Wine Industry News

  • B.C. craft distillers get boost from NDP

    (TheProvince) - The NDP wants to give the province's craft distillers the same boost as its winemakers. "The success of the wine industry is a source of economic and cultural pride for British Columbians," NDP Leader Adrian Dix said Wednesday. "We have an opportunity to do something similar wi...
  • Accused Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Fighting Feds' Case

    (WineSpectator) - Accused wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan, currently being held without bail at a Brooklyn federal detention facility, is working to have evidence of a laboratory for fake wines in his home excluded from his trial. Wine Spectator has learned that Kurniawan's lawyers will contest th...
  • US: Truett-Hurst launches occasion-specific wrapped wine line

    (PressDemocrat) - The wine aisle at Safeway is about to get more interesting. Truett-Hurst, the Healdsburg wine company, has inked an agreement with the grocery chain to roll out a line of wines that are wrapped in vibrant, foil-like paper designed to help consumers pair wines with special occasi...
  • Finger Lakes Grape Prices Swell

    (Wines&Vines) - In 2012, for the first time in several years, grape prices in the Finger Lakes region of New York are higher across the board. The list of prices in the accompanying table was furnished to Wines & Vines by Hans Walter-Peterson, viticulture extension specialist with the Finger Lakes G...
  • NW Wine: N. Central Wash. continues to grow up

    (AP) — While we often think of Washington wine country as stretching between the cities of Yakima and Walla Walla, the North Central Washington region is not only coming into its own, but also playing an important role. This summer, Wine Press Northwest and Foothills magazines combined to put o...
  • WINE “HANDBAG” TREND GAINING MOMENTUM

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - A trend is developing for boxed wine aimed at women in the shape of a handbag in a bid to boost the packaging’s unfashionable image. Keen to appeal to fashion savvy consumers, Swedish company Vernissage has released a trio of on-the-go boxed wines shaped to look like designe...

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