Wine Industry News

  • French wine slips into fifth place with British drinkers

    French wine, for centuries the most popular with British drinkers, has fallen spectacularly out of favour, according to market research. Our neighbour across the Channel has now dropped to fifth place in British drinkers' affections, overtaken by South Africa, as well as Australia, the United States...
  • Study: Wine in plastic loses flavor

    (UPI) -- White wine stored in plastic bottles or boxes loses its flavor in six months but remains stable in glass bottles, a study found.The chemical composition that gives white wine its flavor changes within six months of being put in plastic bottles or plastic-lined boxes, Britain's Daily Mail r...
  • Bill in Congress Could Limit Direct Wine Shipments

    Wineries worry bill distributors pushing in Congress will limit direct shipments to consumers.Try to be a wine connoisseur in Dickinson, N.D.Gordon and Sandee Schnell had a hard time until the state changed its rules in 2001 and allowed wineries to buy permits to ship directly to residents — one c...
  • Wine-Making Yeast Shows Promise for Bioethanol Production

    ScienceDaily — Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that might be important for ethanol production from plant material, providing insights into the bioethanol alternative to 'fossil fuels'. Combining new high-throu...
  • Wineries Open in Washington

    Washington -- With their initial vintage set for release this spring, Scott and Margaret Fivash of Fivash Cellars weren’t sure how to price their inaugural release of three wines made largely from grapes grown in the prestigious Walla Walla AVA of Eastern Washington. But with a license in hand,...
  • Fine wine hits record as luxury auctions boom

    GENEVA — A case of French wine fetched a record price this week as springtime auctions of fine jewellery, luxury watches and wines in Geneva marked a return to top price selling, auctioneers said Thursday.An unnamed Asian private buyer snapped up the six bottles of iconic 1961 Hermitage La Chapell...
  • Constellation Brands Prunes for New Growth

    Constellation Brands Inc., which ended up as the world's largest winemaker after going on a buying binge, is trying to adjust to a life of new discipline and find growth through other means.The company, whose labels include Robert Mondavi, Blackstone and Vendange, has been consolidating divisions a...
  • Lawsuit: Healdsburg wine giant Ascentia is insolvent

    One of Sonoma County’s largest wine companies, Healdsburg-based Ascentia Wine Estates, is insolvent and on the brink of financial collapse, according to an explosive lawsuit filed by one of the company’s owners. W.J. Deutsch & Sons, the powerful White Plains, N.Y. wine sales and marketing compan...

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