Wine Industry News

  • More vines need to be pulled out, says NSW wine industry

    The NSW wine industry says at least another 20,000 hectares of vines need to be pulled out across the country, before a wine glut is balanced out.A vintage survey by the Winemakers Federation of Australia reported that more than 10,000 hectares of vines have been removed in the last couple of years....
  • Domestic Wine Sales up 6.8% in April

    California - U.S. off-premise table wine ended a healthy month of growth in April, increasing overall at 6.8% in dollars compared to the same four-week period last year. Sales were up for all price-points of domestic table wines except bargain basement wines under $3 per bottle, as the wine industry...
  • Manchester United break £200m sponsorship barrier with wine deal

    Manchester United's London-based commercial team have broken the £200m barrier after announcing their latest sponsorship deal.The South American producer and exporter of premium branded wines, Concha y Toro, has been confirmed as their official wine partner.As far as United are concerned, it contin...
  • HK, US sings MOU to promote wine related cooperation

    A memorandum to expand cooperation in wine related business between Hong Kong and the United Stated was signed here in Hong Kong on Monday.The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Rita Lau signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Co-operation in Wine- related Businesses (MOU) with the vi...
  • A new iPhone App, iWineMaker, helps with winemaking calculations

    A newly launched iPhone app, iWineMaker is helping both home & professional winemakers and wine enthusiasts with their wine calculations and additions. iWineMaker by VinoEnology.com is unique iPhone application, which provides the most useful Winemaking Calculators and information about winemaking o...
  • Vintage down 12pc as wine industry deals with glut

    The Winemakers Federation of Australia says the industry is midway toward correcting a national oversupply of wine grapes. The latest vintage survey showing the national crop is 12 per cent down on the year before.A 200,000-tonne drop in the latest year follows a 100,000-tonne decline the year befo...
  • Steep road ahead for Ascentia Wine

    Healdsburg wine company plagued by failure of partnership, lawsuit, mountain of debt.In 2007, Jim DeBonis set out to save three storied Sonoma County wineries. Geyser Peak, Buena Vista Carneros and Gary Farrell were being sold to the world's largest wine company, Constellation Brands, and he feared ...
  • Moldovan wine exports cover 15 percent of country's budget

    Moldova was once a major wine producer for the Soviet Union. Today, it still relies heavily on Russia as an export market for its wine and sparkling wine. But lately Moldovan vintners have been seeking new markets.Moldova is a small country and one of Europe's poorest. However, few Western Europeans...

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