Wine Industry News

  • Gary Vaynerchuk Joins Advisory Board For HubSpot

    (Forbes) - Gary Vaynerchuk, best known as co-founder of Vaynermedia and author of “Crush It” and “The Thank-You Economy”, has joined HubSpot’s advisory board. HubSpot, which pioneered the concept of inbound marketing, provides an all-in-one marketing software platform that the company clai...
  • Moët-Hennessy to produce red wine in China

    (AFP) - Champagne maker Moët-Hennessy has invested in a vineyard in the mountains of China that will produce red wine for the domestic Chinese market. According to a report published February 14 in French business magazine Challenges.fr, luxury brand LVMH has signed an agreement with a major alc...
  • Scientists Figure Out How Red Wine Keeps You Young

    (Riverfronttimes) - The glory days of Mad Men, when doctors prescribed regular cigarette smoking and judiciously-administered (daily) glasses of alcohol, are, sadly, long gone -- except for red wine, that miracle drink that keeps us young and healthy while also getting us drunk. Good Lord how we lov...
  • Drew Barrymore Enters the Wine Business

    (Hauteliving) - Actress, producer and director Drew Barrymore has taken a small step outside of Hollywood and entered the wine business, and she is now offering her first wine: a Pinot Grigio from Italy. Along with numerous other celebrities who are trying their hand at wine production, including...
  • Distell Says South African Spirits Market Is Challenging

    (Bloomberg) -- Distell Group Ltd., South Africa’s biggest wine and spirit producer, said the South African market is “challenging” because of competition from lower-cost drinks such as beer. “The consumer in general continues to buy down,” Managing Director Jan Scannell said in a phone ...
  • Amcor to add corks to its PET wine bottles

    (Plasticstoday) - Amcor Rigid Plastics seeks to put a cork in its PET wine bottles. The producer of plastic packaging is developing PET bottles with both synthetic and natural corks. "Both types of corks are commonly used in the wine industry," Yi Jiang, market development manager for Amcor, told...
  • US: Can 'Two-buck Chuck' reform wine snobs?

    (Pressdemocrat) - This year marks the 10th anniversary of Charles Shaw, better known as Two-buck Chuck, which made its debut in a Trader Joe’s store 2002. What impact has this $2 bottling had on our wine-drinking culture over the past decade? According to Franzia, the vintner behind the brand, ...

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