Wine Industry News

  • Winemakers to blame for rising alcohols in California

    Different viticulture techniques and later picking times – rather than climate change – have caused alcohol levels in Californian wines to rise, according to Christopher Howell, winemaker and general manager at Cain vineyard and winery.Speaking at the Napa Valley Climate Seminar at Vinexpo in Bo...
  • France: St Emilion classification to go ahead

    he legal notification of the classification, which has been in limbo since it was sent to the French Ministry of Agriculture in January 2011, was published in the Journal Officiel on June 16. This means that despite continuing internal wrangling, the classification is indeed going ahead. INAO,...
  • US: Does Your Vineyard Need a Booster Shot?

    St. Helena, Calif.—Rather than crossing their fingers and hoping that the yeasts in their vineyards and cellars will achieve a desirable fermentation, most winemakers inoculate their musts with targeted cultured yeasts. Could inoculating vineyards with selected strains of naturally occurring organ...
  • US: Kluge, Moses file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

    After seeing banks foreclose on their winery, manor home and a luxury housing development, Patricia Kluge and her husband, William Moses, have filed for personal bankruptcy. Last Thursday’s filing in U.S. District Court will place the couple’s assets under Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and und...
  • Argentina has doubled bulk wine exports to the United States

    In the last months of 2010 and first months of 2011, it was reported a considerable increase in the Argentina bulk wine exports to the United States. It came as a relief to local producers whose competitiveness had been swept away by other countries like Spain and Italy, in the major markets of the ...
  • India--the Next Big Wine Producer?

    By night, Rajeev Samant parties at Mumbai clubs with supermodels and Bollywood friends like director Rohan Sippy. By day, he's the restless chief executive officer of India's largest winemaker, Sula Vineyards. We're having lunch in Tulsi, a new Indian restaurant in Manhattan, a quiet backdrop for...
  • Has SABMiller made a dingo's breakfast of £6.2bn Foster's bid?

    It’s been a heavy morning for UK-based brewer SABMiller, which saw its shares tumble by almost 3% after it failed to impress the management of Australia’s largest brewer, Foster’s, with a £6.2bn takeover bid. Foster’s, by contrast, saw share prices jump by 13% after it turned down the bid o...

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