Wine Industry News

  • UK: Higher tax forcing up wine and spirit prices

    The cost of wines and spirits in shops and bars and restaurants is rising rapidly as tax increases continue to force up prices, new figures from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association have revealed. Sales figures for the year to 14 May show that despite flat or falling volume sales in several areas,...
  • ‘Bordeaux bubble’ dulls appetite for fine wine

    It might have been described as “the vintage of the decade” by French châteaux producers, but the 2010 Bordeaux campaign has fallen flat as wine investors and drinkers are refusing to swallow the high prices demanded. Wine merchants in London report that sales of the 2010 vintage – while s...
  • US: Eastern Winegrowers Face Weird Weather

    Lancaster, Penn.—Tornadoes by the hundreds; rain by the foot. What’s going on here, and what does it mean for the grape crop in the East? Extreme weather has dominated the headlines for most of the spring. More than 1,000 tornadoes have torn through the midsection of the country and parts of the...
  • US: Wine industry sees future in reused bottles

    Pioneering wineries in San Diego County are going back to the future by reusing bottles and reducing their environmental footprint in hopes of appealing to an eco-conscious clientele. Vinavanti Wines in San Marcos and Hacienda de las Rosas in Ramona are among the first in the state to sell their ...
  • Winemaking in Bulgaria down by 16% in 2010 - report

    Bulgarian wine production has decreased by 16 per cent in 2010 as, news website investor.bg reported on June 15 2011, citing a winery union report presented to Cabinet. The general condition of vineyards in the country in 2010 has been described as deteriorating, and a main cause for the downfall...
  • US: Napa Valley 101: Secrets for a Great Wine Vacation

    NAPA,CA – Blessed with lavish scenery and luscious wines, the Napa Valley is the kind of place you could spend days exploring. But it's compact enough that even if you only have an afternoon, you can still get a taste of wine country. Located about an hour's drive northeast of San Francisco, th...
  • NZ: Wine: Method non traditional

    Owning a vineyard is no longer an essential part of making wine.Romantic notions of wine usually conjure up visions of vignerons tending their grapes before making them into wine at their estate. In reality, many producers don't have their own wineries, and in the world of the virtual winery, they d...

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