Wine Industry News
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The Wine Institute may have ruffled some feathers last week, by presenting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with its annual leadership award during its Washington Week lobbying visit.The San Francisco-based institute, which represents about 1,000 California wineries and related businesses, has a fr... -
Napa,CA -- With the disclosure that eggs of the dreaded European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana) are hatching into larvae in Napa Valley, California winegrowers have started spraying pesticides -- both organic and conventional -- to counteract the invasive pest, which can destroy grapes. The insect...Winegrowers Start Spraying New Pest
May, 10, 2010 -
(NBC) - Boxed wine has been around since the 1960s, but it's starting to look and taste a lot different. There are now more than 50 companies selling cardboard carton versions of some of your favorite bottles, but boxed wine seems to be more of a conversation ender for many cork-sniffers.Whole Food...The look and taste of boxed wine is improving
May, 10, 2010 -
FOSTER'S Group has shifted key executives in charge of its Asian push to its regional headquarters in Singapore, as it targets the booming Chinese wine market. Foster's premium brands, such as Penfolds and Wolf Blass, have already helped Australia become China's second-biggest source of imported wi...Foster's chases greater share of Chinese wine market
May, 10, 2010 -
The sour economy hasn't spoiled the plans of those hoping to build guest rooms, fine dining and more wineries in a Temecula Valley Wine Country still popular with tourists. At least 120 guest rooms along with more restaurants and wineries are on tap for the vineyard-covered area as entrepreneurs a...Temecula Valley Wine Country growth still blooming
May, 09, 2010 -
You've heard of turning water into wine - how about turning wine into vinegar? A Tauranga food company believes it may have hit on a use for the country's wine glut, with a white balsamic vinegar made from sauvignon blanc grapes. Newly established AvoHealth's white balsamic and avocado oil salad dre...Wine into vinegar a 'newie'
May, 09, 2010 -
It's a grape that few have heard of and fewer understand. It's a grape that begets a wine few have tasted and even fewer claim as their favorite.That grape is Norton, its past rooted deep in the soil of Richmond, its future cradled in the hands of Chrysalis Vineyards owner Jenni McCloud and a few o...Norton is the one truly American wine-making grape
May, 08, 2010 -
British celebrity chef GORDON RAMSAY's finances have been dealt another blow - a second wine importer is chasing him for unpaid bills.The outspoken Hell's Kitchen star's business empire has been damaged during the economic downturn, and Ramsay was on the brink of bankruptcy last year (09) until he p...GORDON RAMSAY HIT WITH SECOND WINE LAWSUIT
May, 08, 2010

