Wine Industry News

  • SA: Jobless kids become wine advisers

    (Sundayworld) - A TOTAL of 200 unemployed township youngsters who trained as wine advisers under the auspices of an R11-million government-sponsored job creation programme have completed their training. The youths, aged 18 and above, were selected from Western Cape and Gauteng townships for the 12-...
  • Healthier Hearts with Red Wine & Dark Chocolate

    (Your4State) - At Meritus Medical Center there was a splash of wine, a chocolate fountain and a room full men and women in red to celebrate healthier hearts. "When you think about a crushing pain in the chest that men have sometimes women could have different symptoms that are much more subtle li...
  • Wine Investors Think Globally

    (Wines&Vines) - The acquisitions of high-end wineries such as Sloan Estate, Livingston-Moffet (now Dana Estates) and Bialla (now Ripe Peak Winery) by Asian investors; Australian Accolade Wines’ purchase of Geyser Peak; Boisset Family Estate’s acquisition of Raymond, DeLoach, Buena Vista, Lockwoo...
  • Thousand-pound Burgundies in £3m UK government cellar

    (Decanter) - Thousand-pound bottles of Domaine de la Romanee Conti, as well as Chateau Margaux, Cheval Blanc, Cos d'Estournel and other fine wines were served last year at official functions, according to a statement released by the Foreign Office last week. English wines had a decent run at UK gove...
  • Amazon expands wine sales to Colorado and South Carolina

    (PressDemocrat) - Amazon.com has expanded its wine delivery service to customers in South Carolina and Colorado. Officially launched in November, Amazon Wine features shopping tools to help customers in 15 states and Washington, D.C., buy wine online. “We are thrilled to add Colorado and Sou...
  • US: VA Wine Prices May Rise As Production Costs Increase

    (WRIC) - Virginia wine is apparently as popular as it has ever been, and now, state lawmakers are encouraging local winemakers to grow more grapes to keep up with demand. Janette Evans owns the Mattaponi Winery in Spotsylvania. She says the demand for her company's wine has increased dramatically...
  • UK: Drinks industry condemns plan for minimum alcohol pricing

    (Telegraph) - The Government’s controversial plan to introduce a minimum price for alcohol is based on flawed evidence about the impact it will have on health and crime, according to a report to be published by the drinks industry this week. A study by a leading economics consultancy will cast do...
  • You are what you drink! Do you know what’s in your wine?

    (MPWWine) - The approach to making wine varies widely among producers of wine. There is wine made by passionate small farmers and winemakers who value the natural properties of the fruit and the wine. Then, there are the bulk wine producers that turn out millions of liters of wine every year. It is ...

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