Wine Industry News

  • Red wine may help keep Alzheimer's at bay

    Here's another reason to enjoy a glass of red wine: A new research has shown that an organic compound found in the drink - resveratrol - has the ability to neutralize the toxic effects of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The findings are a step toward understanding the large-scale death of ...
  • SA eyes China wine market

    South Australia's world-renowned wineries hope to tap into China's burgeoning wine market with a trade mission and wine tastings.Twelve wineries, including Belvidere, Chalk Hill and Bethany, spanning every wine growing region in the state are being represented on a mission to China and Taiwan, SA Mi...
  • Foster's seals US wine distribution deal

    Foster's Group Ltd has signed a long term agreement for Southern Wine & Spirits to distribute wines in three of the biggest markets in the US. Southern W&S will gain the exclusive rights to sell Foster's wines in California, Florida and Illinois, in a contract coming into effect on July 1, the Melb...
  • Red Wine Helps the Heart

    How does drinking red wine manage to keep the cardiologist at bay? Two studies suggest different approaches as to how merlots and cabernet sauvignons and other types of red wine offer heart-healthy benefits.In the first of two studies published in the July issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutr...
  • Napa Wine Gains 49% From `Abyss' as Auction Raises $8.5 Million

    Napa Valley vintners who saw prices plunge in the past year raised $8.5 million at their annual charity auction as bidding returned for super-premium wine. The total rose 49 percent from last year, according to Napa Valley Vintners, a St. Helena, California-based trade group. Still, the tally was 19...
  • Virginia Heavily Promoting the Wine Industry

    The commonwealth is more than doubling the money to promote Virginia's wine industry. More than $1 million will go to research and marketing.Saturday, some of Governor Bob McDonnell's top staff stopped at a Crozet vineyard to toast the funding plan. Aaron Spring says Virginia's premiere wineries are...
  • UK Government spends £17,500 on wine

    More than £17,500 has been spent topping up the government wine cellar since the election, it has emerged.It brings the total value of fine wine stored for VIP functions to £864,000, a Commons answer by Foreign Office minister Henry Bellingham revealed.Labour's Tom Watson said the Tory-Lib Dem coa...

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