Wine Industry News
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 (TheDrinksBusiness) - Vins et Vignobles Dourthe has begun its Sauvignon Blanc harvest in Bordeaux as the harvest of the red grapes approaches with questions over quality and volume very much to the fore. Harvesting began last Thursday (6 September) at Dourthe’s Château La Garde when the grapes w... - 
                
 (NWWB) - Chinese checkers is a board game that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners. The objective is to be first to race one’s pieces across the hexagram-shaped gameboard into the “home” section, which is the corner of the star opposite one�...Wine: Chinese Checkers Anyone?
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 (MNN) - Even though many wine makers follow sustainable practices, they don’t achieve USDA organic certification or indicate their eco-friendliness at all on the label. If they aren’t labeled organic, what should you look for when you’re searching for eco-friendly wines? Right before Labor Day...Does wine have to be certified organic to be sustainable?
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 (Wines&Vines) - Winemakers across California are reporting with some relief that this year’s grapegrowing season has been rather unremarkable. Following two years of cool summers marked by unsettled weather, the mundaneness of 2012 is being celebrated and some are seeing great promise. Hugh Chappe...US: 'Average' Winegrape Harvest Greeted with Relief
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 (Decanter) - The Greek grape variety Assyrtiko has been planted for the first time on Australian soil. Peter Barry, of Clare Valley winery Jim Barry Wines, has planted vines on half a hectare of land at the winery’s Lodge Hill property. He first came across Assyrtiko on visits to the grape’s ...First Assyrtiko planted in Australia
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 (Voxy) - A $500,000 international research project into climate and vineyards led by the University of Canterbury (UC) is expected to result in an increase of up to 10 percent in income for the billion dollar New Zealand wine industry. The two-year research project headed by UC Professor Andy Stu...NZ: Climate study to help grow wine industry
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 (Just-Drinks) - Growth in sparkling wine of the non-Champagne variety has been a somewhat unheralded success story of the global wines and spirits market during the past ten years, and the product which typifies the sector's progress - and the star performer to boot - is the northern Italian fizz, P...Research in Focus - Prosecco Leads the Sparkling Wine Charge
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 (TheDrinksBusiness) - A trial using first growth Bordeaux has shown how closure type affects a wine’s evolution over almost 10 years, and the results aren’t quite as expected. To better understand what motivates winemakers to choose a cork, screwcap or synthetic closure we spoke to three high...Closures: Part 1 – the world’s most high profile experiment?
September, 10, 2012 

