Wine Industry News
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(Decanter) - The Penedes region of Spain is preparing for a major overhaul of its appellation system. Josep Albet, owner of the Albet I Noya winery and recently elected president of the Regulatory Council of the Penedès DO, is leading a campaign to demarcate the region into five or six further sub-... -
(MPNnow) - U.S. Sen, Chuck Schumer announced today that nearly $4.6 million in federal dollars will go to Cornell University for research and related work to boost the wine and grape industries. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will put $2.5 million toward a project that boosts pr...US: New York : $4.6M announced to boost wine/grape industry
October, 17, 2011 -
(Decanter) - Bottles of whisky from long-demolished distilleries can be as solid as wine as an investment, the Financial Times says. The recession of the 1980s led to the wholesale closure of whisky distilleries, with the result that there are bottles around today whose distilleries are long-gone, t...Whisky investment 'as good as wine', says FT
October, 17, 2011 -
(Forbes) - St. Helena, Ca.-based Colgin Cellars, which specializes in small production, hand-crafted ultra-premium red wines, is a rare breed in the industry. Not only are its wines delicious to drink, but they are also an investment worth considering. Colgin Cellars employs a rare strategy in t...US: Colgin Cellars: Superb Wines with an Excellent Return on Investment
October, 17, 2011 -
(NewWorldWinemaker) - It is a question worth asking, given today’s debate about “natural” winemaking practices. The message is confusing leaving consumers baffled. The answer requires a review of 7,000 years of wine-making history. The first fermentation, for example, was more likely the re...When did wine become “unnatural”?
October, 17, 2011 -
(Bloomberg) -- Spanish grape prices increased 15 percent to 20 percent as wine production in the country is set to decline this year, U.S. wine broker Ciatti Co. said. Wine output in Spain will probably slide 7.5 percent to an estimated 38 million hectoliters (1 billion gallons) to 39 million hec...Spanish Grape Prices Climb as Wine Output May Fall, Ciatti Says
October, 17, 2011 -
(NewWorldWinemaker) - “Don’t make a big monkey dance about choosing a yeast, just decide if you want esters or thiols!” This is one of the more memorable sentences that was uttered by Christoph Hammel during my recent harvest stint at his cellar in Germany. Before I put this sentence into cont...Winemaking in the Rheinland-Pfalz
October, 16, 2011 -
(AFP) -- One of France's oldest oenology schools, La Tour Blanche, is fighting falling enrolment through a tie-up with a Beijing wine school, the latest in a string of Bordeaux institutes to look East for their future. The wine school, which just turned 100, today teaches the ropes of the trade ...Chinese wine students are boon for Bordeaux
October, 16, 2011

