Wine Industry News

  • Debts unsatisfied, bank takes control of Kluge winery

    The state wine industry, by many accounts, is blossoming. New money is coming in from Richmond to market the fast-growing industry, sales within the state increased by 13 percent in the past year, and a well-received PBS documentary captures the unique challenges of making wine in Virginia. But thin...
  • Study: Alcohol 'most harmful drug,' followed by crack and heroin

    (CNN) -- Alcohol ranks "most harmful" among a list of 20 drugs -- beating out crack and heroin -- according to study results released by a British medical journal.A panel of experts weighed the physical, psychological and social problems caused by the drugs and determined that alcohol was the most h...
  • Kiwi wine to display carbon emissions, by the glass

    A New Zealand wine will be the first to display its carbon emissions by the individual glass serving.Each bottle of Mobius Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc will display its carbon emissions, per 125ml glass, on the label.The carbon emissions, which are calculated to measure the environmental impact of fa...
  • Infrastructure and mechanization next level for Iowa wine industry

    An Iowa State University extension expert who works with the wine industry in the state believes the new growth in the industry will come in infrastructure and equipment. Viticulturist Mike White says the number of grape acres may not increase, but the way the current acres are used likely will. ...
  • Va Tech wins $3.8M grape, wine grant

    (AP) - Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has been awarded a $3.8 million grant to lead a multistate effort to enhance East Coast grape and wine production.The funding is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The project director ...
  • Lebanon claims world's largest glass of wine

    (Reuters) - Seeking to brush off its political troubles and burnish its reputation for good living, Lebanon claimed a record for the world's biggest glass of wine. Organizers of a wine festival in Beirut poured around one hundred bottles of Lebanese wine into the giant glass, 2.4 meters high and 1....
  • Lafite Sets Auction Wine Record at $230,000 a Bottle

    (Bloomberg) -- Three bottles of Chateau Lafite’s 1869 vintage each sold for a record price of HK$1.8 million ($230,000) at a sale in Hong Kong last night, underlining Asia’s dominance of the auction market for trophy label wines. All three were bought by the same Asian telephone bidder, said So...

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