Wine Industry News
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Vina Concha y Toro SA, Chile’s largest wine exporter, rose the most in three weeks as Chilean bottled wine exports rose 17 percent in July from last year.Concha y Toro gained 1.8 percent to 1,215 pesos at 12:49 p.m. New York time, after rising as much as 2.2 percent, the most since Aug. 13. The IP... -
For the past few years, so called “big, cocktail-style wines” have been the rage among the hoity-toity wine crowd. But things might be changing willy nilly, especially when it comes to California wines. Which means goodbye and good riddance to overpowering Cabernets boasting alcohol levels of 16...Wine and Temperature
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Lebanon — In the heart of the Bekaa Valley, a few miles from a temple dedicated to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, Lebanon's vineyards are in full bloom as the country edges into the global wine market."After European wine and new world wine, the wine of the so-called old world is emerging" as a m...Bacchus inspires new wine-makers in Lebanon
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If Bordeaux does not have rain by 10 September, top consultant Jacques Boissenot may advise clients to pick at less than full phenolic maturity – causing a risk of greenness in the wines. Boissenot, who with his son Eric consults for 180 mainly left-bank properties including Latour, Lafite Rothsch...Boissenot: danger of unripe wines if no rain
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Failed French wine brand Chamarre has been given a lifeline in the form of former Cartier president Alain Dominique Perrin. Perrin owns Chateau Lagrazette in Cahors, and is executive director of group Richemont, which owns Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget and Montblanc among other luxury labels.H...Chamarre rescued by Alain Dominique Perrin
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The sparkling wine market in the USA is still a “work in progress” for European producers, according to a report by Wine Intelligence.Cava and Prosecco may be growing in popularity in the UK and Europe, but Wine Intelligence’s US sparkling report shows that Champagne still leads the category, ...USA still work in progress for European sparkling wine
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South African vintners raised 41 percent more money at the annual Nederburg Auction, the biggest of its kind in the country, as increased bidding reversed a two- year decline. Held on Sept. 3 and 4 in Paarl, 55 kilometers (34 miles) north east of Cape Town, income at the Nederburg Auction jumped to...South African Wine Prices Surge at Country's Biggest Auction
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Taiwan,(aka The Republic of China), the tiny island just across the Strait from China, found itself taking considerable heat from the United States and European Union (EU) — the two biggest exporters of alcoholic beverages to the Taiwanese market — over a planned tax cut on its locally brewed ri...Taiwan vs. U.S. and EU: A Little Rice Wine Spat
September, 06, 2010

