Wine Industry News

  • US: Wineries Innovate to Re-use Wastewater

    (EnvironmentalLeader) - The Parducci, Caymus, Conundrum, Alpha Omega and Rombauer wineries are applying innovative methods to treat their wastewater, according to a San Francisco Chronicle article. According to Sheldon Sapoznik, Napa County’s land use development supervisor, wastewater in the w...
  • The use of dregs in winemaking and some possible alternatives

    (Teatronaturale) - The employment of dregs has always been very discussed in enology, mainly for the intrinsic difficulties of the process. But today there are alternatives.Most probably some wine enthusiasts are turning their nose up at discussing about the use of dregs; but they are becoming more ...
  • Fortune Brands aims to divide, conquer

    (ChicagoTribune) - Fortune Brands is coming into sharper focus by dividing its interests. At midnight, the Deerfield-based conglomerate will split its remaining businesses into two publicly traded companies, one focusing on liquor and the other on home and security products. For each share of For...
  • Jim Beam Maker Chases Women With Skinnygirl Cocktails: Retail

    (Bloomberg) -- Beam Inc., the newly constituted maker of Jim Beam bourbon, has decided to chase women. Having spent 216 years catering to guy’s guys -- tattooed singer Kid Rock is a pitchman -- Beam is touting Courvoisier cognac infused with red wine, tart Pucker vodka and low-calorie Skinnygir...
  • Sotheby's wine auction tests China's luxury demand

    (Reuters) - Sotheby's has failed to sell out its wines at an auction in Hong Kong for the first time since it launched wine sales in the city in 2009 to tap apparently insatiable demand for luxury products from Asia, particularly China. The auction house sold all 504 lots on Saturday, but finishe...
  • US: Winery wastewater becomes fruit of their labor

    (SFGate) - "Conserve water, drink wine," quips a common bumper sticker. If only that were true. Making a gallon of California wine, by various estimates, requires anywhere from a few dozen gallons of water to a few hundred. Most of that water goes toward irrigation. But some goes to the winery...
  • Canada: B.C. MP hopes to let wine pour across provincial borders

    (TheProvince) - British Columbians should be able to bring home wine from a visit to Ontario’s Niagara grape-growing region and vice versa, says a B.C. MP. Dan Albas, Conservative MP for Okanagan-Coquihalla, plans to introduce a private member’s bill on Monday in the House of Commons that wou...

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