Wine Industry News

  • UK drinkers favour English sparkling over Champagne, says report

    (Decanter) - The nation’s domestic bubbly is enjoying ‘phenomenal’ growth and rapidly entering the mainstream, according to the new figures, which suggest that most sparkling wine consumers in the UK have tried it at least once. Meanwhile, the total market for sparkling wine in the UK has gro...
  • US: Washington Wine Privatization Still Stands

    (Wines&Vines) - On Dec. 21, Cowlitz County Superior Court rejected an application to halt implementation of Washington State Initiative 1183, which passed with 58.7% voter support in November’s general election, but observers said that legal status of the transition remains in flux. The initiative...
  • Wine: how green is your glass?

    (Theecologist) - Certification is expensive and monitoring of ingredients can be difficult so it can be hard for consumers to make an informed choice about wine. Sophie Laggan takes a look at the options ‘We have over 250 eco-labels and over 50 product stewardship bodies’ for food according t...
  • Russia: Wine Culture Takes Root

    (TheMoscowTimes) - Finding good wine at a reasonable price in Russia is like finding a needle in a haystack, while limited growth in demand, new alcohol consumption rules and even the changing winds of international politics have all complicated the import industry in recent years. About 190 mill...
  • US: California to smash records as sales surge

    (Decanter) - According to the Wine Institute of California, by the end of October US wine exports – 90%-plus of them from California – had already matched the record total of US$1.14bn for the whole of last year, boosted by a weak dollar and soaring sales in China. That represents a 23% increas...
  • US: Iowa Wines to Debut VQA Seal

    (Wines&Vines) - The seal of Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wines has long been associated with fine Canadian wines, not with vintages from the Midwestern heartland of the United States. Starting in January 2012, however, Iowa vintners will begin using the IVQA label for Iowa-produced wines availabl...
  • US: Treasury Wine Estates lays off 30 from Napa workforce

    (Napavalleyregister) - Treasury Wine Estates, formerly known as Foster’s Group, laid off 30 of its Napa County employees at the end of last week, the company announced. “We are putting in place a new global organization structure to better position us to build strong global brands and drive t...

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