Wine Industry News

  • Riunite Cultivates Wine Fans At NASCAR

    (MediaPost) - While NASCAR fans are a hugely fertile and loyal marketing target for innumerable products, including beer, one wouldn’t necessarily associate them with being big wine lovers. But for Banfi’s Riunite, that spelled an opportunity. In 2009, the wine brand began sponsorships wi...
  • 2011 Chateau Margaux, Low Yields Helps Produce Classic Style

    (TheWineCellarInsider) - To read details on the 2011 Bordeaux harvest at Chateau Margaux: 2011 Bordeaux Harvest Chateau Margaux, Pontallier Optimistic 2011 Margaux – Blending 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot, along with equal parts Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, the wine is ruby in color...
  • US: Oregon wine grape production hits record high

    (BizJournals) - Oregon wine grape production rose 33 percent to hit a record high of 41,500 tons in 2011 as demand slowly returns to a recession-battered industry. The value of Oregon’s grape harvest climbed nearly 30 percent in 2011, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service’...
  • Appeal of organic products seeps into wine industry

    (Reuters) - The popularity of farm-to-table restaurants and organic produce is seeping into the wine industry as more producers adopt green practices. But their motives for making organic, sustainable and biodynamic wine may be more personal than business, although the practices also improve the ...
  • Ordering wine: how to navigate the social minefield

    (Telegraph) - Sending back a faulty bottle of wine is a tricky social manoeuvre. Sometimes it’s fine. Sometimes you can simply smile a cheery, “I don’t think this wine’s quite right. Could you possibly open another bottle?” and the job is done with no fuss. At other times the merest hint t...
  • US: BevMo! Goes Green for Earth Day

    (BUSINESS WIRE) - In recognition of Earth Day, BevMo!, the ultimate specialty beverage retailer, today announced that all 115 of its stores now offer recycling for cork, one of the world's most sustainable products and a mainstay of wine for more than 400 years. Through a partnership between BevMo!,...

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