Wine Industry News

  • Advice to U.S. job seekers: drop the Merlot

    (Reuters) - Job applicants who drink alcohol are perceived as less intelligent and less hireable by American bosses, a bias dubbed the "imbibing idiot bias" in a study published on Monday. In a series of six related experiments, researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Penn...
  • Northwest wineries seek growing Chinese market

    SEATTLE — Hong Kong and mainland China are developing a strong thirst for wine, and Washington and Oregon are hoping for a taste of those growing markets. So far, only a trickle of Northwest wines make it to Asian countries outside of Japan. But experts say as affluence grows in China's booming ec...
  • Sonoma growers face nervous wait

    Wine growers on the Sonoma Coast and in the Russian River Valley face a nail-biting wait to discover if 2010 will be a great vintage – or ruined by rain.A low pressure system sitting off California's north coast has created highly unusual weather conditions in the area this summer, with coastal fo...
  • Government keeps wine cellar contents under wraps

    Foreign and Commonwealth Office claim full disclosure of £864,000 collection could 'influence the wine market' The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is citing the coming visit of the pope to strengthen its ongoing opposition to disclosing the contents of the government's wine cellar. The FCO has so ...
  • Has Australia’s wine surge stalled?

    Vineyards occupy a tiny fragment of the Australian landmass: less than 0.02 per cent of the continent. Their psychological importance, though, is wildly disproportionate to their size. The unparalleled export success of Australian wine over the past two decades has won more friends for the nation th...
  • Wine world contemplates a PET bottle revolution

    For centuries, they have been part of the experience of wine drinking--the rasp of the cork as it twists from the bottle, the pleasant glug as the liquid rushes into the glass--but if some of Japan's biggest wine companies have their way, they may soon be a thing of a past for many drinkers. ...
  • Wine sector looking to beat recession 

    Grape growers and winemakers plan to focus on economic recovery and a continued drive to lift the quality of wine production at the sector's major conference later this month.The annual Romeo Bragato conference on technical issues for the viticulture and wine sector will be held in Blenheim ...
  • U.S. Wine Consumption Maintains Growth Trend

    /PRNewswire/ - A difficult economy may be forcing Americans to do without some things, but wine isn't one of them. Consumers are buying more each year. According to the Beverage Information Group's recently released 2010 Wine Handbook, the wine industry continued to post positive results in 2009, ma...

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