Wine Industry News

  • Ontario White Winegrapes Up 1%

    Ontario -- The winegrape negotiations completed July 8 by the Grape Growers of Ontario, Wine Council of Ontario and the Winery & Grower Alliance of Ontario resulted in a groundbreaking two-year pricing agreement for most hybrid and vinifera winegrape varieties. White varieties will increase by 1% ea...
  • Pa. liquor board touts consumer-friendly efforts

    Pa.—The state's newest wine and spirits store is bright, modern and airy, but it's not just another pretty space. The alcohol emporium represents the latest effort by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to win the hearts and minds of consumers as the recession intensifies talk of privatization....
  • Grape, Wine Production Up This Year

    Israel - Despite lower than average rainfall and higher temperatures, Israel's wine production is set to grow this year, officials of the Israel Grape and Wine Council said Sunday. Farmers are expected to harvest 50,000 tons of wine grapes this year, compared to 47,000 last year. Some 38,000 dunams ...
  • Australia targets China's new 'wine class'

    Australia (AFP) - Eyeing up a highly lucrative new market, Australia's Barossa Valley this week played host to 600 young "wine ambassadors" emblematic of China's booming middle class.Employees of global beverages giant Pernod Ricard, the group were brought to Australia for a crash course in apprecia...
  • California Wine Industry Has Long Road to Recovery

    After a year that showed the California wine industry's worst performance in more than a decade, the road to recovery remains a long haul. The best that winery owners and grape growers can say today is: At least the wine market's not getting worse.The latest research from longtime industry consultan...
  • Judgment of Paris' Montelena fetches US$11,325

    One of the few remaining bottles of ex-cellar 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay has been sold by Spectrum Wine Auctions for $11,325 (£7,419).The wine, which beat both French and American competitors in the 1976 'Judgment of Paris' tasting, was bought by UK-based software engineer Jason Corcoran. T...
  • Penedes approves icewine

    A Spanish icewine DO has been approved for the first time. The region of Penedès has accepted the new DO Vino Dulce de Hielo or Vi Dolç del Fred. This is the first European appellation to allow artificial freezing of grapes. This is forbidden in the traditional icewine regions of Germany, Austria...
  • Champagne agrees increase in yield on 2009

    Champagne growers and houses this week agreed on a 2010 harvest yield of 10,500 kilos per hectare - an increase on last year. This is up by 700 kgs/ha on 2009, following a recovery in sales this year at home and abroad. Ghislain de Montgolfier, president of the Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC) s...

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