Wine Industry News

  • US: Local company sues maker of bottle-washing equipment

    (NapaValleyRegister) - A wine bottle–washing business that had won the backing of well-known wine country names is seeking more than $2 million in damages against the Ohio-based manufacturer of an industrial-scale bottle washer, according to court documents. American Canyon–based Wine Bottle Re...
  • Fake wine from China stirs wine market

    (AsiaOne) - Master of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee could tell instantly when she tasted fake wine at a Hong Kong dinner party. "Just from colour and the nose, once you taste it, it was confirmation that it wasn't the genuine wine," she said. But not everyone possesses Lee's acumen. China's booming app...
  • Red Wine's Protective Effect

    (DailyRx) - Breast cancer risk lowered by innate aromatase inhibitors in red wine. The discrepancy between breast cancer risk and alcohol consumption has been frequently questioned, given that patients who consumed only red wine in studies on alcohol appeared to have a decreased risk of the diseas...
  • US: Texas Hill Country discovers its viticulture roots

    (Bostonglobe) - Cowboys, barbecue, and LBJ may rule Texas Hill Country, but some newcomers are making waves in this central region of the Lone Star State: winemakers. Grapes have grown on the banks of rivers here for thousands of years, yet Texas Hill Country has only recently begun to rediscover...
  • Wine investors raise a glass to the 2009 Bordeaux

    (Independent) - It's strange to think of the US critic Robert Parker coming to the rescue of the wine industry but that's effectively what he did last week. The critic, whose judgement and scoring have been known to make or break the world's great wines, gave a perfect 100 score to 19 wines from Bor...
  • Another day, another study on the benefits of wine

    (9News) - A new report found that women who drink a low to moderate amount of alcohol - wine in particular - are at a reduced risk of stroke. One glass of wine a day translated to a 21 percent less chance of getting a stroke. But before you fill up a second glass, the study also found that drin...

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