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Norwegians drink more wine
July, 03, 2012
(NorwayPost) - Last year, Norwegians consumed 5.6 per cent more wine than the previous year. Meanwhile the overture of beer fell by one per cent, according to Statistics Norway. Registered turnover of spirits showed an increase of of 2.1 per cent. The turnover of alcopops increased by 3.2 per cen...
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Evening Land buys Beaune property
July, 02, 2012
(Decanter) - US-based wine producer Evening Land Vineyards has purchased Château de Bligny in Bligny-lès-Beaune. The Côte d’Or winegrowers association Vignerons des Caves des Haute-Côtes, which had owned Château de Bligny since 1999, sold the property but has kept its associated vineyard co...
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California vintner creates new wines from research grapes
July, 02, 2012
(WesternFarmPress) - Nearly half of the 55 unusual wine grape varieties in a plot at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier displayed enough promising characteristics to prompt a cooperating vintner to make 25 small lots of wine. The research at Kearney is designed ...
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France: Chateau Calon Segur reported sold
July, 02, 2012
(Decanter) - Chateau Calon Ségur, the renowned Saint Estephe third growth, has reportedly been sold to a group of French investors for around €200m. Despite owner Helene Gasqueton-Baritault’s letter sent in September 2011 to various Bordeaux négociants, and to Decanter.com, clarifying that she...
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US: For wineries seeking capital, be prepared
July, 02, 2012
(NBBJ) - Increasing competition, along with volatile U.S.-global economies and capital markets, are affecting the way wineries are being financed, according to banking and capital-management experts at the Moss-Adams LLP Wine Industry Financial Roundtable. The quarterly event attracted more than 65 ...
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Handbags put the wine first -- totes and clutches hold bottles with room for wallet and keys for perfect girl’s night out
July, 02, 2012
(NYDailyNews) - Forget box of wine -- try this wine in a bag. The Envoyage Taschen Weekender bag by Swiss designer Claudia Eicke comes through in the clutch -- it has a special space for a bottle of wine. The secret is the ‘tunnel’ portion of the bag which is made of stiffer fabric to hold the...
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Schumer pushes for end to restrictive Canadian wine taxation policies that hurt NY wineries
July, 02, 2012
(WashingtonPost) - Sen. Charles Schumer wants the Canadian government and the U.S. Trade Representative to jump start negotiations to eliminate Canadian wine tax policies that put New York wineries at a competitive disadvantage. Schumer will be at a Niagara County winery Monday afternoon to discu...
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Stars Align for Winemaker Constellation
July, 01, 2012
(WSJ) - One big winner in Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev NV's (ABI.BT +3.88%) $20 billion planned takeover of Mexico's Grupo Modelo SAB: Constellation Brands Inc., (STZB +24.25%) a wine company from upstate New York. In a surprise development, the maker of Robert Mondavi and Clos du Bois win...
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Norwegians drink more wine

Evening Land buys Beaune property

California vintner creates new wines from research grapes

France: Chateau Calon Segur reported sold

US: For wineries seeking capital, be prepared

Handbags put the wine first -- totes and clutches hold bottles with room for wallet and keys for perfect girl’s night out

Schumer pushes for end to restrictive Canadian wine taxation policies that hurt NY wineries

Stars Align for Winemaker Constellation

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