Wine Industry News

  • SA wine consumers on the rise

    (MediaClubSouthAfrica) - Traditional stereotypes about wine in South Africa are fading as a new generation of black wine connoisseurs and producers enter the wine scene. South Africa's wine industry is viewed as one of the most progressive and successful of many wine-producing countries. The indu...
  • Warm winter threatens northern U.S. ice wine industry

    (Reuters) - An unusually warm winter is dampening prospects for the eastern American ice wine industry, with fewer frozen grapes being harvested and less of the dessert wine being made, raising prospects for higher prices for consumers. During a long-overdue cold snap in an otherwise balmy winter...
  • US: N.J. Opens to Direct Wine Shipping

    (Wines&Vines) - This morning, Jan. 17, Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation that finally resolves the issue of direct-to-consumer wine shipping New Jersey. The new law revises previous statutes that governed the sale and distribution of wine by New Jersey wineries and creates a new out-of-state wi...
  • NZ: Scientists prove regional variations in yeast

    (Decanter) - Scientists in New Zealand have proved for the first time that wine yeasts vary from region to region. The research, conducted by Velimir Gayevskiy and Dr Matthew Goddard of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, detected distinct differences between indigenous ...
  • Wine websites get mixed reviews

    (Reuters) - Just as Amazon revolutionized the way books are sold and Groupon has conditioned shoppers to expect daily deals on services and foods, a cluster of websites have upended the stodgy world of wine. At least a half-dozen online websites in the United States, a few in Britain and Australi...
  • US:CA: Sonoma Seeks Wine Image

    (Wines&Vines) - When wine drinkers pick up a good bottle of wine priced higher than $15, they choose a Sonoma County label only 5% of the time. Vintners in Sonoma County hope to double that rate to 10%, and are pinning their hopes on a new branding campaign to crystallize the image of Sonoma County ...

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