Wine Industry News

  • California wine sales up last year, but revenue declined

    California vintners shipped 467.7 million gallons (196.7 million cases) of California wine to the U.S. wine market in 2009, up a modest 0.2 percent compared to the previous year’s volume. The estimated retail value of these sales was $17.9 billion, down 3 percent from 2008 as consumers traded down...
  • Mondavi: Many California wineries will be sold under duress

    Former Mondavi CEO Michael Mondavi has admitted that a large number of non-profitable California wineries will change hands 'under duress' this year.Speaking at the Fine Wine 2010 conference in Ribera del Duero, Spain, Mondavi told decanter.com that he had seen several prestigious Napa wineries 'dro...
  • Taking Advantage of the Wine Glut

    There is a glut of wine all over the world—an oversupply so significant that it's compelled Australian winemakers to plow up their vineyards, forced French producers to turn wines into ethanol and brought wealthy Napa vintners if not to their knees then to their bankers in search of refinance. The...
  • Grapevine moth found in Mendocino County

    Area quarantine likely. The Agriculture Department confirmed the existence of the European Grapevine Moth in Ukiah when 13 moths from traps set in 12 acres of Chardonnay near Ukiah tested positive this week.European Grapevine Moth is a pest new to United States and now Mendocino County."The only wa...
  • English wine gets serious

    As May Day is celebrated and England is looking its most delightful, awash with blossom, it is also awash with its very own wine. All over the world – most notably in Australia, New Zealand, California and Chile – there is a grape glut, causing a fall in the prices paid by wine producers for gra...
  • 'Cheap wine' ads did not deliver

    Hundreds of people are thought to have lost money after responding to two national newspaper adverts for consignments of cheap wine.The ads for SurplusWines.co.uk promised "huge savings on fine wines and champagnes". The half-page adverts appeared in both the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail on ...
  • SA law change will make wine promotion easier

    South Australian wine producers are welcoming a change to state liquor licensing laws.The new legislation, effective from May 3, will allow wineries to show their wines at markets, promotional activities and cellar doors without having to obtain a new liquor licence each time. Michelle Stehbens, pr...
  • Italy: Brunello regains US trust

    ROME — Italy's agriculture minister says Brunello di Montalcino wine has regained U.S. trust and no longer needs special approval for shipment to American markets.Two years ago, Italy created a panel of experts to check if the wine, one of Italy's best known, meets production standards. There had...

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