Wine Industry News
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(SFGate) - Number of the day 170 That's how many years 11 bottles of Champagne sat on the bottom of the Baltic Sea before they sold at auction Friday for more than $156,000. The bubbly was perfectly stored horizontally in cold, dark waters between Finland and Sweden. Divers exploring the shipw... -
(WSJ) - California's wine industry is getting squeezed by a shortage of grapes. For a decade, grape prices in the nation's dominant wine-producing state were in decline, pressured by big vineyard expansions during the 1990s that flooded the market with product. Faced with price erosion, many farm...US: Fewer Grapes, More Drinkers
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(MSNBC) - Drawing a line in California's redwood forests, environmental groups on Thursday sued to block a winery from building on 173 acres, and sent a message to developers of an even larger, nearby 1,600-acre proposed project. The smaller battle is over Artesa Winery's plan to grow pinot noir ...US: Redwoods vs. red wine: Lawsuit aims to block vineyard
June, 08, 2012 -
(Philly) - A top House Republican is promising a vote early next week on a revamped bill to privatize the sale of wine and hard liquor in Pennsylvania. House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R., Allegheny) said through a spokesman on Friday that he expects a vote on a newly crafted privatization plan...US: Vote promised next week on privatizing Pa. wine, liquor sales
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(JingDaily) - China’s maturing wine industry is not new news, with wine consumption doubling since 2005 and the country now the world’s seventh-largest wine consumer. As more drinkers trade in bottles of beer or baijiu for glasses of wine, winemakers from around the world continue to look for ne...Building Wine Brands In China No Small Task
June, 08, 2012 -
(MontrealGazette) - Private member's bill to 'free the grapes' will replace decades-old prohibition. New federal legislation will soon make it legal to trans-port your favourite wine across Quebec's borders, but fermented grape aficionados aren't popping their corks in celebration just yet. The p...Canada: Ottawa drops ban on wine transport
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(WSJ) - It was in June 2000 when Greg De'Eb, a diplomat at the South African High Commission in Hong Kong, attended a conference organized by the territory's trade-development council asking whether the region could become the wine-trading center of Asia. It provided, he says, the genesis of an idea...The Fine-Wine World Continues to Look East
June, 08, 2012 -
(WineAnorak) - The last visit on my Black Sea Coast itinerary was something a little bit different. Abrau-Durso is Russia’s most famous sparkling wine producer, and this recently expanded winery looks like a grand Champagne house transplanted to Russia. I visited on a bright September morning with...The wines of Abrau Durso: Visiting Russia's Vineyards on the Black Sea Coast
June, 08, 2012

