Wine Industry News
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WASHINGTON(AP) — The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America spent $280,000 in the fourth quarter lobbying the federal government on food safety and transportation, according to a recent disclosure report. That's up from the $240,000 the group spent in the year-ago period and the $260,000 it sp... -
(Bloomberg) - Vintner Ben Sharp was waiting to meet a distributor at a New York cafe last year when he spotted actress Cameron Diaz at a nearby table.“I thought, ‘The wine is a really important deal, but you see a celebrity and you get butterflies,” said Sharp, owner of Capture Wines in Califo...Cameron Diaz, Recession Can’t Stop Winemakers in ‘Ugly’ Economy
March, 15, 2010 -
ScienceDaily — Like a band of detectives surveying the movement of a criminal, researchers using photographic technology have caught at least one culprit in the act.In this case, electron microscopy was used to watch a deadly bacteria breakdown cell walls in wine grape plants -- an image that prev...Microscopic Photography Reveals Bacteria Destroying Grape Plant Cell Wall
March, 15, 2010 -
Kevin Robinson traveled more than 500 miles from Orange County this week to taste Sonoma County wines, but his friends from Nashville did him one better. For their sixth consecutive year, the friends flew 2,000 miles to participate in the second and final weekend of this year’s Wine Road Barrel...Thousands turn out for Sonoma County wine barrel tasting
March, 14, 2010 -
Bulgaria’s largest international commercial exhibit of wines “Vinaria 2010” was opened in Plovdiv Sunday by Economy Minister Traicho Traikov. In his opening statement, Traikov declared that the wine production sector in Bulgaria is developing as a combination of old traditions and new techn...Bulgaria's Largest Wine Expo Opened in Plovdiv
March, 14, 2010 -
(Xinhua News Agency)- The wine market in Hong Kong, which developed rapidly in the past two years, may continue to boost, with its role as a "transfer station" for wine imports of Chinese mainland highlighted, said Jacky Cheung, the president of the Wine Association of Hong Kong during Wine Expo 201...HK Wine market may continue to boost
March, 13, 2010 -
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. winemakers can be happy world consumers are buying their products in a tight economy, though exports were down in 2009 from 2008's record-setting year. Wine exports dropped nearly 15 percent last year. The largest decrease -- 21 percent -- was in shipments to the European Uni...US Wine Exports Down In Europe, Up In Asia
March, 12, 2010 -
Correct management of soil and irrigation is a vital factor in modern viticulture, due to the influence of the water balance of the vineyard on wine quality and the environmental impact of agricultural practices on vineyard soils. In order to innovate in this area, the NEIKER-Tecnalia technological ...The use of cover crops in vineyards can help control the yield and quality of grapes...
March, 12, 2010

