Wine Industry News

  • Global Wine Market to Reach 26.12 Billion Liters by 2015

    GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Wine market. Global consumption of wine is forecast to reach 26.12 billion liters by the year 2015, propelled by substantial demand world over, a direct result of increasing adaptation of western lifestyles, rising affluence and sophistic...
  • California: Growers 'Shocked' by Harvest Report

    The 2010 Grape Crush Report was issued at noon today by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and it surprised most observers. “I’m shocked,” said Nat DiBuduo, president of the large grower cooperative Allied Grape Growers, who found the total much higher than he anticipated an...
  • Vandals Kill 500-year-old 'parent' Of Gru-vee Wine

    VIENNA (AP) - Police say vandals have destroyed a 500-year-old grapevine that is believed to have been a direct ancestor of the popular gruner veltliner wine. Police were called in on Thursday after vintners in the southeastern village of St. Georgen discovered that the vine on an outlying hillside ...
  • New Zealand Grape Harvest May Worsen Wine Glut, Hurt Profit

    Wine producers in New Zealand may harvest as much as 300,000 metric tons of grapes this year, 13 percent more than targeted, potentially harming profits, according to the country’s industry body. A harvest of more than 265,000 tons “would be our expectation” and 300,000 metric tons is possi...
  • US: Don't mess with success of N.Y. wine industry

    One of the few economic success stories in New York has been the wine industry. It has enjoyed phenomenal growth and prosperity. New wineries are sprouting up everywhere. This has fostered growth in tourism and helps create jobs and tax revenue. That's what we want, right? Not according to the bi...
  • AUS: SA dithering on wine region protection: MP

    South Australia's government is dithering on development protection for the Willunga basin where the key McLaren Vale wine region lies, Family First MP Robert Brokenshire says. Premier Mike Rann has suggested his Labor government is thinking about legislated protection for both McLaren Vale and t...

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