Wine Industry News
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(TheDrinksBusiness) - A brewer in Oregon has created a beer that uses the yeast found in his beard. John Maier of Rogue Ales Brewery Company in Newport, Oregon and the company president, Brett Joyce, were apparently looking for a new source of yeast for their brews when a lab technician swabbed Mai... -
(Wines&Vines) - Oregon unemployment rates increased this summer. After bottoming out at 8.4% unemployment in May, August ended at a seasonally adjusted rate of 8.9%—but the wine industry bears a bright light for the state’s job market. While state-wide unemployment in Oregon climbed to 11.6% in ...Wine Industry Buoys Oregon Employment
September, 27, 2012 -
(Decanter) - Spain, Italy, Portugal and France have joined Bulgaria in formally objecting to the Scottish government's legislation introducing minimum unit pricing on alcohol. Earlier this month Bulgaria objected to the European Commission about the plans for a minimum price of £0.50 per unit of al...Objections to Scottish minimum pricing now Europe-wide
September, 27, 2012 -
(TheDrinksBusiness) - Château Bellefont-Belcier has become the first Bordeaux classed growth to be sold to a Chinese buyer. The 13-hectare St-Emilion grand cru estate is understood to have been bought by a Chinese industrialist who, according to French newspaper Sud-Ouest, employs 20,000 workers...Chinese buys first Bordeaux classed growth
September, 27, 2012 -
(PalatePress) - People who concern themselves with “consumer acceptability” of fruit know that sugar is a pretty good predictor of how consumers will feel about a given apple or grape or orange; the more sugar (that is, the higher the °Brix level), the more people like the fruit in question. Bu...Sugar, Part II: What Does Acid Do?
September, 27, 2012 -
/PRNewswire/ - It was another year of declines for the beer industry. Heightened competition from other beverage alcohol segments, high unemployment rates among core consumers and a struggling economy contributed to the loss. According to the recently released Beverage Information Group's 2012 Bee...U.S. Beer Consumption Continues Decline; Consumers Gravitate Toward Wine and Spirits Innovations
September, 27, 2012 -
(Wines&Vines) - The Wine Industry Financial Symposium held Monday and Tuesday was itself an indication of the health of the recovering wine business. Fully 330 lenders, growers, wine companies and suppliers attended the conference, up from 260 last year. Vineyard executive David Freed started the sy...US: Three Biggest Wineries Take Half the Growth
September, 27, 2012 -
(Reuters) - A wine fair in southwest Germany has been ordered to stop using the Olympic name and a similar logo or face a hefty fine, with the German Olympic Committee accusing it of ambush marketing. The community of Langenlonsheim used the Olympic symbols, including a seven-ring logo as opposed...Olympics-German wine 'Olympiad' accused of ambush marketing
September, 27, 2012

