Wine Industry News

  • Winery expansion raises concerns

    (NapaValleyRegister) - A Rutherford winery’s proposal to double production left two wine industry luminaries at odds last week before the Napa County Planning Commission, while raising questions about the future viability of the county’s long-standing rule that Napa wine be made with 75 percent ...
  • World's most expensive wine comes in futuristic glass vial

    (FoxNews) - Australian fine wine maker Penfolds this week unveiled what it says is the world's most expensive bottle of wine. The 2004 Kalimna Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon, that the vineyard claims are from the oldest continuously producing vines in the world, will set you back $168,000 and comes ...
  • Canada: Winery Puts Law to the Test

    (Wines&Vines) - The first exercise of an amendment to Canada’s 84-year-old Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act is set to play out as consumers respond to a free shipping offer during Canada’s national holiday this weekend. Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is of...
  • Billionaire Bill Foley to take control of NZ Wine Co

    (BUSINESSDESK)- Foley Family Wines, owned by the California-based billionaire Bill Foley, is to take control of New Zealand Wine Company, adding the Grove Mill, Sanctuary and Frog Haven brands to its suite of local wines. The merger which will see Foley take an 80% stake in NZ Wines Co, and is su...
  • US: Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds wine initiative petition

    (AP) — An initiative petition to ask voters if they want to allow grocery stores in the state's largest counties to sell wine was narrowly approved by the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Thursday. In a 5-4 decision, the state's highest court rejected arguments that the proposal violates the state and U....
  • Do You Really Want to Know? Label Transparency in the Wine Industry

    (PalatePress) - What information does the consumer want from the wine he’s about to drink? Today’s labels include the alcohol percentage, sometimes a little tasting note or some generic information on the winery—and more often than not the “contains sulfites” statement. Is this really enou...
  • Uncorked: The most radical transformation of NZ wine

    (NZHerald) - Cast your mind back to when screwcaps on wine were a rare sight; there was more chardonnay in our vineyards than sauvignon blanc and just over a dozen wineries down in Central Otago. How things have changed, with the past 15 years witnessing the most radical transformation of New Zealan...

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