Wine Industry News
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Diageo Plc (DGE), the world’s biggest liquor maker, submitted the highest bid for Ethiopia’s state- owned Meta Abo Brewery, the Addis Fortune reported. Diageo offered $225 million, SABMiller Plc with SouthWest Development bid $190 million, and Amsterdam-based Heineken NV (HEIA) offered $188 m... -
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 ...US: The Magnificent 7
September, 06, 2011 -
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...Ethiopia uncorks a new export with French wine-making partnership
September, 06, 2011 -
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 exports up 26%, but Alsace, Languedoc, Loire down
September, 06, 2011 -
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...Bordeaux 2011: Crop damaged as hail hits northern Medoc
September, 05, 2011 -
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...AUS: Wine tax reform plan to hit purse but help the body
September, 05, 2011 -
There's a reason the screw cap hasn't dominated the wine stopper industry: Cork still kicks the ass of stamped aluminum for the good stuff-and not just for nostalgia's sake. This is what keeps our evening libations from turning sour. Cork is an unbeatable bottle stopper. It's compressed by machin...Why Cork Is the Most Amazing Material in the World to Keep Your Wine Tasty
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Even the tannins obtained from the grape seeds can be useful to ameliorate the phenolic composition of wine. A cooperative research by a Portuguese and a Chinese team evaluated the effect of adding tannins from seeds to the wine. They analyzed two factors: the chromatic and the antioxidant characte...Improving the color and the antioxidant activity of wine with natural tannins
September, 05, 2011

