Wine Industry News

  • Maker’s Mark, PTO Search, Phony Wine: Intellectual Property

    (Bloomberg) - The litigation lasted longer than the bourbon-aging process. Yesterday, more than nine years after the case was originally filed, a federal appellate court found that the signature red wax seal used on Maker’s Mark Distillery Inc.’s bourbon bottles is a valid trademark. The Kentuc...
  • US: Alleged Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Indicted

    (WineSpectator) - A federal grand jury in New York has indicted accused wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan on four counts of mail and wire fraud to sell counterfeit wine, of defrauding a finance company, of double pledging collateral, and of scheming to defraud a California wine collector and a New Y...
  • AUS: Investment goes sour for wine makers De Bortoli

    (WAToday) - De Bortoli Wines has more than $30 million of investment and superannuation money at risk in teetering base metals miner Kagara. It is the second time that the Griffith-based family wine group has been caught with multimillion dollar shareholdings in a public company placed into the han...
  • US: St. Helena challenges China for ‘Wine Wave’ world record

    (NapaValleyRegister) - St. Helena will challenge China for the Guinness World Record for the longest relay wine toast this summer. The St. Helena Kiwanis Club, in partnership with Appellation St. Helena, Cheers! St. Helena and the St. Helena Chamber of Commerce, have announced “The Napa Valley Wi...
  • Germany's Compelling Case for Pinot Noir

    (WSJ) - Such has been the expansion of the world's wine map in the past 15 years that amidst the whirligig of new styles, grape varieties and flavors, we often overlook some of the more exciting developments happening in the world's oldest wine-producing regions. Take Pinot Noir, for example. Tom...
  • Red wine polyphenols show prebiotic potential: Study

    (NutraIngredients) - Polyphenol compounds in red wine may selectively boost the growth of certain bacteria in the gut, says a new study from Spain. Results of a small study indicated that the red wine polyphenols were associated with increases in levels of certain gut bacteria, including Bifidobacte...
  • Tax cut applicable for brandy in Turkey, not wine

    (HurriyetDailyNews) - A recent cut on the special consumption tax (SCT) on alcohol is not affecting wine prices, but is affecting some imported spirits such as Grappa, Armagnac and Brandy, according to Serdar Özcan of the Wine Producers Association. Özcan said “fresh grape wine” was not go...

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