Wine Industry News

  • Winery Closing Is Sign of the Times

    Burien, Wash.—The recent pledge by the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low until 2013 may be good news for borrowers, but potential new investors in the wine business continue to encounter financial barriers.A telling example of the challenges facing would-be vintners surfaced earlier this ...
  • Arizona wine industry continues to grow

    From Inside Tucson Business: Côtes du Rhône. Mosel. Napa. Sonoita? Maybe not. But the winemakers in and around Sonoita, in Santa Cruz County about 50 miles southeast of Tucson, want the world to know that quality wine and Arizona aren't contrary terms. "Even people from Tucson tend to be ...
  • Virginia Wines: Ready To Take Off... But Where To?

    Virginia wines are going places. Where? That remains to be seen—but it could be somewhere really interesting. A modern wine industry that started with a handful of estates in the late 1970s has exploded to nearly 200 wineries covering every corner of the state, including six AVAs.  According t...
  • AC/DC launches its own wine brand with Warburn Estate

    THEY'VE sold millions of albums as one of the greatest all-time bands and now AC/DC hope to do a similar trade in wine. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have teamed up with Australian winery Warburn Estate for a national release of AC/DC The Wine....
  • Counterfeiting, A Growing Worldwide Problem

    Counterfeiting is an enormous problem for businesses all over the world. Counterfeiters rip off name brand products, making cheap knock-offs, easily (and conservatively) costing many hundreds of millions of dollars each year.  According to the International Quality & Productivity Center: “The co...
  • Overheard

    Is Bordeaux a good pairing for mooncake? Collectors, particularly in Asia, have paid record-breaking sums for fine wines over the past couple of years. But market turmoil threatens to put a cork in soaring prices for all sorts of alternative investments. The next clue on the future of wine prices...
  • US: N.J. wineries in limbo need right solution

    It’s unlikely the person enjoying a glass of wine this summer is aware of the controversy swirling around the wine industry in New Jersey, but it’s an important issue for New Jersey’s economy that must be handled correctly. Wineries and vineyards have become important ambassadors of New Jerse...
  • SA accedes to wine trade agreements

    South Africa has signed two international agreements to facilitate the wine trade among signatory countries, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries department said on Friday. The agreement on mutual acceptance of oenological practices (MAA) recognises the wine making practices of signatories as ...

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