Wine Industry News

  • Growers Discuss Winemaking Transition

    San Luis Obispo,CA - There’s not much wineries can do about the economy, David Freed said this week; the best they can do is change and adapt. Freed, chairman of the Silverado Group, welcomed an audience of about 110 winemakers and winegrowers at the 15th annual Central Coast Insights program in S...
  • Study: Iowa Wine Now $234 Million Industry

    Iowa - A new study shows that the impact of Iowa's wine industry is now more than $234 million. Iowa Wine Growers Association President David Cushman announced results of the survey at a meeting on Friday. The study used 2008 data and is the first study of it's kind on Iowa's wine and vineyard in...
  • Uruguay is wine world's rising star

    (AFP) – Argentina has its Malbec. Chile has its Carmenere. Now Uruguay, not to be out-muscled by its more famous wine-producing neighbors, is taking the world of viticulture by storm, with its distinctive Tannat wines. Uruguay, the fourth most important wine-producing country in South America, gr...
  • Baboons wipe out South African grape crops

    An army of marauding baboons has been terrorizing wine growers in the Franschhoek Valley region of South Africa, raiding local farms and devouring grapes.Devastating recent bush fires in the mountains surrounding the valley had driven the troop of over 50 baboons further into the wine region in sear...
  • Will Santa Maria Valley AVA Expand?

    Santa Maria,CA - Winegrape growers ask TTB to add 18,700 acres to their viticulture area.After the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) rejected a 2006 petition to expand the Santa Maria Valley AVA (American Viticulture Area), members of Santa Maria Valley Wine Country rallied their resour...
  • Wine in new bottles - or cans

    Hamburg - Pour a good red wine from a plastic-lined box with a tube for a dispenser and many people would say a cozy evening in front of the fireplace has been ruined. Even worse, is the notion of popping open a can to let the sparkling wine flow.For many wine drinkers this might border on sacrilege...
  • China’s Wine Industry to Grow by Over 18%

    (PR Log) – As per the recently released report “China Wine Industry by 2014”, the wine industry in China was valued at RMB 22 Billion in 2009 and it is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of over 18% during 2010-2014. As per this research report China has witnessed a radical shift in the consumpt...

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