Wine Industry News
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(Krakowpost) - The urban silhouette of Zielona Góra, around 450 km west of Warsaw, can be discerned through the glass of the Palm House overlooking the city. The glass pavilion full of exotic foliage and fish tanks stands in sharp contrast to the more traditional vines growing all around. Many P... -
(Bloomberg) -- Growth in wine sales by the leading five auction houses slowed to about 14 percent this year from 75 percent in 2010 as the global financial crisis cooled demand for Chateau Lafite-Rothschild and other top Bordeaux producers. Sales by Acker Merrall & Condit, Christie’s Internatio...Lafite Demand Cools, Auction Growth Slows to 14% in Debt Crisis
December, 20, 2011 -
(Reuters) - Think of wine critic Robert Parker as the E.F. Hutton of fermented grapes. When he talks, oenophiles listen. So when Parker, publisher of the Wine Advocate, said recently that the world is entering the 'Age of the Buyer' - a prolonged period of stable or declining wine prices - it was...Wine lovers to profit from falling prices
December, 20, 2011 -
(Heraldsun) - MADONNA and her boy toy Brahim Zaibat brought their own wine - and wine glasses - for a romantic dinner at New York's Osteria Cotta. Spies at the restaurant and wine bar said she arrived with Zaibat at 10:30pm on Saturday night and ordered arugula salad, pizza margherita, bruschetta...Madonna brings own wine and glasses to NYC restaurant
December, 20, 2011 -
(CNNMoney) -- America's love affair with the irreverent, tacky and politically incorrect is making millions for at least one business. Carson Home Accents, a 41-year-old, family-owned company based in Freeport, Pa., struck gold recently when it started manufacturing and selling RedNek Wine Glasse...RedNek Wine Glass makes $5 million in sales
December, 20, 2011 -
(Ottawacitizen) - Kim Jong-il, the North Korean dictator, who died on Saturday aged 69, presided over the systematic impoverishment and starvation of millions of his people, while enjoying the life of a spoiled playboy - fast cars, fast women, cellars of vintage French wines, and a passion for Rambo...Kim Jong-il: Paranoid North Korean dictator who enjoyed women, wine and caviar while his people starved
December, 19, 2011 -
(Sunjournal) - Luke Livingston, the 27-year-old CEO and founder of Lewiston's Baxter Brewing Company, has been named one of Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 in the food and wine category. Inclusion on the list marks the editors' confidence that Livingston will be "shaping American consumption for de...CEO of Lewiston's Baxter Brewing Co. named one of Forbes' Food and Wine 30 under 30
December, 19, 2011 -
(Pressdemocrat) - Heirs to one of California's oldest wine families are battling for control in a bitter power struggle that recalls the epic clashes among the Mondavis and Sebastianis. Louis M. Foppiano, 64, chairman of his family's 115-year-old winery and vineyards in Healdsburg, is being sued by ...US: Foppiano heirs in bitter fight over Healdsburg winery's future
December, 19, 2011

