Wine Industry News
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(Wines&Vines) - Clarksburg winegrowers were advised to take advantage of their grape variety and quality strengths to earn higher prices and more recognition in the current grape market. Trends show strong demand for Pinot Noir and sparkling wines, and overall growth for white varietals. Jeff Bitter... -
(Offlicencenews) - Online retailer Naked Wines has launched a competition looking for the world’s most talented unknown winemakers – with US$1 million up for grabs. The Zero to Hero Wine Awards are free for winemakers to enter and will kick off with six preliminary rounds for France, Spain, C...Naked Wines seeks unknown winemakers
March, 13, 2012 -
(Decanter) - London wine merchant Bibendum has revealed a list of wines that will be served at the London Olympics this summer. Along with classics such as a 2008 Meursault Cuvee Charles Maxime Domaine Latour-Giraud and 2006 Brunello di Montalcino Castello Banfi, corporate guests will be served 2010...UK: Olympic wines revealed
March, 13, 2012 -
(Businessweek) - Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite began construction of a winery with a local partner in China, its first in Asia, as appetite for premium wine increases in the world’s second-largest economy. The 1.73 hectare (4.3 acre) winery in Penglai in eastern China’s Shandong provin...Rothschild Begins Building First Lafite Asian Winery in China’s Shandong
March, 13, 2012 -
(FOXNews) - Fans of "The Sopranos" or "Ghostbusters" might make an impulse purchase for a glass of Lorraine Bracco’s Italian reds or Dan Aykroyd’s Canadian dessert wines simply out of curiosity. But when it comes to enjoying the fruits of any winemaker's labor -- whether or not it’s marketed ...Celebrity winemakers: what's in the bottle?
March, 13, 2012 -
(Forbes) - Before I became a lawyer, I was the third generation of my family in the wine business. Who knows, maybe one day Forbes will convince me to author a wine column. However, for today, let’s stay with my profession as a lawyer. Consequently, imagine my fascination when I noticed this Dep...Double Dipping Wine Poseur Charged In Federal Criminal Case
March, 13, 2012 -
(Reuters) - Chinese state-owned firms, private corporations and wealthy individuals are buying European vineyards as they look to capitalize on a growing domestic thirst for foreign wine. Demand for French, Italian and Spanish wines has boomed in the world's second largest economy over the last f...China's palate ripens for European vineyards, chateaux
March, 13, 2012 -
(Decanter) - Laithwaites Wine, the independent wine merchant begun in the late 60s by Tony Laithwaite, has purchased a third estate in Bordeaux. Chateau du Bois, a 25-hectare AOC Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux estate, is in the Castillon village of Saint Colombe, where Tony Laithwaite (pictured) bought...France: Laithwaites buys third Bordeaux estate
March, 12, 2012

