Wine Industry News

  • NZ: Glut warning

    (NZHerald) - New Zealand winemakers have been given a production warning in a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report, NZ Wine Insights, tells them to be cautious, lest they repeat the cycle that led a vast number of them into receivership over the past four years. The wine industry g...
  • France: Vranken-Pommery spends E37m buying new vineyards

    (Decanter) - Champagne group Vranken-Pommery Monopole has spent more than €37m increasing its vineyard holdings with the purchase of five companies in the region, including Bissinger & Co. The deals, for a total of €37.6m, include the acquisition of Bissinger’s Domaine du Montchenois, a 22-he...
  • Experts Joust Over Wine Closures

    (Wines&Vines) - While consumers find plenty of room for argument about which wine is No. 1, winemakers and suppliers can be just as combative about which closure is best. As part of its ongoing Wine Flavor 101 series of lectures and seminars, the University of California, Davis, gathered representat...
  • UK: Diageo sponsors free New Year’s Eve travel

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Transport for London has confirmed there will be free travel on London’s tubes, buses, Tramlink and London Overground, on New Year’s Eve thanks to sponsorship from drinks giant Diageo. New Year's Eve in LondonThe free travel will run on services from 11.45pm on New Year�...
  • Tourism Australia wins wine deal

    (VisaBureau) - Tourism Australia have announced a new three year marketing deal with Wine Australia aimed at luring tourists from the UK, the US, Canada and China to the vineyards and wineries across Australia. Andrew McEvoy, managing director of Tourism Australia, said the country was renowned for...
  • US: Texas Wine Industry Growing Quickly

    Dallas native Deananne Vanderslice didn’t waste time sifting through the Italian or Napa Valley varietals at Central Market on Lovers Lane. She wanted a full-bodied red, she said, and she knew just where to find it: a shelf in the back marked “Texas Wines”. She ran her fingers over each gl...

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