Wine Industry News

  • Groundwater Helps Napa Vintners Weather Drought

    (Wine-Searcher) - Many vintners in Napa Valley are sanguine about what could be a historic drought for California. In fact, the 2014 wines might even benefit. Nobody was expecting a big crop anyway, after harvests in 2012 and 2013 that were both large and seemingly high quality. If the drought e...
  • The Year of Mobile Commerce?

    (Wines&Vines) - Forecasters are calling 2014 the year of mobile commerce—but have wineries made the leap? Study results being presented at the Oregon Wine Industry Symposium in Portland, Ore., next month may reveal some answers. Linfield College instructors Dr. Sharon Wagner, business ...
  • How the Internet is like a fine wine, according to the pope

    (TS) - The Internet is a “gift from God” that facilitates communication, Pope Francis said in a statement released Thursday, but he warns that the obsessive desire to stay connected can actually isolate people from their friends and family. Francis made the observations in a message ...
  • FLORIDA: FUNERAL HOME ADDS ON-SITE WINE CELLAR

    (TDB) - A funeral parlour in Florida has opened an on-site wine cellar in order to offer mourners “a different way to grieve.” As reported by NBC, Hodges Funeral Home in Naples, Florida, is the first of its kind in the US to offer wine tastings during its services. “Nob...
  • Australian wine exports drop in 2013

    (Decanter) - Exports of Australian wine have slipped back in the past year due to weaker consumer demand in the country's biggest markets. Orders for Australian wine fell in both the UK and US during 2013, while government austerity measures in China led to the first drop in bottled wine exports...
  • Central Coast Vineyards Cope With Drought

    (Wines&Vines) - It didn’t take Gov. Brown’s official proclamation last week for California residents to know there is a drought. With no significant rain during the last year—and none forecast for the next 10 days—the air and the ground are dry. Wine country hillsides no...

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