Wine Industry News

  • Science helps Spain's natural cork industry pop back

    (Reuters) - For three generations Antonio Gorgot's family have carried axes into the mountainous forests of northern Spain to cut slabs of bark off their cork oaks. A few years ago their livelihood was under threat as the cork business lost its buoyancy. Sales of Spanish cork plummeted between 20...
  • China: Exchange promotes liquor as investment

    (ChinaDaily) - The Guizhou Liquor Exchange, a new platform for trading liquor, formally opened on Sept 6 in Guiyang, signifying the further development of the province's alcoholic products as luxury commodities for investment. The opening of the exchange was one of a series of events for the seco...
  • TOP 10 BIGGEST CHAMPAGNE BRANDS

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - We count down the world’s largest Champagne brands according to case sales and consider their performance over the last year. Moët & Chandon continue to head the list, but the overall tone of 2011 was of volume losses. Lanson saw the biggest drop, while Nicolas Feuilla...
  • US: Oregon does wine its way

    (Columbian) - Driving southwest from Portland an hour or so through the suburbs, you hit the heart of Oregon's wine country rather suddenly. Here the mountainous Coast Range slopes to the Willamette Valley floor, which is smothered with vineyards that produce some of the best pinot noir on earth. ...
  • French wine output may slump 16% on heat wave, storms

    (DailyHerald) - Wine production in France, the biggest exporter, may slump 16 percent this year to a four-year low after frost, thunderstorms and an August heat wave harmed vines and grapes, the Agriculture Ministry said. Output is forecast to slide to 42.9 million hectoliters (1.13 billion gallo...
  • Seeking value - and character - in California wine

    (SFGate) - When it comes to descriptions of California wine, it is rare to see the words "character" and "value" in the same sentence. Character, after all, is usually something you pay a premium for, an amalgam of site selection, varietal expression and sensitive winemaking, resulting in a state o...

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