Wine Industry News
-
(Canada) - As Canadians look forward to enjoying warmer weather on the patio, more adults may be reaching for a glass of wine instead of beer, a report released Monday suggests. While beer remains king in Canada, a Statistics Canada report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, says wine sale... -
(Physorg) - While Washington winemakers grow most of their grapes on their natural rootstock, the coveted quality of their crop--and wines--is unlikely to change if they join the rest of the world and start grafting their varieties to more disease- and pest-resistant roots. That day will probably co...Researchers demonstrate that fruit and wine quality are not affected by grafting
March, 27, 2012 -
(Nasdaq) - After pounding a couple pints of your favorite beer, the stresses of modern day society may seem just a little bit less severe. Based on Anheuser-Busch InBev's most recent earnings report and outlook, it seems that the world might be doing just that. It's also the choice of much of the m...Anheuser-Busch InBev - Momentum
March, 26, 2012 -
(Decanter) - Credit Agricole Grands Crus is to take an 18% stake in one of Bordeaux's largest wine companies, Vignobles Andre Lurton, which will pass out of 100% private ownership for the first time. André Lurton (pictured) is owner of 264 hectares of vines in Pessac Léognan, and over 300ha in Ent...France: Andre Lurton sells stake to Credit Agricole
March, 26, 2012 -
(Bloomberg) - Mark Driver, who worked for banks in London and Hong Kong before helping found a hedge fund, yesterday began planting vines on the coast of England where he aims to produce sparkling wine to match France’s finest. Rathfinny, on the South Downs, will grow Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pino...Hedge-Fund Chief Plans Sparkling Wine in U.K. Vineyard
March, 26, 2012 -
(Decanter) - Wine growers in the Riverina district of Australia are recovering from a series of 'unprecedented' floods, which have blighted an otherwise promising 2012 vintage. In late February, heavy rainfall across New South Wales led to a part-evacuation of the region, with rising water levels of...Australian floods blight vintage in Riverina
March, 26, 2012 -
(Wines&Vines) - A warm winter and even warmer spring has vines waking up a few weeks early across most of the central United States, and that is prompting growers to worry about the significant threat of a late spring freeze that could kill the tender buds and shoots. “Unfortunately, we had a high...US: Midwest Growers Anxious About Frost Risk
March, 26, 2012 -
(AP) — A new wave of Sicilian winemakers are making an offer you can't refuse. This isn't the old-fashioned mob piling the pressure on local farmers. These are new economic cooperatives making prize-winning wines from Italian vineyards cultivated on land once held by the Mafia. Wines from th...Ex-Mafia land produces prize-winning Italian wines
March, 26, 2012

