Wine Industry News

  • Gina Gallo: Pinotgate was 'a disaster'

    The 'Pinotgate' scandal, allegedly involving 18 million bottles of fake Pinot Noir from the Languedoc, was 'a disaster' for Californian company Gallo, it has admitted. In a wide-ranging interview in the November issue of Decanter magazine Gina Gallo says the company was embarrassed by the incident,...
  • DRINKING WINE WHILE PREGNANT COULD HELP CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT

    DRINKING one glass of wine a week while pregnant could help a child’s development in early life, according to research.A study has found that children born to mothers who were light drinkers during their pregnancy – having one or two units a week – were 30 per cent less likely to have behavior...
  • Custom Crush Options for Grapegrowers

    Napa, Calif. -- With many growers facing very low prices for uncontracted grapes, custom crush wineries throughout California are fielding numerous inquiries about their services. “We’ve been inundated with calls,” notes John Wilkinson, general manager of Bin to Bottle Winery, which also manag...
  • Vine Talk - Facebook gains popularity in wine industry

    Social media is exploding in the wine business and a new survey illustrates just how important it has become, especially in this tough economic climate. More than 80 percent of 109 grape growers, distributors, retailers and other wine experts in the California who were questioned in a survey by the ...
  • Wine Device to measure red wine's antioxidant levels

    Polyphenols in wine have been found to have a positive effect on the risk of heart disease, obesity, cancer and even wrinkles. Squeezed between guidelines on responsible drinking and units, bottles of wine may soon boast a surprising new health notice: this drink is good for you.Swiss and American r...
  • 'Bugs Bunny Gang' Leaves French Wine Producers Hopping Mad

    The worst plague of rabbits in recent memory crippled the wine industry in France's Bordeaux region as the harvest neared the end of its first week Monday. Harvest began Tuesday last week in the exclusive Medoc area of southwestern France, and wine makers are reporting massive losses in their gra...
  • How Many Stink Bugs to Ruin Wine?

    Keedysville, Md. -- How many stink bugs does it take to make a wine stinky? That was a question which, until recently, no one on the East Coast (or elsewhere) knew the answer to -- or even thought to ask. As long as stink bugs in vineyards were the native varieties, they were not a problem: Native s...

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