Wine Industry News

  • Bulgarian wine sales increase in Q1 by 67%

    The Bulgarian wine industry is enjoying an upswing with domestic sales from January to March 2011 exceeding 25.8 million litres, 67 per cent more than the same period last year, the wine agency said, cited by Investor.bg. For the first quarter of last year, domestic sales accounted for about 15.4...
  • Canada’s wineries feel heat of hot loonie

    The high-flying dollar is eroding the competitiveness of Canada’s fledgling wine industry by driving up the cost of exports, while making it cheaper for consumers to purchase imports from countries like Argentina and Australia. That is hastening the need for Canadian vintners to grow domestic m...
  • US: Bats Battle Bugs in California Vineyards

    Lodi, Calif.—The role of bats in battling bugs in vineyard ecosystems is formally recognized in the Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing and the California Sustainable Winegrowing Practices programs. The Lodi Winegrape Commission held a grower meeting last week focused on bats for integrated pes...
  • India inches towards lower taxation on alcohol

    India and the European Union are in the final stages of negotiating a free trade agreement that could result in a substantial reduction in India's high tariffs on imported alcohol. The consumption of European wine in India, especially French, has seen a steady increase, with a 25% year on year growt...
  • Bright Food denies Treasury Wine buy talks

    China's Bright Food Group said on Tuesday it is not in talks to buy any Australian wine assets, denying a media report that it was in internal talks on bidding for Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. "Currently, we have no Australian wine acquisitions in the works," said Pan Jianjun, general m...
  • NZ: Halt in wine jobs tipped

    A predicted halt in new jobs coming out of Marlborough's wine industry over the next five years reflects an industry in consolidation, an industry leader says. The prediction was made in an economic development report written for the Marlborough District Council by consultant and former council s...

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