Wine Industry News

  • Wine critic buys $145k truffle

    A giant white truffle has been sold to a Hong Kong-based wine critic for 105,000 euros ($145,000) at a lavish auction near the town of Alba in northern Italy. The truffle, presented at the auction in the medieval Castello di Grinzane in a region of Italy famous for its cuisine, weighed 900 grams. Th...
  • Ottawa invests in N.S. farmers market and wineries

    WOLFVILLE, N.S. — The federal government is pumping money into Nova Scotia's wineries and the farmers market in Wolfville. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency issued a statement today saying the agency will hand $220,000 to the Winery Association of Nova Scotia. The money, from the agency's I...
  • Cosentino shuts Acampo tasting room

    ACAMPO - Cosentino Signature Wines PLC has shut down, closing the doors on both its Napa Valley winery in Yountville and the tasting room off Woodbridge Road in Acampo.Larry Soldinger, chairman of Cosentino Signature Wines, announced the closure Thursday in a brief statement posted at cosentinowiner...
  • Grape Pomace Shows Significant Potential in Managing Diabetes

    (NaturalNews) - According to a recent study published last month in the Nutrition and Metabolism Journal, grape pomace extract is effective in suppressing post-prandial increase of blood glucose. By inhibiting the enzymes involved in carbohydrate digestion, the pomace presents a potential alternativ...
  • Experts say Bignay wine surely good for the heart

    Philippines — Make no bones about it. Bignay wine is good for your heart.This counsel comes not from an oenologist but from a dyed-in-the wool scientist from UP Los Baños commissioned by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) to prove that local fruits can give French vintners a run for their ...
  • Scotland rejects minimum pricing plans

    The Scottish Parliament has finally rejected plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland despite the backing of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP).The move was rejected by 76 votes to 49 during the third and final reading of the Alcohol Bill introduced by the SNP, after oppositi...

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