Wine Industry News

  • AUS: Wine lovers taste and tweet

    Winemakers around Australia have taken part in a tasting event using social media site Twitter. It was used to bring together wine lovers for what was called a 'Taste and Tweet' session. Using the common hashtag '#wcatt', tasting notes could be shared among drinkers in regions including the Co...
  • AUS: Lion Nathan expands range for European market

    Lion Nathan Wine has used the ProWein exhibition to release new products to the European trade including the new Cellar Key barcoding system. According to Lion Nathan Wine regional manager UK/EU Matt Roberts, the key announcements at the show include the redesigned packaging for Wither Hills, the...
  • US: Sheep shot in attack at Mt. Veeder vineyard

    Three sheep were shot dead and six are missing from a Sebastopol winemaker's vineyard high above Napa Valley on Mount Veeder in a rare attack on livestock, Napa County sheriff's officials said.The dead and missing animals were rented from a Suisun Valley rancher to munch down the grass and weeds on ...
  • AUS: Wine industry to boom again

    The Barossa has a strong future as a grape growing and winemaking region, says the Barossa Grape and Wine Association (BWGA). Their comment is in response to the Wine Grape Council of SA’s latest forecast which warns grape growers that there is a high risk of the current downturn in the wine in...
  • Victory of German Greens offers hope to Mosel bridge opponents

    Opponents of the controversial Mosel Bridge project are hoping the German Green Party’s spectacular recent successes at the polls will swing the debate their way. Sarah Washington, spokeswoman for opposition grouping Pro-Mosel, said federal transport minister Peter Ramsauer might use the new balan...
  • France: Chateau Margaux launches third wine

    Chateau Margaux will launch a third wine this year, alongside Chateau Margaux and the second wine, Pavillon Rouge. The name of the wine has not yet been revealed but it is likely to be ‘simple and to the point’, Margaux managing director Paul Pontallier told Decanter.com. ‘We have been ever...
  • US: Bill would allow wine to be shipped to all Tennessee addresses

    NASHVILLE - Wine could be directly shipped to all Tennessee addresses, not just those in cities allowing liquor-by-the-drink sales, under a bill approved 21-7 by the state Senate on Monday. Enactment of the bill - SB1030 - is projected by the Fiscal Review Committee staff to increase wine sales s...

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