Wine Industry News

  • Leaded, Unleaded or Merlot? The Wine-Powered Vehicle Has Arrived

    Cars that run on only one type of fuel? That's so pre-millennium. How about a car that runs on wine? Or cheese? Or both? Showcased at the 5th annual Bridgestone sponsored Eco-Rally that goes from Oxford, England to London, the wine and cheese powered vehicle was just one of many automobiles featu...
  • English wine: Heard it through the grapevine

    The sparkling—and surprising—success of England’s wine industry. IT WAS an English cuvée for a very English day. “Nervy”, with “an austere, honeyed character”, was how one winemaker described the bubbly on offer on a wet afternoon at Denbies, a vineyard in Surrey that is also Britain�...
  • Italy: Montalcino throws out Rosso changes

    Montalcino's producers yesterday overwhelmingly rejected proposals to change Rosso di Montalcino's production code. The proposals put forward by the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino were to allow other grapes in Rosso di Montalcino, permit irrigation and chang current vineyard regulations. ...
  • Wine: Rethinking the hybrid grape

    I spent part of this summer checking up on the burgeoning Canadian wine scene. I was in Prince Edward County and Niagara over the summer, and at the end of September, I will be a panel member at an Okanagan wine festival in B.C. Most recently, I was a judge at the annual Canadian Wine Awards, run by...
  • Crackdown on Bulgaria Booze-Fests

    The party’s over. Well, at least for Europeans who want to go on organized drinking tours in Bulgaria. Seems “alcohol tourism” has gotten a little out of control in the country due to British, German and Scandinavian tour companies promoting heavy drinking vacation packages. Cheap alcoho...
  • SABMiller hoping to out-wait Foster's shareholders at the bar

    WE have reached one of those awkward times in a pub when everybody knows whose shout it is but that person is not moving any closer to the bar. In the case of the takeover of Foster's, it is the bidder SABMiller that is nursing that almost empty pot, hoping that it can out-wait thirsty shareholde...
  • US: Vintners committed to leading reduction of greenhouse gases

    Among one of the most important topics of the moment is that of greenhouse gas or carbon emissions, and what we can do as an agricultural community to mitigate our impact on the environment. In keeping with Assembly Bill 32 and the Napa County General Plan, the county has recently drafted a Climate ...
  • Argentina sweeps the board at Decanter World Wine Awards

    Argentina has triumphed at the Decanter World Wine Awards, winning the most International Trophies of any single country in the history of the competition. The Decanter World Wine Awards were presented at a dramatic dinner and ceremony in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden l...

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