Wine Industry News

  • TOP BURGUNDIAN NÉGOCIANT IMPLICATED IN “MASSIVE” WINE FRAUD

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - One of Burgundy’s leading négociant, Labouré-Roi, has become embroiled in a wine scam. Reports state that four of the négociant’s leadership have been taken into custody in the wake of a wine scam that came to light last week. According to local paper Le Bien, the fou...
  • Wine Special: Grape quality vital to Chinese wine's global success

    (ChinaDaily) - Leading foreign winemakers have been coming in droves to China in recent years in an attempt to carve out a piece of one of the world's fastest-growing wine markets. Meanwhile, domestic companies like Changyu Pioneer Wine Co Ltd, China's oldest and largest wine producer, are grabbing...
  • Vinexpo Asia-Pacific visitors up 25%

    (Decanter) - Visitors to this year's Vinexpo Asia-Pacific were up 25%, according to final figures released by Vinexpo. In total, 15,785 registered visitors attended from 24 countries, an increase of 25% on the 2010 edition. In particular, trade visitors from Hong Kong accounted for more than a th...
  • Insight: Brazil protects its ... wines?

    (Reuters) - Brazil is widely celebrated for having some of the world's best beaches, soccer, and Carnival festivities. Wines? Um, no. Nevertheless, Brazil is considering steps to protect its tiny domestic wine industry from an onslaught of imports, in what may be the most bizarre - and controv...
  • AIV Debate: Can biodynamic unlock 'noble' wines?

    (Decanter) - Greater respect for the soil is key to producing wines that accurately express terroir and may be considered 'noble', a meeting of the Academie du Vin has been told. Raymond Paccot, of Domaine La Colombe in Switzerland, said that biodynamic winemakers represent a 'resistance' movement. ...
  • Concha Y Toro Winery Inc Stock Downgraded (VCO)

    (TheStreet) - Concha y Toro Winery (NYSE:VCO) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. H...
  • Wine makers in South Africa target the Chinese

    (AlaskaDispatch) - A creaky old Beijing supermarket recently underwent a bold renovation: The entire first floor was gutted, a traditional teashop was closed and all of it was replaced with a cavernous wine emporium and a huge tasting room. Wine bars and boutiques are sprouting across Beijing, an...

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