Wine Industry News

  • Scientists unveil new whisky biofuel

    Car owners could soon be filling up their tanks with a new whisky-derived fuel, according to scientists at a Scottish University.Edinburgh's Napier University has created a new biofuel, which can be used in ordinary cars without any special adaptions.It uses the two main by-products of the whisky pr...
  • Moderate Wine Drinking Stimulates the Brain

    People that moderately drink alcohol, especially wine, have better performances at cognitive tests, a prospective study of 5033 men and women in the Tromsø Study in northern Norway reports.Wine has several antioxidants, or polyphenols, and other substances that help reduce cognitive decline caused ...
  • All that glitters isn't gold, some of it is wine

    (Reuters) - Like gold, top wines are highly prized, represent wealth and are selling near their historical highs. Prices of the five premier cru Bordeaux -- Chateaux Lafite Rothschild, Haut-Brion, Margaux, Latour and Mouton-Rothschild, and the grand crus of Burgundy, particularly Romanee-Conti, are ...
  • Boisset Upgrades Raymond Vineyards

    St. Helena, CA -- Raymond Vineyards has long been an overlooked force in Napa Valley. Established by descendants of a Beringer Vineyards founder in 1971, it was a solid producer of good wines, including some of the valley’s better buys and some excellent high-end wines, but never attracted much a...
  • Militants destroy GMO research vines

    Militants opposed to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have destroyed a plantation of GM vines at a leading French research centre in Alsace.Some 60 activists broke into the compound, near Colmar in eastern France, at dawn on Sunday. The centre was studying potential solutions to the grapevine ...
  • Global warming may change wine map

    NEW YORK - The wine industry may be among the very few in which a leading figure will smile broadly when asked about climate change and declare, “I love it.” Egon Müller, owner of the famed Scharzhof estate in Germany’s Saar Valley, made the comment at Riesling Rendezvous, a conference in Bel...
  • Some Oklahoma wine grapes to rot on vines

    Harvest is under way at Oklahoma vineyards, but some grapes will be left to rot on the vine because of poor sales, growers said.Mack Hayes quit watering some of his vines this summer when it became clear he wouldn't sell all his grapes to wineries. "If you can't move them, there's no need to harves...
  • Margaret River vineyards selling at a loss

    Vineyards are literally being given away in the Margaret River wine region in Western Australia.Due to the current wine glut, grower assets have lost so much value they have to sell at a loss.Over 20 vineyards are on the market right now. But real estate agent Brain Moulton says nothing is actually...

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