Wine Industry News

  • Foster vs Foster’s Battle Hits Australia Wine Goliath

    (Bloomberg) -- Adam Foster’s annual wine production of 2,500 cases is a fraction of the sales of Foster’s Group Ltd., the world’s second-largest producer. Yet it’s a factor in breaking up the rival he shares a name with. Foster’s Group, the Australian brewer that sells lager in 150 countri...
  • Illinois wine industry blooms with new Litchfield winery

    Illinois’ wine industry continues to grow with the recent opening of the Wooden Nickel Winery & Saloon, nestled in 48 acres of a scenic resort area just north of Litchfield in Montgomery County.“Wineries are like mushrooms. They keep popping up,” said Bill McCartney, Pittsfield-based executiv...
  • European wine popular as prices plunge

    Australians are developing a taste for high-end European wine as prices plunge by more than 10 per cent.Official statistics show the price of imported table wine from around the globe fell by more than a dollar per litre, or about 13 per cent, in the year to March."The strength of the Australian dol...
  • Funds for British Columbia Wine Industry

    B.C. - Research funding totaling more than CAD$2 million will flow to the British Columbia wine industry from the federal government under a program designed to support innovation in the agriculture sector.Coupled with CAD $700,000 from industry, the funding from Canada’s federally sponsored Devel...
  • Walgreen Serving Up Wine, Beer Again

    Drug-store chain Walgreen Co. is reversing a roughly 15-year-old alcohol sales ban by returning beer and wine to its shelves.The Deerfield, Ill., retailer is hoping offering alcohol will boost its sales and market share, making it a one-stop shop without affecting its community-friendly image. Up u...
  • Grapegrowers Get Federal Water Funding

    Washington, D.C. -- The United States Department of Agriculture has given $7.2 million in funding to help grape growers reduce water demand while producing comparable yields and quality.The grant is from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to the National Grape & Wine Industry (N...
  • Ohio Wineries Big Business For Ohio

    OHIO - It's a business you normally think of being based on the West Coast. But growing grapes and producing wine is big business in Ohio.Coshocton County wine producer Lee Wyse is the owner of Rainbow Hills Winery and he has been making wine for 23 years."The interest in wine and in Ohio, the inter...
  • New Zealand Wine Industry gets $1.2m to crack US market

    NZ - The Government is tipping money into the wine industry vat to help with a marketing push into the United States and some other markets.It has announced funding of $1.2 million over two years for an initiative aimed at marketing high-end wine into the lucrative US market.Economic Development Min...

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