Wine Industry News

  • UK: Baile buys back Oddbins branches

    Simon Baile, the former owner of Oddbins, has prompted a flurry of negative comment after buying five of his shops back from administrators Deloitte. Three of the sites are in London - Canonbury, East Sheen and Farringdon Street, one is in Surbiton and the fifth in Summertown, Oxford Oddbins went...
  • France: Bordeaux's 'Guggenheim' unveiled

    Bordeaux’s answer to Bilbao’s Guggenheim was revealed this week – drawing comparisons to a decanter, wine swirling in a glass and a ‘giant thumb’. The futuristic Wine Centre, plans for which were unveiled in Bordeaux on Monday, will be designed by Parisian architects X-Tu, with London comp...
  • Constellation Brands Cuts Foreign Exchange, Commodities Exposure

    (Dow Jones)--Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) is trimming down and adjusting its beverage-bottling prices as it tries to cut exposure to volatile currency exchange rates and rising commodity prices. Among the biggest moves the winemaker has made to shield itself from rate swings came earlier this ...
  • US: Indiana Wine Industry Continues Growth Spurt

    The Indiana wine industry continues to grow and another winery will be opening this month. That will make a total of 62 in the state and much of the growth has occurred in the last two years. Marketing director for the Indiana Wine Grape Council, Jeanette Merritt, says chalk the expansion up to a...
  • Aussies shine at 'Wine Oscars' ...

    The International Wine Challenge (IWC) has unveiled its 2011 results at the London International Wine Fair (LIWF) with Australian wines delivering another podium finish. France topped the medal board overall with a total of 1,932 medals, with Australia in second place with 1,070 and Italy third w...
  • Making wine at the end of the world

    (Reuters Life!) - Patagonia, the huge swath of land at the southern tip of South America, is known for its rugged mountains and glaciers but an innovative group of winemakers are hoping to add wine to the list. Santiago Bernasconi, a 38-year-old winemaker at Bodega NQN in Neuquen, Argentina, and ...
  • US: Napa winery deal signals return of lifestyle buyers

    A Southern California couple bought a small Napa winery on Monday, besting other would-be buyers by agreeing to close within 10 days and paying all cash for the $4.7 million property on Silverado Trail near Calistoga.Monday’s deal is the latest indication that so-called lifestyle buyers, who are m...
  • US: Small Winery Succeeds in China

    Napa Valley,CA—On the heels of the Napa Valley Vintners’ eighth trade mission to China, Wines & Vines talked with Marc Cohen, owner of 1,000-cases Howell at the Moon Winery, Angwin, about his successful penetration of the desirable Chinese market. It was, he said, a slow process. You may reme...

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