Wine Industry News

  • How Social Media Revolutionized Wine Marketing & Sales

    (WebProNews) - Social media is taking over as the recognized way to spread the word about your brand and its products. Today it is essential to have an online component to your marketing efforts and sites like Facebook and Twitter are some the hottest spaces available. The wine industry has been one...
  • UK: Ladies, Step Away From the Wine

    (Hereisthecity) - Last week, the Office of National Statistics reported that British women in white collar jobs drink 11.2 units of alcohol a week. That's almost double what our blue collar counter-parts are drinking. Apparently there’s more drinking than sex in the city. Why? I’m sure it’s...
  • New Bollinger bottle to reduce oxidation rate

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Bollinger used the London International Wine Fair yesterday to unveil a unique 75cl bottle that mimics the shape of a magnum. The new packaging was inspired by a bottle of Bollinger from 1846 found in the company’s cellars, and will be used across the entire range, starting w...
  • China increases medal haul at Decanter World Wine Awards

    (Decanter) - Chinese wines nearly doubled their award tally this year at the Decanter World Wine Awards, with 18 wines winning a medal. The only Gold medal was won by Chateau Reifeng-Auzias in Shandong province for its Cabernet 2010, with the same producer taking Silver for its Syrah 2010. Reifen...
  • Co-op: English wine drinkers more educated

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - English consumers are becoming educated wine drinkers believes a French co-op. “The English customers are more and more open minded and are ready to taste something that is not in the mainstream – something unusual”, Etienne de Rességuier European export director for Pla...
  • Petrus, Diamonds Test Chinese Demand at $258 Million Sale

    (Bloomberg) - Bottles of Petrus, a Qing dynasty vase and a Burmese ruby-and-diamond ring will test if Chinese demand for luxury items has been stymied by tumbling property prices, slower economic growth and a clampdown on art importers. Christie’s International estimates its Hong Kong sale of w...
  • Australia, Malaysia Sign Free Trade Agreement

    (2point6billion) - Australia and Malaysia signed a free trade agreement yesterday that brings about a considerable easing of tariffs and trade between the two countries. The Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA) was signed off by the respective trade ministers of each nation, namely Datuk ...
  • Bordeaux 2011 Prices Cut As Much As 45% On Lafite Demand

    (Bloomberg) - Top Bordeaux 2011 wines including Chateau Lafite-Rothschild and Chateau Cos d’Estournel are selling for between 30 percent and 45 percent below recent vintages after investment demand for the exceptional 2009s and 2010s sapped buyers’ appetite for less-powerful new clarets. First-...

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