Wine Industry News

  • UK: Camel Valley Vineyard in protected status bid

    (BBCNews) - Cornish vineyard is trying to protect the status of one of its wines. Camel Valley Vineyard at Nanstallon, near Bodmin, is applying for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) recognition for its Darnibole wine. If successful, the PDO will apply to the white wine which is made from B...
  • Wine: ‘France is very protective over the way rosé is made’

    (Scotsman) - WITH Valentine’s Day just over a week away, it is time to look at some of the pink wines we traditionally associate with 14 February. Oddly enough, few in France – home to a third of the world’s rosé – recognise that association; for them, rosé is for summer, not February. ...
  • UK: Government alcohol ad 'scaremongering'

    (Decanter) - New UK government guidelines warning that drinking two large glasses of wine a day triples the risk of mouth cancer are 'scaremongering’' an influential alcohol lobby group claims.A TV advert launched yesterday claims that regularly drinking around two large glasses of wine or two str...
  • Dark chocolate and red wine are the heart-healthy food, drink of love

    (Medicalxpress) - Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine’s Day. If you want to keep your true love’s heart beating strong, dark chocolate and red wine are the food and drink of love, said Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. “You are not even choo...
  • India's wine industry booming

    (Indiatimes) - Standing in front of a wine tasting class of restaurant managers, wine importers and producers, Cavaliere Subhash Arora declares: "People in India waste too much time in matching wines to food." The crowd looks up from their booklets filled with notes about each wine and stares at ...
  • Organics - passing fad or more long-term?

    (Timesandstar) - Organics. Is it a fad or is there something to it? There are clear advantages in the world’s wine industry for the use of organic farming techniques. Indeed, many vineyard managers would embrace this style of management from the start. Winemakers will want to have their w...
  • Arctic wave saves Czech ice wine production

    (AP) — In a vineyard in Moravia, the Arctic chill striking Europe at least has some people jumping with joy. Winemakers in southeast Czech Republic, waiting for a dip in temperatures during an unusually warm winter, finally got the deep chill they needed to harvest grapes for the most prestigio...

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