Wine Industry News
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The Champagne region is embroiled in a legal battle to prevent the French national atomic agency ANDRA from dumping nuclear waste near its vineyards. According to French press reports, the CIVC - Champagne's trade association - has asked the administrative court in Châlons-en-Champagne to cancel pe... -
The American Dream always awakes and inspires recent immigrants. Napa Valley is no exception. Charles Krug, a 27-year-old Prussian immigrant, founded the first winery in 1861. Other Europeans, particularly Italians, Germans and French, followed. In 1966, Robert Mondavi, of Italian descent, built Nap...Immigrant Wine Growers Shape Napa Valley
October, 19, 2010 -
/PRNewswire/ -- A consumer study released today shows that physiology plays a major role in determining wine preferences and that White Zinfandel drinkers are often the most sensitive tasters shattering the myth about sweet wine consumers. The study was conducted in conjunction with the Consumer Win...How Sweet it is: Wine Industry Owes Sweet Wine Drinkers HUGE Apology!
October, 19, 2010 -
As cash crops go, marijuana is a whopper. The value of California’s 8.6 million-pound pot harvest is about $14 billion, dwarfing wine grapes at about $2 billion, according to state reports. Making it legal, as Proposition 19 on the Nov. 2 ballot proposes to do, presumably would allow banks to lend...State's pot crop worth $14 billion, dwarfs wine grapes
October, 18, 2010 -
IT’S just one more anonymous warehouse here in a mundane industrial district, but within its humble walls lie 23,000 temperature- and humidity-controlled square feet of Garagiste, one of the quirkiest, least-known retail treasures in the wine world. Least-known, that is, unless you are one of the ...Proposed Law Would Limit Interstate Wine Shipping
October, 18, 2010 -
California leads the world in many ways. Our agricultural economy is productive and diverse; we have made big gains in the quality of our air and water, and we are in the forefront of the clean energy industry. We should be using this leadership and innovation to keep moving forward and to help with...Vintner Opposes Prop. 23
October, 18, 2010 -
Pernod Ricard New Zealand, the local arm of the French liquor company, has sold a dozen wine brands and some wineries to a Lion Nathan New Zealand-led joint venture for $88 million. Lion Nathan will pick-up a dozen new wine brands including Lindauer, Corbans, and Saints, while its partner Indevin, ...Pernod Ricard sells wine brands, assets for $88m to Lion Nathan
October, 18, 2010 -
Nomacorc, the world’s leading producer of alternative wine closures, and COFCO Wines & Spirits Co. Ltd., an integrated operator of liquor brands and major wine producer in the key winegrowing regions of China, announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership to focus on furthering tec...Nomacorc, Cofco Partner To Advance Research, Technological Innovation In Chinese Wine Market
October, 18, 2010

