Wine Industry News

  • The Squeeze on Napa Valley Wine

    Falling land prices and changing tastes in California's wine country, home to American's priciest pours, are popping its bubble.That sound you hear is not the uncorking of a Cabernet—it's the popping of California's wine country bubble. Crumbling land prices and a newfound popularity of cheaper wi...
  • Wine desserts approved by state Senate

    Canandaigua, N.Y. — The state Senate Wednesday passed a bill legalizing the sale of non-dairy frozen wine desserts. The bill, S6780, was part of a package of measures passed designed to boost agritourism, according to a release from the Senate Majority Conference. The bill stipulates a 5-percent...
  • China becomes biggest export market for bordeaux wine...

    China has become the biggest export market for bordeaux wines outside the European Union as overall exports have collapsed due to the economic crisis and a strong euro put some wines beyond US and British buyers. The sector has high hopes of the 2009 harvest, with young wines being presented to th...
  • Gallo invests in five core brands

    E&J Gallo Winery will continue to focus its marketing and promotional efforts in the UK on five core brands in a bid to drive “sustainable, profitable growth throughout 2010”. The move is part of a wider strategy that begun last year to survive in challenging market conditions. It included re...
  • Average price per bottle of wine drops

    The economic troubles of the past year had many consumers looking to escape with a glass of wine. But they wanted to imbibe on a budget. Wine makers and importers who gathered recently for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival said that while the volume of bottles sold remained relatively constant...
  • Wine Can Boost Health, But Vegetarians Beware

    This week, science again raised a glass to wine -- this time for its potential to help women keep off excess weight. But as wine's health benefits keep making headlines, those who choose not to eat animal products should cast a wary eye on the hidden ingredients in their next bottle. Wine is clar...
  • Winetech: De-Alcoholization Unit

    The Winetech de-alc unit is a counterflow crossflow filter with a hydrophobic membrane. As the wine is recirculated through the filter, a portion of the ethanol follows the concentration gradient (osmosis) from the wine through the hydrophobic membrane and into the counterflow water. Since the membr...

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