Wine Industry News

  • US: Chicago: Starbucks to add 7 stores selling beer, wine here

    (ChicagoTribune) - Starbucks plans to open as many as seven stores that sell beer and wine in the Chicago area by the end of 2012. The Seattle-based coffee giant has been testing a more community-oriented store concept to boost traffic in the evening for more than two years. These stores offer sa...
  • Case study: Developing Indians’ taste for wine

    (FT) - The story. When Rajeev Samant left India to study and work in California, he also found himself learning about wine thanks to that state’s burgeoning industry. After returning to India in the late 1990s, he took over land owned by his father outside Nasik, near Mumbai, and tried growing cro...
  • France: Barton: 'I don't make investment wines'

    (Decanter) - Anthony Barton of Chateau Leoville-Barton has vigorously defended his pricing policy, saying he will not make ‘investment wines’ like many of his neighbors. Speaking exclusively to Decanter, Anthony Barton suggests that many Bordeaux properties make wine simply for investment. �...
  • CHLORINE USE IN THE WINERY

    (NewWorldWinemaker) - Why not to use any chlorinated products anywhere in the winery. Hypochlorite - Cleaning products that contain hypochlorite (OCl–) should not be used anywhere near the winery, especially the production and hospitality areas, specifically the tasting room. Formation of 2,...
  • US: Trinchero Napa Valley: ‘A legacy to my grandparents’

    (NBJ) - The Trinchero family has been producing wine in Napa Valley since acquiring Sutter Home Winery in 1947, but they waited until just the past several years to find the right home for their luxury brand, Trinchero Napa Valley. “It’s a legacy to my grandparents, Mario and Mary Trinchero,�...
  • Slovak wine tourism is still in its infancy

    (Spectator) - WINE has been made in the region of present-day Slovakia since ancient times but the country’s 40-year totalitarian regime suppressed small, private winemakers in favour of mass production, bringing a poor reputation to this traditional skill. The fall of the communist regime and ope...
  • Top 100 wines 2011: Cheers to thinking small

    (SFGate) - As I approached the finish line for this year's Top 100 Wines, it became clear that 2011 would build on a welcome trend from last year: the triumph of the little guy. Certainly we have great bottles here from bigger names. But once again, many of the best wines to be found on the West ...
  • US: Wine industry succeeds in recession-weary Michigan

    (USAtoday) - A state thirsting for good economic news is toasting the success of an up-and-coming industry: winemaking.Vineyards and tasting rooms are springing up rapidly in Michigan, where fertile hillsides near the Great Lakes provide ideal settings for cool-weather varieties such as riesling, pi...

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