Wine Industry News
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 (Decanter) - Collapsed wine investment company Vinance plc owed £5m-worth of wine to its 1,300 clients when it filed for bankruptcy, according to administrators. However, the business has an estimated deficiency of £2.37m, thanks to a ‘large’ amount of wine owned by Vinance with an estimated ... - 
                
 (ABCNews) - Five Idaho inmates are blaming alcohol for the crimes that put them in prison and are suing some of the nation's top liquor and wine companies for $1 billion. Keith Allen Brown, Steven Thompson, Woodrow Grant, Cory Baugh and Jeremy Brown all claim that alcohol led them to their crimes...Inmates Sue Beer, Wine Cos. for $1B
January, 04, 2013 - 
                
 (Just-Drinks) - The Vintner Group has bought Atlanta wine distributor Prestige Wine Wholesale for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which closed on 31 December, will give the Virginia-based group its first distribution hub in Georgia, a company spokesperson told just-drinks today (4 January). Prestig...US: Vintner Group moves into Georgia with Prestige Wine buy
January, 04, 2013 - 
                
 (Journee-Vinicole) - As bulk wine shipments worldwide continue to surge upwards, international, non-governmental organisation OIV has put forward a proposal to redefine the definition of bulk wine. The move is aimed at obtaining more reliable statistics on internal markets and foreign trade. OIV has...OIV proposes to change definition of bulk wine in the Harmonized System
January, 04, 2013 - 
                
 (DemocratandChronicle) - In the early hours of Tuesday, people were saluting the new year with Finger Lakes bubbly. But 24 hours later, vineyard workers started harvesting grapes for another type of wine: ice wine. One of the region’s specialties, ice wine is a dessert wine created from the ...US: Ice wine harvet begins in the Finger Lakes
January, 03, 2013 - 
                
 (TheDrinksBusiness) - Jackson Family Vineyards has completed the latest in a series of major acquisitions with the purchase of an 877-acre property in California’s recently created Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA. Previously owned by the Seghesio family, no vineyards are currently planted on the...JACKSON FAMILY BUYS INTO NEW AVA
January, 03, 2013 - 
                
 (Decanter) - Several parts of South Australia are facing 'catastrophic' fire risks over the next few days as temperatures across the region are expected to hit near-record levels. Dozens of firefighters are already battling to keep a fire under control in the Sevenhill area of the Clare Valley, wh...'Catastrophic' fire risk for South Australia
January, 03, 2013 - 
                
 (TheDrinksBusiness) - The new law, which came into effect on 1 January, was agreed by former president Dmitry Medvedev in July 2011 and now classes beer as a liquor. As with sales of vodka and other spirits, kiosks and beer stalls will be restricted in how much beer they can sell and will not be ...RUSSIA RESTRICTS BEER SALES
January, 02, 2013 

