Wine Industry News

  • Chilean wine exports rise 13 pct

    Santiago – Exports of fine Chilean wines increased 13 percent in value over the first two months of this year, compared to the same period in 2010, for a total of $181.8 million, the Office of Agricultural Research and Policy, or Odepa, said Monday. By volume, these exports reached 55.6 millio...
  • Central U.S. Wineries Get Organized

    Growers unite in Oklahoma, island winery planned in Michigan, and Wisconsin forms wine trail.Despite an unusually challenging winter, the wine industry in the Central United States has been anything but dormant. Winemakers and grapegrowers have been joining forces and resources in support of their l...
  • Japanese Should Be Drinking To Stave Off Radiation Poisoning

    As the new week starts and the tragic Japanese earthquake's dust settles and tsunami waves recede back to the oceanic depths, a study from 2008 states that drinking red wine to neutralize toxic effects from potential nuclear plant breeches may be the way to go. After the Chernobyl nuclear disaste...
  • U.S. gives approval for import of '06 Brunello wine

    (Reuters Life!) - The U.S. has given approval for the iconic Italian wine Brunello di Montalcino, which had been involved in a quality scandal, to be imported into the country. The U.S. Department of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), in a statement released last week, said that sinc...
  • France: Arnault of LVMH 'world's fourth richest'

    Bernard Arnault, owner of Chateau Cheval Blanc and Chateau d'Yquem, is the world's fourth richest man, with a fortune of US$41bn, according to Forbes magazine's Rich List.The LVMH chief, who owns a controlling stake in Dior Couture, Tag Heuer, De Beers, Louis Vuitton and a host of other luxury names...
  • Wineries get more light-weight bottle options

    Wine packaging continues to trend toward lighter-weight glass, particularly at a time of cost-cutting and rising energy prices. Transporting glass in addition to wine became a financial as well as environmental concern in 2008 as fuel prices spiked and trucking companies tacked on surcharges. Now...
  • AUS: Dubbo wine grapes wiped out

    A wine maker in western New South Wales says the loss of hobby grape growers from the Dubbo region could help strengthen the Australian wine industry. The Chairman of Macquarie Valley Food and Wine, Ken Borchardt, says the entire grape harvest in Dubbo, worth around $3 million, has been wiped out...

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