Wine Industry News
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(MarketWatch)—A new middleman is emerging in the U.S. wine business, using “flash-deal,” Groupon-like tactics to connect consumers with wineries and brands at very appealing prices. One of those is New York-based Lot 18 , who is seen as the big kid on the block, having raked in $50 million ... -
(WebMD) - Drinking a daily glass of red wine not only tastes good to many people, but it's also good for the bacteria lining your large intestine. A new Spanish study suggests that sipping about 9 ounces of Merlot or a low-alcohol red wine changed the mix of good and bad bacteria typically found ...Drinking Red Wine Is Good for Gut Bacteria
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(MNN) - The who's who of the wine world gathered in Hong Kong on May 29 for Asia's biggest wine and spirits fair, hoping to tap the booming but still relatively young Chinese market. Organizers of the three-day Vinexpo Asia-Pacific expect demand for imported wine to weather the slowdown in Chine...Asia's biggest wine expo opens in Hong Kong
May, 29, 2012 -
(Decanter) - Chateau Haut Brion, Bernard Magrez, Domaine de Chevalier and other Bordeaux luminaries have donated over €2.5m to the new Bordeaux wine cultural centre. So far, donations to the €63m centre – which is yet to be named - include €1m from Haut Brion owners Domaines Clarence Dillon,...Haut Brion, Magrez donate to Bordeaux cultural centre
May, 29, 2012 -
/PRNewswire/ - A new report from Rabobank's global Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory department, released at the 2012 VinExpo, the international wine and spirit exhibition for Asia-Pacific held in Hong Kong this week, looks at the dynamics of the wine market in China. In the report, Rabob...Rabobank Report: China Wine Market - "Mind The Gap "
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(Wines&Vines) - Graduates from wine schools across the world know the relationship between pH and free sulfur dioxide, but they may not have as good a handle on analyzing a profit and loss sheet or anticipating how currency fluctuations could render their wine less competitive. Technical education i...Wine Education Needs Business Element
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(Decanter) - EU-produced organic wines have won the right to use the label ‘Organic Wine’ or ‘Vin Biologique’. The new terms can be used instead of the former, more opaque wording: ‘Wine issued from organic grapes’. The European-wide change to the labeling laws will come into effect f...EU wines may now be labelled 'organic'
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(GOV.HK) - The signing of a Declaration of Intent on Co-operation in Wine-related Businesses between Hong Kong and Germany would doubtlessly help meet the aspirations of the wine industry in both places, the Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Commerce, Industry and Tourism), ...Hong Kong signs Declaration of Intent on Co-operation in Wine-related Businesses with Germany
May, 29, 2012

