Wine Industry News
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(Harpers) - If the Eurozone collapses, there will be a move into wine from investors, but it will be short-lived - that's according to the Financial Times' investment columnist John Authers. Speaking at the London International Wine Fair's opening conference, Authers warned that as an asset wine's p... -
(NBBJ) - Wine industry economics in California have changed dramatically in the last year — even since the beginning of this year — as more wine producers realize the marketplace for grapes and wine in bulk won’t be large enough to keep pace with sales of finished wine. And the outlook for add...US: North Coast growers, vintners look at strategies to combat shortage
May, 21, 2012 -
(Bloomberg) - It isn’t every day that wine writers get to taste Madeiras from 1910 and 1912 over lunch, but I had a chance to taste those two old-timers in an array that also included examples ranging from a 1920 to a pubescent 1996. Even more surprising was my finding that the 1910 Barbeita Se...Vintage $350 Madeira Beats Pricey Burgundy, Champagne
May, 21, 2012 -
(VailDaily) - In March, I expressed my less-than-flattering opinion of the usefulness — or not — of wine ratings, specifically Wine Spectator. My opinion — all my articles include my opinions — was not well-received in New York. Perhaps I should have explained that I feel the same way about ...Wine rating: It's all in a number, or is it really?
May, 21, 2012 -
(Scotsman) - A FREQUENT complaint, particularly about French and Italian wine producers, used to be their reluctance to learn from the New World. Equally, many have ascribed a similar conservatism to the top levels of the British wine trade. Perhaps those contentions were what prompted David Glea...Wine: ‘North-eastern Italy is open to experimentation’
May, 21, 2012 -
(Stuff) - American billionaire Bill Foley continues to ramp up his New Zealand wine business, with news of another prospective winery acquisition and possible listing. Foley, who owns Wairarapa luxury lodge Wharekauhau, is in merger talks with the listed New Zealand Wine Company, a statement to t...Foley ramps up NZ wine interests
May, 21, 2012 -
(Scotsman) - O ne in four of us apparently likes our champagne completely dry with “nil dosage”. If you have ever bought a bottle labelled Extra Brut, Brut Nature, Brut Sauvage, Brut Zero or Sans Sucre – rather than the standard Brut – you will have experienced this zero dosage style: champa...Wine: Hold the sugar please, champagne is having a dry spell
May, 21, 2012 -
(SiouxCityJournal) - An old Model T Ford assembly plant that served for many years as a full-service auto dealership has a higher calling these days. Blessedly so. It is where the third largest winery in the state of Iowa is located, producing 25,000 gallons of wine a year and serving 350 Iowa re...US: Vintner's quest for altar wine finally blessed
May, 20, 2012

