Wine Industry News

  • Extreme weather ends Europe’s cheap-wine era

    (MarketWatch) - Drought, frost, floods and heavy rain this year have hammered grape harvests in Europe’s biggest wine-producing countries, prompting a spike in grape prices and marking an end to almost a decade of extremely cheap wine from the Continent. Grape farmers in countries such as Spain...
  • DtC Wine Shipments on Record Pace

    (Wines&Vines) - Direct-to-consumer shipments of wine continued their rapid growth by posting a record $222 million in sales for the month of October. If sales pick up through November as they have during the past two or more years, according to the Wines & Vines/ShipCompliant Model, another record w...
  • Naked Wines Australia raises $1 million via “angel” network

    (StartUpSmart) - Wine retailer Naked Wines has recruited more than 2,000 “angels”, who have raised $1 million to fund wine made by up-and-coming independent winemakers. Naked Wines, founded in 2008 by former Virgin executive Rowan Gormley, has sought to reverse the traditional wine business mod...
  • Janes on Wine: What does 'natural' yeast really mean?

    (RGJ) - The production of wine would not be possible without yeasts, the microscopic organisms that actually convert sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. In fact, much of the aromas and flavors of wine as we experience them result from yeast activity rather than something inherent in the grape. Yo...
  • WSU Research Gives Brett a Chill

    (Wines&Vines) - Researchers at Washington State University are giving Brettanomyces the cold shoulder with new research that studies how temperature and sulfur dioxide impact the organism, and how the combination of the two help control its development in wine. Brettanomyces bruxellensis—the yeast...

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