Wine Industry News

  • E-mail wine business nets $30 million yearly

    (WesternFarmPress) - Jon Rimmerman sells $30 million worth of wine a year over e-mail. How? Well, let him tell you a little story about a young syrah he once swilled outside Walla Walla. Rimmerman is the founder and sole owner of Garagiste, the world’s largest e-mail-based wine business. With 1...
  • The call of port

    (Telegraph) - Pass it to the left, pass it to the right . . . just don’t pass up any opportunity to enjoy port, the mellow, subtle classic. We’re in the middle of a very beautiful nowhere. My mobile lost signal 15km back on a particularly aggressive hairpin bend. I can see vines balancing...
  • The Strategy of Pricing Wine

    (Wines&Vines) - Intense competition and retailer discounts kept wine prices in check during the recession, but that appears to be changing. Jon Fredrikson, principal with Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates, said that in the past two years there have been more price changes—especially at the lower an...
  • The world’s rudest wine names

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Using controversial names or labels in the wine industry has been going on for some time. Earlier this week we reported that a wine from Hundred Acre owner Jayson Woodbridge was causing problems in the US because of its controversial name. The wine is called If You See Kay,...
  • Bordeaux 2012: Soft tannins and 'ripe fruit' potential say vignerons

    (Decanter) - Bordeaux 2012 is a vintage with low, soft tannins and good fruit flavours, vignerons say – but a good deal of work is necessary in the winery to deliver that potential. Almost all red grapes are now in Bordeaux cellars across both Left and Right banks – in some cases a little earlie...
  • World auction market may shrink by 20%, say experts

    (Decanter) - The world auction market for fine wine may shrink by 20% or more in 2012, as the value of fine Bordeaux bottoms out, experts are predicting. Leading auction houses are warning that the market might fall by as much as US$100 this year, from US$500 to US$400m. ‘There has been a signi...
  • The world’s 10 strongest beers

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Earlier this week Scottish brewers Brewmeister released the world’s strongest beer, but which beers has it beaten to that title? Brewmeister Brewery co-founder Lewis Shand with a bottle of ArmageddonBrewmeister’s Armageddon beer has an incredible 65% abv, and will be lau...

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