Wine Industry News

  • UK: Inflation surges on wine and spirits

    (Offlicencenews) - Inflation on wine and spirits has leapt up in the past month, according to the Office of National Statistics and the Wilson Drinks Report. Inflation on wine increased from 2.4% in October to 6% in November, while inflation on spirits increased from 4.7% to 6.8%. Meanwhile in...
  • US: California wine exports heading toward a record year

    (LATimes) - California's international wine exports are booming and on pace to set a record in 2011. According to the Wine Institute, a San Francisco trade group, the value of exports shipped in the first 10 months of the year already equal last year's record of $1.14 billion. This year's exports...
  • US: Washington yields down, Oregon up as harvest finishes

    (Decanter) - As harvest finishes in the Pacific northwest, vintners are pondering a season of opposites. While 2011 has been the coldest harvest in living memory for Washington, Oregon had one of the longest growing seasons ever. Lower sugar levels were a given in both states, but while Washingto...
  • NZ: Wine about to get more expensive as glut runs out

    (NZHerald) - The price of wine is set to rise as the balance between supply and demand tightens, according to a strategic review of the billion-dollar export industry. The national grape harvest soared to 285,000 tonnes in 2008, creating an oversupply which helped erode grape and land prices, bef...
  • Shopper splurges 50,000 euros on wine at Paris duty free

    (AFP) - A shopper has broken the record for duty-free purchases at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport by splurging nearly 50,000 euros ($66,000) on six bottles of exclusive wine, the airport said on Monday.The shopper, who was identified only as "an Asian", bought a bottle of Romanee Conti 1995, a Ch...
  • Canada: Restaurateurs put LCBO’s fixed pricing on the table

    (Theglobeandmail) - Since James Bailey took over as the sommelier at Toronto’s Celestin Restaurant three and a half years ago, he has ordered wine from France instead of Ontario – despite the cost of importing. The Toronto sommelier and bar manager said he feels the taxes placed on Ontario wi...
  • China: Demand for Australian wine soars as nation's tastes change

    (Chinadaily) - Turning 30 is cause for a big party, so when Chang Jie celebrated his 30th birthday at a karaoke bar in Beijing recently, cases of 2009 Chateau Lafite were in high demand. "Bordeaux is best," he said without offering any justification. Then without any swirling, sniffing or sipping...

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