Wine Industry News

  • Thailand's new wine industry gets the taste for success

    (BBCNews) - International experts have long scoffed at the idea of growing grapes to make good wine in a tropical region, but Thailand is determined to make them think again. According to conventional wisdom successful vineyards need a cold season, allowing vines to rest so they can produce good ...
  • US: Court OKs Wine Sales at Kentucky Markets

    (Wines&Vines) - Earlier this month Kentucky’s 1938 statute prohibiting the issuance of a license to sell wine and distilled spirits in grocery stores or gas stations was found to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The ruling was handed down by John G. Heyburn ...
  • US: Wine prices inch back up

    (PressDemocrat) - After years of enjoying discounts on fine wines, consumers are finding prices have begun to inch back up. They can partly blame themselves. Feeling slightly more confident about the economy, wine drinkers who traded down from mid-priced varietals during the recession are increasing...
  • NZ: Wine industry hailed for virus control

    (Stuff) - A South African professor specialising in plant research has congratulated the New Zealand wine industry for executing a world-first in developing an innovative strategy to deal with leafroll virus in vineyards. Vines infected by leafroll virus turn a reddish purple colour before their l...
  • Bentleys and wine swell China inventory overhang

    (Reuters) - Chinese auto dealer Dah Chong Hong Holdings (1828.HK) amassed so much inventory this year that it would take 63 days to sell all of its Bentleys, Toyotas and Isuzus, up from the 42 days' supply it carried in December. For rice wine maker Shanghai Jinfeng Wine Co (600616.SS), a 14 perc...
  • US: Former Credit Suiss Banker Sells Exclusive Wines Online

    (Bloomberg) - At first it sounds like another story about an investment banker jettisoning his dull job to cash in on the excitement of wine. But as Kevin Sidders, a former investment banker at Credit Suisse (CS) and Blue Beacon Capital, starts talking about his new business, VinConnect Inc., over o...
  • VERY OLD BARRELS STILL BRING OAK AROMAS

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Barrels over 20 years old still impart oak aromas to Champagne according to Bollinger’s chef de cave Mathieu Kauffman. Despite the widely held belief that barrels over five years old don’t affect the flavour of the wine stored in them, Kauffman stated that juice fermented ...

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