Wine Industry News

  • AUS: Police probe suspected wine scam

    Police in Sydney say they have been alerted to suspicious wine transactions affecting suppliers across the country. They believe an international company registered in Sydney's west called World Wide Trading Company has received large quantities of wine on invoices which allegedly have not been p...
  • US: $1.3 million grant to boost eastern wine industry

    Unpredictable rainfall, overly fertile soils, new varieties and a young industry -- these are but some of the challenges in producing quality wine in the eastern United States. Cornell has been awarded $1.3 million to address these problems in East Coast vineyards, wineries and tasting rooms as part...
  • Vinexpo wins 'economic parasitism' case

    Vinexpo has won its case against the Italian promoter it accused of unfair business practices. Bordeaux's commercial affairs tribunal fined Ital-Assist €150,000, according to Sud-Ouest newspaper, upholding Vinexpo’s charges of ‘economic parasitism’, a French law that prevents businesses fr...
  • US: Domestic Wines Up 6% at Retail in 2010

    Off-premise sales revenue reached $4.4 billion at major stores. Wine sales at major food and drug stores ended 2010 on the same positive trajectory it had been following all year. Domestic table wines grew 6% in dollar sales over 2009 for the four-week period ending Jan. 2, 2011, and the same 6% app...
  • US: Wine Institute eyes export boost with new campaign

    California's Wine Institute is to launch a global branding campaign featuring a new "California Wines" logo in an effort to boost exports. The Discover California Wines campaign will use images of well-known landmarks, rural vistas and seasonal cuisine that are linked to the region to promote the wi...
  • UK: Wine investment company boss jailed

    Wine investment company director Benedict Moruthoane has been jailed for 7.5 years for fraud. Moruthoane, who set up and ran Templar Vintners Ltd, was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court on 5 January after a two-month trial. The fraud related to two wine investment companies: Templar Vintners Ltd ...
  • Uncorking B.C.'s wine industry

    B.C. wineries have come a long way since their days of providing the local market with fortified plonk. But a variety of forces are at work that could put a cork on growth in the industry, says a research paper released Thursday by two Simon Fraser University scholars. The industry suffers "fr...
  • NZ: Bumper harvest gives wine industry hangover

    A bumper year for the country's grape growers could be great news for wine buyers, but not vineyards.Good growing conditions mean that this year's harvest might exceed 300,000 tonnes, raising the possibility of another wine glut and a tough year for wineries.Oversupply has threatened to damage the v...

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