Wine Industry News

  • The power of yeast hulls!

    In the aftermath of the Southern hemisphere harvest, some poor unfortunates are still struggling with stuck fermentations. In most cases when looking at the facts one can pinpoint why the stuck occurred, but on the odd occasion the reason is not very clear. I had a situation last week where the win...
  • California: Wine Grape Growers Concerned About Stormy Weather

    SONOMA, Calif. -- Monday evening brought the kind of cold, wet weather grape growers don't want to see in the middle of May when millions of acres of vines are developing fruit clusters.Grapes need warm weather to grow, and the current stretch of wet and chilly weather wasn't proving it for Napa Cou...
  • 11 million UK regular wine drinkers go online for wine info

    Almost 40% of regular wine drinkers in the UK , or 11 million people, search for wine information online - that's according to Wine Intelligence. Statistics also show that 28% of regular UK wine drinkers, or 8 million people, have bought wine online in the past three months. Wine Intelligence's Juan...
  • Moet Chinese wine deal will 'educate' public

    Moet Hennessy has signed a joint venture deal with a Chinese company to make high-end sparkling wine on the Chinese mainland. The deal will expand the country’s wine market by educating the public and wine producers in sparkling wine, observers said. Moet signed the deal earlier this month with...
  • US: Winemaking and Grapegrowing Have a Field Day

    Davis, Calif.—The Viticulture & Enology Department at the University of California, Davis, hosted a field day May 13 to update the industry about department facilities, programs and extension resources—most notably, the introduction of a new cooperative extension enology specialist, Dr. Anita Ob...
  • Functional food, functional wine?

    Two New York Times stories put the spotlight on so-called "functional foods" this weekend. One (Dessert, Laid-Back and Legal) reported on processed snacks containing melatonin; another (Foods with Benefits, or So They Say) attempted to shed light on the murky world of health claims on food labels. D...

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