wine industry. Among those expanding...
  • Attempted wine scams top £1.5m, UK trade warns

    (Decanter) - Wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd warns European trade is being 'bombarded' by UK-based wine scams. Wineries across Europe are being scammed out of hundreds of thousands of Euros by conmen impersonating buyers at bona fide wine merchants such as Berry Bros & Rudd. A fraud unit set up b...
  • AOL PIONEERS CHAMPION VIRGINIAN WINE

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Two former AOL executives are using their winery as a social enterprise project to establish the US state of Virginia as a major presence on the world wine map. After more than two decades leading marketing and branding for the US software giant, Jean Case and her husband St...
  • Russia's bureaucracy hampering wine sales

    (Decanter) - Tax, import controls and licensing changes hit US wine shipments to Russia in 2012. Russian bureaucracy prevented US wines from achieving their full potential in a key emerging market last year, but producers remain confident. US wine exports may have achieved a record value in 2012,...
  • Labeling Cold War Heats Up Again

    (WineSpectator) - Diageo and consumer advocacy groups have reignited decades-long efforts to beef up beverage-labeling standards, triggering renewed fear of over-regulation among wineries. On Feb. 12, the Federal Trade Commission determined that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) sho...
  • US: Tenn. lawmakers to decide fate of supermarket wine

    (Johnsoncitypress) - Tennessee lawmakers are poised to decide this week whether a proposal to allow supermarket wine sales moves ahead or withers on the vine. The bill to overhaul the current system that prevents shoppers from buying wine alongside groceries faces votes in both House and Senate c...
  • A bottle of Becks? Icon's new club to launch Chateau David Beckham

    (Independent) - A handsome wine with good body, beginning to mature nicely. The tasting notes for Chateau Beckham have yet to be written, but the wine could go on sale this year. Paris Saint-Germain, the French football club which has signed up David Beckham, is hoping to release a house Bordeaux, w...

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