Wine Industry News

  • Canada: B.C. Broker Negotiates Wine Surplus

    (Wines&Vines) - With the British Columbia Wine Institute estimating the province’s grape crop reaching 35,000 tons this year, some observers are talking about the potential for a surplus. Concerns about a potential surplus of B.C. grapes have been simmering among grapegrowers here for the past few...
  • Timberlake and Biel create wedding cuvée

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Singer Justin Timberlake created a special red blend from Sonoma County to be served at his wedding to actress Jessica Biel in southern Italy last month. According to the Wine Spectator, the Timberlake-Biel wedding cuvée – Blue Ocean Floor – was made from Alexander Vall...
  • Canada: LCBO wants personal data of wine club members

    (CBC) - An Ontario wine club says it's being forced to hand its members' personal information over to Ontario's Liquor Control Board in what it calls a breach of privacy. Warren Porter, the president of the Toronto-based Vin de Garde wine club, said he's upset the Liquor Control Board of Ontario ...
  • French down to a glass a day as wine becomes weekend treat

    (MedicalXpress) - French wine consumption has fallen to a new low with the average adult now consuming the equivalent of barely a glass a day, the latest edition of a major consumption survey has found. A study that will have viticulteurs weeping into their vats also revealed that fizzy drinks and f...
  • UK: Alcohol concern: minimum unit price will save lives

    (Telegraph) - Emily Robinson from Alcohol Concern has welcomed government plans to tackle binge-drinking in Britain by introducing a minimum alcohol price of 45p per unit. The Coalition will today announce a consultation on setting a minimum price of 45p for a unit of alcohol sold in England and Wa...
  • NZ wine shows signs of turnaround

    (NZHerald) - New Zealand's wine sector is showing signs of a profit turnaround but is still not producing financial returns which would be acceptable to investors, according to a survey. Kiwi wineries have struggled in recent years because of the Global Financial Crisis, supply imbalances, high e...
  • US: Bill Foley Adds Langtry Estate & Vineyards

    (Wines&Vines) - After announcing last week that his Foley Family Wines had bought the Ramal East Vineyard in the Carneros appellation and Lancaster Estate in the Chalk Hill appellation of Sonoma County, Bill Foley is set to announce that he’s buying a majority of the Guenoc/Langtry Estate brand, w...
  • France: 'Rightful owner' of Chateau Badette awarded €2.75 million

    (decanter) - The European Court has awarded €2.75m in damages to the plaintiff in the long-running dispute over a St Emilion chateau. The plaintiff, Christian Pascaud, will be paid the money by the French government, which had earlier dismissed his rights to the estate due to a technicality over ...

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