Wine Industry News
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At a recent shindig for elite restaurateurs and niche wine merchants at the Australian Museum there were two rooms: one showcasing domestic labels, the other, imported stuff. The imports room was buzzing. The event hosts Vinous Solutions, Enoteca and Vintage & Vine, like other wine merchants, are... -
It's not easy, living vegan or vegetarian. But at least you can have a drink with dinner, right? After all, wine is grapes. Beer is grain. Liquor is grain or potatoes and such. All vegan. Right? Not so fast. Don't forget that wine, when first fermented, can be a bit cloudy from tiny susp...Are wine, beer vegan? Vegetarian? Answer is complicated
May, 30, 2011 -
New Zealand's wine industry must mount a joint effort if it is to crack the Chinese market, an Australian consultant has told wine exporters. Frank Gibson, an experienced adviser to businesses entering China, told an Auckland workshop that New Zealand wine had enormous prospects. "This is one ...NZ: Wine industry collaboration 'will crack Chinese market'
May, 29, 2011 -
The two-story country house, modest compared with the other chateau of the area, sits proudly underneath a perfect wide blue sky, surrounded by neatly trimmed vines festooned with lush red roses which would be any horticulturalists dream. I am in Bordeaux, the spiritual home not just of French bu...France: Fine wine goes well with a balanced portfolio – but it's getting scarce
May, 29, 2011 -
HONG KONG — Wine, around since the Stone Age, is now slowly catching up with the Digital Age.In recent years, a number of famous auction houses, including Sotheby’s and Christie’s, have been experimenting with online bidding during their live sales of brands like Château Lafite Rothschild and...Internet Gives Wine Auctions New Wrinkle
May, 29, 2011 -
Stereotypes exist for a reason. Mainly, they are rooted in some level of truthiness: However, here’s a bit of stereotypical truthiness that is no longer valid. Box wines don’t suck. In fact, these days, depending on where you look in the wine aisle, much of the box wine in the U.S. is quite ...The Box Wine Short Course
May, 28, 2011 -
Some time ago, an inquisitive mind inquired of me as to whether being lactose intolerant could affect the sufferer’s tolerance of wine that has undergone malolactic fermentation. Fair question. “Lactose” and “lactic” are obviously related, and thinking about an intolerance to the “lactic...Lactose, Lactic acid, Lactase, or the Lac(k) Thereof (and why wine is still okay)
May, 28, 2011 -
A single bottle of wine has sold for £135,000 in a London auction. The six-litre bottle of 1961 Chateau Latour was sold to a Chinese bidder at Christie's auction house. The sum was more than three times the expected price. Wine experts said the bottle was of "perfect provenance". It would ...A bottle of Chateau Latour? Certainly, that's £135,000
May, 28, 2011

