Wine Industry News
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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... -
Malbec has become a huge success story in Argentina, but few could name where this robust red grape originates from. Its homeland is actually in south west France, in Cahors, a now little-known appellation with 10 per cent of the world's plantings of this grape. Now the French are aiming to make a c...Wine: 'Argentina has made malbec its own, but now France wants to reclaim the grape for itself'
November, 14, 2010 -
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...Ottawa invests in N.S. farmers market and wineries
November, 13, 2010 -
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...Cosentino shuts Acampo tasting room
November, 13, 2010 -
(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...Grape Pomace Shows Significant Potential in Managing Diabetes
November, 13, 2010 -
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 ...Experts say Bignay wine surely good for the heart
November, 13, 2010 -
OLYMPIA -- The price of a bottle of wine in Washington might get more expensive soon, especially for those who buy at small wine shops.The Washington Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association wants the Liquor Control Board to let them charge retailers an extra fee when they buy wine in orders smaller th...Wine sellers argue new fee would result in higher prices for consumers
November, 12, 2010 -
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...Scotland rejects minimum pricing plans
November, 12, 2010

