Wine Industry News

  • The EU against new booze

    (Spectator) - You don't expect to find so much politics in a booze mag, but there’s an intriguing story in a recent edition of the Drinks Magazine. Relations between Britain and Argentina have been very fraught of late, so the good folk at Chapel Down, the internationally renowned vineyard in Kent...
  • US: Michigan-made Dirty Bastard beer banned in Alabama

    (Freep) - You can buy Fat Bastard wine in Alabama, but you'll have to go elsewhere for Dirty Bastard beer. The state alcoholic beverage control agency said Thursday it has banned Dirty Bastard beer because of profanity on its label. But the maker, Michigan-based Founders Brewing Co., can appeal t...
  • France: Bernard Magrez buys three Bordeaux estates

    (Decanter) - Bernard Magrez, owner of Chateau Pape Clement and Chateau La Tour Carnet, has extended his portfolio of estates with the addition of three new Bordeaux names. These are the 15-hectare Chateau Malleprat in Pessac Leognan, the 10ha Chateau Moulin d'Ulysse in Listrac-Medoc and the 3.5ha Ch...
  • Canada: Northwest's Cliffhanger 2011 Wine Harvest

    (Wines&Vines) - With the first releases from the 2011 vintage hitting shelves in the weeks ahead, winemakers are breathing a sigh of relief—and looking ahead. During a preview of the 2011 vintage hosted by the British Columbia Wine Institute earlier this week, veteran BC winemakers struck an optim...
  • Fine wine investors 'have lost £100m' from failed companies

    (Decanter) - Fine wine investors have lost £100m over four years by entrusting their savings to failed wine companies, a senior accountant has estimated. Nedim Ailyan, a director at insolvency firm Abbott Fielding, which is handling two high-profile wine investment company bankruptcies, told the BB...
  • Danica Patrick's days of wine and races

    (ESPN) - Somewhere in the horseshoe-shaped wine cellar beneath Danica Patrick's home in Scottsdale, Ariz., a bottle of Harlan Estate cabernet sauvignon rests, improves, awaits the proper moment. Maybe a birthday, a dinner with friends, or perhaps even a first NASCAR victory will coerce Patrick downs...
  • Liv-ex introduces brand new wine index

    (DittonWineTraders) - The Liv-ex Fine Wine Exchange is the leading benchmark for the wine industry and yesterday (April 18th) it announced it has introduced a brand new index. People interested in wine investment will now have another avenue in which to track the trade of the most valuable fine w...

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