Wine Industry News
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The UK wine trade needs to come to terms with the fact it is no longer the number one market for many international wine producers, according to Andrew Hawes, managing director for Mentzendorff. Whilst the UK still remains a vital part of the global wine trade, it can "no longer take as read... -
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...Winemakers to blame for rising alcohols in California
June, 22, 2011 -
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,...France: St Emilion classification to go ahead
June, 21, 2011 -
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: Does Your Vineyard Need a Booster Shot?
June, 21, 2011 -
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...US: Kluge, Moses file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
June, 21, 2011 -
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 ...Argentina has doubled bulk wine exports to the United States
June, 21, 2011 -
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...India--the Next Big Wine Producer?
June, 21, 2011 -
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...Has SABMiller made a dingo's breakfast of £6.2bn Foster's bid?
June, 21, 2011

