Wine Industry News

  • US: The Magnificent 7

    With seven wines tied for first place, this year's 10-year cabernet sauvignon retrospective tasting created its own version of “Bottle Shock.”The final tally was unprecedented in the Press Democrat's 16 years of conducting the tasting. The retrospective tasting has become a tradition because ...
  • Ethiopia uncorks a new export with French wine-making partnership

    Making wine in Ethiopia, when the whole world has seen pictures of famine there, may seem absurd, if not indecent. But that would be to forget that this country of 88 million people is twice the size of France and that malnutrition is mainly in the far south, in the region bordering Kenya and Somali...
  • Bordeaux exports up 26%, but Alsace, Languedoc, Loire down

    In a difficult economic environment, French wine exports have risen dramatically so far in 2011. From January to June 2011, there has been a 5% volume increase and a 15% value increase compared to the same period in 2010, Ubifrance, the French trade commission, reports. France exported some 6.6m ...
  • Bordeaux 2011: Crop damaged as hail hits northern Medoc

    Chateau Cos d'Estournel and Cos Labory have lost vines to hail as storms swept Bordeaux - with more predicted for the weekend. Although the storms were localised, Saint Estephe and Pauillac were particularly badly hit, with estimates of up to 900 hectares of vines damaged following a short storm aro...
  • AUS: Wine tax reform plan to hit purse but help the body

    TAXING wine in the same way as beer would cut overall alcohol consumption by 9 per cent, according to economic modelling to be presented today. It would cut sales of cask wine by 61 per cent, increase sales of beer and net the government an extra $1.5 billion. The plan, tested in economic modelli...

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