Wine Industry News

  • In a world of would-be winemakers

    You too can be a winemaker. That’s the bedrock on which Crushpad, a 7-year-old winery/wine education facility that recently moved into the Napa Valley, was founded. Crushpad is the creation of San Francisco software engineer-turned-winemaker Michael Brill, who reasons that there are a lot of peopl...
  • Pa. has wine vending machines

    Pa. - Swipe your driver's license, look into the camera, blow into the breath sensor and - voila! - you have permission to buy a bottle of wine from a vending machine. Pennsylvania, which has some of the most Byzantine liquor laws in the nation, recently introduced the country's first wine "kiosks."...
  • Push for wine and beer industries in Wales

    Wales should promote its wine, cider and beer industries to mirror the success of countries like New Zealand, according to a committee of AMs.A plan was needed to realise the economic potential of the homegrown drinks industry, said the AMs.The report says industry newcomers should have government g...
  • World Cup set to score winning goal for SA wine

    Like many sectors of South African society, the wine industry is set to capitalise on the enormous benefit from the FIFA World Cup currently taking place in South Africa. According to Danie de Wet, owner of the De Wetshof Estate near Robertson, the 2010 World Cup offers South Africa the biggest opp...
  • House bill threatens direct - to - consumer wine sales

    Recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 5034 could limit consumers’ choice of wine from other states, and particularly reduce the availability of wines produced by small, less wellknown wineries. The proposed Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act (CARE), would h...
  • Water for Washington Vineyards

    Washington -- A water agency approved a $12.5 million irrigation project that will feed water from the Yakima River to the prominent Red Mountain AVA and wean local grapegrowers from the groundwater that currently irrigates area vineyards. Scott Revell, planning manager with the Kennewick Irrigatio...
  • U.S. Wine Market to Swell by 2030

    Davis,CA -- A three-hour meeting addressing the “Outlook and Issues for the World Wine Market” in June presented an almost overwhelming amount of valuable data. Speakers from the United States, Europe and Australia spoke of current realities and issues, and attempted to forecast the future. It ...
  • US allows GMO study; Alsace trials resume

    In the latest chapter of a long-running dispute, the US Supreme Court has overruled a lower court's ban on genetically modified alfalfa seeds. The decision allows the Department of Agriculture to finish a study to determine if this crop will harm the environment before deciding on whether to approve...

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