Wine Industry News

  • Champagne supplier Pressoirs de France goes into administration

    (Decanter) - After weeks of speculation that it was in financial difficulties, the Pressoirs de France group - supplier of cheap Champagne to major UK supermarkets - has gone into receivership having failed to find a new financial backer. In a statement to the French press on Wednesday, owner Nicola...
  • Megan Fox promotes Brazilian beer

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Hollywood superstar Megan Fox has secured some great seats for next month’s Rio Carnival, after becoming a “spokesmodel” for Brazilian beer brand Brahma. Megan FoxBrahma’s box at the carnival is a celebrity favourite during the festival, with Jennifer Lopez taking ce...
  • Wines & Vines Completes Merger with Practical Winery & Vineyard

    (Wines&Vines) - Wine industry media and marketing company Wines & Vines has completed its merger with the quarterly journal Practical Winery & Vineyard, both based in San Rafael, Calif. Beginning with the April issue, the editorial content of Practical Winery & Vineyard will appear in a special sect...
  • New study claims Red wine prevents cholesterol build up from meat

    (CellarVieWines) - A Sunday roast just isn’t the same without a lovely glass of red wine and now it appears a cheeky sup of claret will actually diminish the unhealthy effects of eating red meat. According to scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a glass of red wine can prevent th...
  • AU: Volumes up, value down as wine exporters battle dollar

    (TheAustralian) - WINE exports to Australia's biggest markets in the US and Britain continued to slide last year in value terms despite increasing volumes, as deflation and increased bulk exports cut the average bottle price. Figures from export marketing body Wine Australia showed sales to Brita...
  • South African wine industry 'optimistic'

    (SouthAfrica) - Following a few very tough years, the South African wine industry is optimistic on the back of record export levels, good prospects for this year's harvest, the penetration of new markets, and growing praise from high-profile wine critics, says Wines of South Africa CEO Su Birch. ...
  • Brits ditch beer and fags for wine

    (Telegraph) - Britons are turning both healthy and French if forecasts from the Treasury’s official economic arbiter are to be believed. By 2018, the nation will be smoking 9bn fewer cigarettes and drinking 1.6bn fewer pints of beer and cider than last year, according to the Office for Budget Res...
  • Canada: Narrow window for ice wine harvest

    (GlobalTVBC) - Okanagan winemakers braved the cold to grasp at the first opportunity of the year to make ice wine. Pickers were up bright and early Saturday morning to harvest ice wine grapes at Inniskillin Winery in Oliver. “This is now the third chance and we just finished it. I’m very happy...

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