Wine Industry News
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(TheDrinksBusiness) - A specially created 200 litre glass bottle arrives in Scotland this week, as a distillery bids to break the record for creating the world’s largest bottle of whisky. The Famous Grouse are planning to enter the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest bottle ever pr... -
(TheGrocer) - Sales of low-alcohol wine at Asda have rocketed over the past year - thanks to a massive range extension. The retailer said sales of its low-alcohol wine drinks - which range from 0% to 5.5% abv - were up 135% y-o-y [Nielsen 52 w/e 26 June 2012], helping it nearly double its total l...UK: Sales of low-abv wine drinks up 135% at Asda
July, 30, 2012 -
(WSJ) - Move over baijiu, you’ve got company. With its auspicious hue and perceived health benefits, red wine is “the banquet drink of Chinese officials and businessmen,” according to Harvard Business School professor William C. Kirby. It’s a trend that bodes well for Grace Vineyard, whi...Building a Winery in China From Scratch
July, 30, 2012 -
(Jalopnik) - Husband and wife team Amy Lillard and Matt Kling are a rare breed: They're Americans making wine in France. But they've brought a little American ingenuity to the traditional French winemaking process. Their tasting room is a 1979 Citroën HY Van. Lillard and Kling's operation is a sma...These American Winemakers Use A Restored Citroën HY As A Mobile Tasting Room
July, 28, 2012 -
(Decanter) - Burgundy is heading for a small harvest due to the challenging summer weather, vintners are saying. A cold and rainy start to the summer, followed by periods of heat, has led to a failure of many grapes to develop after flowering. This along with mildew is reducing the potential size...'Challenging' summer will mean small Burgundy harvest
July, 27, 2012 -
(Wines&Vines) - A red winegrape variety known as "GR 7" was released Feb. 20, 2003, by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at the Viticulture 2003 conference in Buffalo, N.Y., and given the name “Abundance.” That name had to be withdrawn because of a trademark infringement claimed...Winegrape Renamed 'Geneva Red'
July, 27, 2012 -
(Decanter) - The US$15m high-tech winery at the Robert Mondavi Institute at the University of California Davis is near completion. The winery, part of a larger US$40m food science and brewing complex at UCDavis, will serve as an industry-leading research facility and a model for future wineries arou...Multi-million dollar Mondavi research winery near completion at Davis
July, 27, 2012 -
(Austinist) - A report released this week by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild (TCBG) shows small Texas beer is making a big economic impact. According to the study, the rapidly growing Texas craft brewery industry injected over $608 million into the state economy in 2011 alone. Along with highlighting...Drink: Booming Texas Craft Beer Industry Generates $608 Million in 2011
July, 27, 2012

