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Chinese billionaire, French wine maker believed dead after helicopter crash
December, 23, 2013
(NYDailyNews) - Lam Kok of China, who had just bought a winery from James Gregoire in Bordeaux, France, is believed to have died in a crash after a helicopter flight to celebrate his purchase of a winery. Kok was in the copter piloted by Gregoire, and other passengers included Kok's 12-year-old son...
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Fine wine market down but good year for Champagne, DRC, Super Tuscans
December, 20, 2013
(TDB) - While the value of the fine wine market has declined for a third consecutive year, 2013 has been a good year for Champagne, DRC, Super Tuscans and Right Bank Bordeaux. Liv-ex’s 2013 fine wine report reveals that early optimism in the first quarter of 2013 was subsequently quashed b...
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Napa investors given one month to take over BottleRock
December, 20, 2013
(NVR) - A group of local investors has been given one month to resolve the trail of debt left by BottleRock music festival organizers. If agreements are struck, the music festival stands a very good chance of taking place in 2014 at the Napa Valley Expo. GSF Entertainment LLC — which is mad...
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Canvasback Takes Flight: Duckhorn buys land for new Washington winery
December, 20, 2013
(Wines&Vines) - Duckhorn Vineyards of St. Helena, Calif., has landed on Washington’s Red Mountain with the purchase of 20 acres located between Col Solare, Chateau Ste. Michelle’s venture with Italy’s Antinori family, and the Hedges family’s Bel’ Villa Vineyard. ...
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WFA finalising plans to rejuvenate Australia wine industry
December, 20, 2013
(Decanter) - A three-year, A$33.75m action plan aimed at rejuvenating the Australian wine industry has been finalised by the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA). The 43-point strategy document, first unveiled in August but now amended after consultation, claims to be the first compre...
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Wine and Warfare part 5: How the Barossa got its name
December, 20, 2013
(TDB) - Wellington’s campaigns in Portugal and Spain are perhaps the most celebrated in British military history and the battles fought between 1808 and 1813 took place in vineyard areas and, sometimes, gave their names to them too – though not always in their original form. In 1807 ...
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Armenia’s wine export increased by nearly 70 percent over 11 months - expert
December, 20, 2013
(News) - Armenia’s wine export increased by nearly 70 percent in Jan.-Nov. 2013, said Armenian Wine Makers’ Union President Avag Harutyunyan. Brandy export has decreased by 10 percent, but the price of exported brandy increased by 10 percent. “Thus, we started exporting more exp...
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Why Cakebread Cellars Is One Of Napa's Best Success Stories
December, 19, 2013
(Forbes) - When the team at Cakebread Cellars broke ground on Suscol Vineyard, a wild undeveloped property just south of Napa, a female mountain lion and her cubs kept watch on the process from a nearby rocky perch. Director of Vineyard Operations, Toby Halkovich, recalls, “She just sat the...
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Chinese billionaire, French wine maker believed dead after helicopter crash

Fine wine market down but good year for Champagne, DRC, Super Tuscans

Napa investors given one month to take over BottleRock

Canvasback Takes Flight: Duckhorn buys land for new Washington winery

WFA finalising plans to rejuvenate Australia wine industry

Wine and Warfare part 5: How the Barossa got its name

Armenia’s wine export increased by nearly 70 percent over 11 months - expert

Why Cakebread Cellars Is One Of Napa's Best Success Stories

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