Wine Industry News

  • UK: Gallo teams with Universal to create film club

    (Seenit) - Last year we had a look at some of the best Bordeaux wines to enjoy with your favourite films. Twelve months on and winemaker Gallo has taken the idea even further, partnering with Universal Pictures (UK) to create Gallo Film Club. As with our own efforts, the Gallo Film Club matches the...
  • Top 10 wines in the US press

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Wines from all over the world have featured in the US press during the last week. A review of some of the wines that have featured in the US press over the last weekIn the Los Angeles Times, S Irene Virbila says the 2009 Dierberg Chardonnay has “a bright acidity that sends...
  • Can Romania become eastern Europe's new Bordeaux?

    (Reuters) - Can the latest fad for wine enthusiasts possibly come from an eastern European country whose wine-growing traditions are as old as Christianity? Romania is the sixth-largest wine grower in the European Union and its enthusiastic proponents say the aspect of its 180,000 hectares of vin...
  • US: Charles Krug attempts “wine wave” record

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Charles Krug Winery in St Helena, California, will attempt to break the world record for the longest relay wine toast this Sunday. Dubbed the “Napa Valley Wine Wave”, the wave must be a sequential toast where participants clink glasses in order from start to finish, rath...
  • US: Kansas strives to revitalize state wine market

    (Kansan) - When most people think of big drivers of the Kansas economy, fields of wheat, pastures dotted with beef cattle and clumps of large factories pumping out airplanes, plastic and packed meat come to mind. However, the sites of an emerging market are tucked into small towns and hidden off cou...
  • British Columbia: Liquor Privatization Nixed, Again

    (WINES&VINES) - A bid to privatize liquor distribution services in British Columbia has been nixed, ensuring the Canadian province remains in the liquor wholesaling business for the foreseeable future. British Columbia premier Christy Clark, who has made much of her government’s commitment to free...
  • US: Alma Rosa Cash Flow Threatened by Bottled-up Wine

    (WSJ) - For California’s Alma Rosa Winery, the old saying about lemons should be tweaked to: “When life hands you bankruptcy, sell wine.” And that’s the plan for hall-of-fame vintner (literally) Richard Sanford’s winery. In Chapter 11 since July, Alma Rosa would like to be allowed conti...

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