Wine Industry News

  • Is English wine really as good as anything France has to offer?

    (Independent) - Earlier this year, in a field close to Alfriston in East Sussex, a small but significant event occurred in the history of English wine-making: the first vines were planted in what could become the country's largest vineyard – it is projected to produce a million bottles of sparklin...
  • Boutique chateau, wine giant and a grape personality

    (Chinadaily) - On the first day of Vinexpo, Hansen, a Chinese winery in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia received some good news. Its Cabernet-Gernischt Wuhai Valley 2011 was commended at the 2012 Decanter World Wine Awards. That is not the only wine French winemaker Bruno Paumard had to show off to visitors ...
  • Hi-tech bid to lift wine's appeal

    (Stuff) - Pimp My Vine could be the next reality TV hit if a Wellington scientist can find the formula to tweak grapes for different global palates. Working out of sophisticated robotics labs at Marlborough's Brancott Estate Wines, Victoria University chemist Robert Keyzers and his team are worki...
  • AUS: Wine boss fires parting shot at big two's retail 'mafia'

    (SMH) - COLES and Woolworths have been accused of blacklisting local suppliers who publicly criticise aggressive price discounts by the big supermarkets and their rapid expansion into home-brand products. The departing chief executive of the Winemakers Federation of Australia, Stephen Strachan, s...
  • Accolade Wines Buys Geyser Peak

    (Wines&Vines) - An Australian wine company, Accolade Wines, has purchased Geyser Peak Winery in Geyserville, Calif. Included in the sale of the 250,000-case winery were the Atlas Peak and XYZin brands, all of which had been owned by Ascentia Wine Estates. The deal appears to be one of the final chap...
  • Tin cans and cartons to replace glass wine bottles

    (Telegraph) - Glass wine bottles are under threat from Tetra-Pak cartons, foil pouches and tins cans, new research claims. The alternative packaging, long dismissed as downmarket, is set to grow by up to 15 per cent next year. Paper, carton and foil can be cheaper to manufacture in bulk, more con...
  • Startup Aims to Democratize Winemaking

    (Forbes) - Starting up as a winemaker has traditionally been a complicated, expensive process. Not only does an aspiring winemaker need to learn winemaking, but he or she needs to find or produce fruit, have the correct facilities and tools for making wine, and ultimately, be able to distribute the ...

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