Wine Industry News

  • Moroccan Wine Thrives in Face of Religious Bans, Heat

    (Bloomberg) - It’s easy enough to say “When in Rome drink as the Romans do,” but what’s a wine lover to do in Marrakesh? For starters, Morocco is predominantly Muslim, and consumption of alcohol is forbidden in Islam, (though oddly enough, the word “alcohol” derives from the Pre-Islam...
  • Defining Green Wine

    (HuffingtonPost) - There's been a lot of talk about "green" wines recently, so in honor of Earth Day we decided to break down the journey from the vine to the bottle to determine how a wine gets the green stamp. These days there are many shades of green so we are looking at four buzzwords to define ...
  • Lafite Demand Lackluster, Romanee Conti Strong at Hong Kong Sale

    (Bloomberg) - Lackluster demand at a Christie’s International (BID) wine auction raised HK$32.7 million ($4.2 million) in Hong Kong yesterday, with only 74 percent of lots sold as buyers became more selective about vintages. “A flight to quality is a good assessment,” Charles Curtis, head o...
  • Root of concern | Researchers look into question of grafting

    (Yakima-Herald) - Sometimes, science needs to ask, "What if?" Washington State University researchers spent 11 years coming up with an answer. But before we share it, you need to know something about Washington's wine grapes: They're grown like few others in the world. Across most of the gl...
  • Fashion and wine, a designer tripple

    (Ahram) - As wine consumption in Italy dwindles, exports of Italian wine rises, and success is expected to come from an emphasis on marrying legendary fashion house names with wines. There are two cliches about Italians that generally hold true. One is that they dress well. Another is that they m...
  • Celebrating Malbec one special day a year across the globe

    (Savannahnow) - Wine enthusiasts across the globe gathered last week to celebrate World Malbec Day. For novices and oenophiles alike, the celebration was a great opportunity to sample some of Argentina’s flagship varietal. Although Malbec is stunningly popular, few Americans knew anything about...
  • Gems from the edges of the wine world

    (JancisRobinson) - Wine has become such a universal interest that I'm no longer surprised when I hear of yet another country's first commercial vineyard or winery. In fact a common phenomenon in the world's more exotic locations for wine production is for someone to plant a few vines, build a cellar...

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