Wine Industry News

  • Why Does Wine Stain Teeth?

    If there is one downside to red wine, it's stained teeth -- that purple-grey coating that is a dead giveaway you've had one too many. Other dark beverages, like coffee and grape juice can stain teeth too, but none do it quite as dramatically as wine. So what gives? "There are three things that...
  • AUS: China delegates hear Coonawarra wine push

    Coonawarra is one of 16 wine regions across Australia currently playing host to a large delegation of Chinese trade and media representatives. The group is enjoying all that the region has to offer before returning to Sydney later in the week for a 'show-and-tell' farewell with supporting winerie...
  • Wine: An ancient grape has received a whole new lease of life

    With the arrival of spring, it's time to look for crisp, refreshing, unoaked whites. One of the best sources of exciting new-wave whites is Galicia in north-west Spain. Here remote, little-known regions are demanding the limelight with their fine, indigenous white grapes. One of the most impress...
  • The Drinking Dilemma: Is Alcohol Healthy or Not?

    These days, it's hard to pour a glass of wine without also uncorking questions about your health. Here, the sober truth.The news about drinking is often confusing, if not outright contradictory. But new research is slowly yielding answers that can help women make the healthiest decisions for themsel...
  • US: Maryland Wine Industry Goes Digital

    Gov. Martin O'Malley said he will sign the legislation, which allows direct wine shipping from Maryland wineries. The wine industry is moving into the Internet age with the Maryland General Assembly passing a bill that will allow wineries to ship straight to customers homes. But as CNS-TV's Robyne M...
  • Wine tasters swoon over Bordeaux's 'liquid beauty'

    (AFP) - Bordeaux is spoiled for choice as it unveils the 2010 vintage, its third smash hit in six years, in a week of barrel tastings for wine professionals from around the world. "It's liquid beauty," said Denis Dubourdieu, a consulting winemaker and director of the Institute of Vine and Wine Scie...
  • French embrace 'le vin plastique’

    French winemakers are brushing aside Gallic pride to bottle their wine in plastic to meet British demand for lighter, unbreakable plastic bottles for the summer festival season. In the Languedoc-Roussillon area, winegrowers from the Pepieux co-operative have been converted, albeit begrudgingly. �...

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