Wine Industry News

  • US: Meteor debris spread over wine country

    (SFGate) - The meteor that exploded in a brilliant burst of flame above the Bay Area on Wednesday was a lonely remnant from the birth of the solar system, and may have left its rocky debris in a band stretching east of San Rafael toward Napa and Sonoma, the astronomer who calculated its path reporte...
  • US: State government investing in local wine and future wine makers

    (KNDO) - The wine industry in Washington continues to grow and bring in more dollars to the state's economy. Friday, Governor Chris Gregoire visited the Tri-Cities to celebrate a new investment in the wine industry that will put our state on the global map. Governor Gregoire visited the site of t...
  • Prop. 37 Divides California Wine Industry

    (Wines&Vines) - On Nov. 6, voters in California will decide the fate of a proposed law that would require new labels for genetically engineered (GE) foods and ingredients. Under Proposition 37, any food with GE ingredients would need to be labeled as such, and the state Department of Public Health w...
  • TEN UNUSUAL WINE-PRODUCING AREAS

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - The world is full of strange fruit indeed. For the past two decades, the number of winemakers attempting to grow grapes for drinkable wine outside 32-52º and 28-46º latitude has only increased. Koshu grapes in Japan, complete with protective origami paper hats As the mark...
  • Napa's Best Tasting Room With A View---And Wine of the Week

    (Forbes) - The ancient Roman poet Ovid is best known for his poem, Metamorphoses, which trumpets change and transformation. One might easily argue that the team at Ovid winery performs some magical transformations of their own with simple clusters of grapes. The estate produces only one wine, a stat...
  • The wonderful world of wine beer

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Earlier this week we ran a story about wine beer, which sparked a lot of interest. Champagne and beerBlue Moon, a craft brewery in the US are in the process of rolling out their Chardonnay wine beer across the country; in addition a picture posted on Twitter hinted that the ...
  • World Wine Shortage of 1.3 Billion Bottles Seen as Output Slumps

    (Bloomberg) - The world faces a wine shortage equivalent to 1.3 billion bottles next year after production slumped in France, Italy and Spain, the main suppliers, according to the biggest French wine cooperative. “It’s historic,” Bertrand Girard, chief executive officer of Groupe Val d’Or...

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