Wine Industry News

  • France: First vines planted at Pomerol racecourse

    The former Libourne race-course, located within the Pomerol appellation of Bordeaux, has begun its conversion to vineyard land, eighteen months after its closure was first mooted. The land, which had held three to four races per year for over a century, has now been sold off, and 13 hectares of vine...
  • Canada: In the vineyard, fermenting dissent

    A growing fight in Ontario’s wine industry is reigniting calls to overhaul the province’s alcohol system. The government is close to unveiling a plan to invest millions in the region’s wine industry, in an effort to produce a higher-quality grape harvest. The program will match up to $12-mi...
  • UK: Whittalls Wine Merchants acquires 37 Oddbins stores

    Whittalls Wine Merchants, a subsidiary of EFB Retail, claims it has agreed to buy 37 Oddbins stores from its administrators.The move, according to the company, which is a subsidiary of EFB Retail, will safeguard 200 jobs across the Oddbins chain. In a statement it said: "Whittalls Wine Merchants, th...
  • Moment of truth for Germany's lush wine country

    Axel Pauly's family has been making wine in Germany's stunning Mosel Valley for 13 generations but he warns his livelihood is riding on decisions likely to be taken in the coming weeks. Pauly and many producers of the region's famed Rieslings have joined forces to battle a massive motorway and br...
  • Alcohol in China: Beer before wine?

    There's been plenty of web chatter lately about a very serious topic of global economics: beer drinking. Both the Economix blog on the New York Times, and economics blogger Felix Salmon of Reuters have poured over beer consumption data from around the world. In particular the focus has been on Ch...
  • As wines gain weight, Chronicle to print alcohol levels

    Time for a small industry secret: Most of the nation's top winemakers spend their days making dessert wine. In the eyes of the federal government, that is. As far as the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Trade and Tax Bureau is concerned, any wine with more than 14 percent alcohol must be classified ty...
  • AUS: Diageo woos older drinkers from wine to spirits

    DIAGEO believes it can beef up its dominance of the spirits market through a new range of beverages, such as ready-to-serve bottles and premium cocktails in two-litre boxes, as drinkers increasingly opt for spirits instead of wine and beer. This year Diageo, Australia's largest spirits maker with a...

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