Wine Industry News

  • France: Bordeaux 2010 vintage saved by wet winter, cool August

    The extraordinary weather patterns of 2010 have contributed to wines that are robust, concentrated and acidic – and 'totally different' to the 2009s, Bordeaux negociant Bill Blatch says. In his comprehensive weather report for 2010, Blatch says the vintage’s saving grace – the high acidity of ...
  • AUS: Third of wine region firms flout workplace laws

    AT least a third of employers in SA's wine regions are not complying with workplace laws. Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors visited 62 wineries and vineyards in the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale regions last November to scrutinise record-keeping and pay slip practices and found 40 were compliant. ...
  • Defining Sustainability: A Concept of Varied Means

    Two Central Coast vintners walked through a pristine-looking vineyard last fall—it had no cover crop, a usual sign of organic or biodynamic farming—explaining why they use herbicides. “We need to do it to keep our business sustainable,” one said. The other added, “It’s important that we ...
  • Comeback King Beaujolais Says Adieu to Bad, Fad Nouveau: Wine

    Remember those 1970s Beaujolais Nouveau parties held in November at the release of the wine’s harvest? Fortunately, that fad quickly faded and really died in the following decades. Ever since, Beaujolais’s reputation has been so damaged by those unfinished, unaged wines, that even wine lov...
  • US: Ascentia Wine Estates Comeback Try

    One of Sonoma County's largest and most beleaguered wine companies has repositioned itself and is ready for growth, according to its new chief executive officer."I want Ascentia to be Sonoma County's favorite son and shining star," said Mike Kenton, who was hired in January to turn around the 3-year...
  • US: Asparagus wine? Why not, Michigan producers say

    Michigan grows asparagus. Michigan makes wine. Now comes a twist in agritourism ingenuity -- asparagus wine. "It has a mild asparagus aroma and flavor with a little hint of sweetness," says Kellie Fox of the Fox Barn Market & Winery in Shelby, near Pentwater. "And it is really clear." Admit...

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