Wine Industry News

  • Napa Valley’s lesser known grape grows up

    (TDB) - California’s Petite Sirah has gone through some growing pains. Planted in the state in the late 1800s, it started off as a well-behaved child, appreciated for its good yields, dark colour, and fragrance. Even after vineyards were destroyed by phylloxera, the grape was replanted and...
  • UK: Wine duty could rise 54% in six years

    (Offlicencenews) - Duty will rise 54% on wine and 31% on spirits in the next six years if the Chancellor does not scrap the duty escalator, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. George Osborne became the toast of the beer world when he ended the duty escalator on beer earlier this yea...
  • Blizzard wrecks vines in Italy's Abruzzo wine region

    (Decanter) - A heavy storm has destroyed thousands of hectares of vines in Italy's Abruzzo wine region, including those belonging to celebrated producer Valentini. Rain, snow and strong winds swept through Abruzzo last weekend, causing 2,000ha of the region's 32,000ha of vines to be lost. Most ...
  • Drinking wine leads to stronger sperm

    (TDB) - As reported by the Wine Spectator, the study, carried out by researchers at the Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Lodz, Poland, found that sperm were stronger and had more powerful necks when men drank wine in moderation regularly. Stronger sperm are better swimmers, thus increa...
  • California: Wineries Complete Shared Cave Project

    (Wines&Vines) - It’s taken 8.5 years, but the wineries in the Caves at Soda Canyon crushed their first wine grapes this year. The four wine companies that inhabit the unusual shared-cave winery crushed 195.4 tons of fruit Sept. 3, the day they finished construction. They still don&rsquo...

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