Wine Industry News

  • Jobs cut as Constellation looks to bottle wine in UK

    Constellation is axing 40 jobs in Australia as part of plans to bottle more of its wine in the UK. The workers at the company's Reynella wine packaging plant in Southern Australia have taken voluntary redundancy as a result of the changes, the company said. Constellation is also creating 20 jo...
  • Moth Prompts Quarantine In Napa Wine Region

    NAPA - A grape-eating moth in Napa County has prompted a quarantine that will regulate the shipment of fruit and some plants in the heart of the state's premier wine region. The European grapevine moth first was detected in the Oakville area as grapes were reaching their peak last September. S...
  • Chile’s winemakers struggle in quake aftermath

    Chile’s strongest earthquake in 50 years may bankrupt smaller winemakers after vines collapsed, casks broke apart and millions of liters were spilled, a former Goldman Sachs Group banker-turned-winemaker said. The O. Fournier winery, located in the south-central Maule Valley region about 100 ki...
  • New quality certificates for rice wine

    Korea plans to issue a quality certificate for traditional rice wine starting in August as part of its efforts to fuel the development of better products and improve consumer rights, the government said yesterday. The National Tax Service (NTS) and farm ministry said the certificate label will b...
  • Wine-tasting rooms go mobile

    Napa, CA - New sample-size bottles allow people to try new vintages without traveling to wineries. Thousands of people visit the Domaine Carneros Winery each year, snapping pictures in front of the 18th century-style chateau and sipping wine on the terrace overlooking a sweep of green vineyards. ...
  • Growers, regulators craft methods to manage frost water

    GEYSERVILLE — Winegrape growers that depend on water in the Russian River Basin to protect their vines from frost assert they have a better idea of how much water they’re using and how to limit such use, while wildlife regulators say they’re getting more precise information of water overuse an...
  • NuKorc goes bankrupt

    NuKorc, the world's second biggest synthetic cork maker, has filed for bankruptcy with estimated debts of AUS$4m. Adelaide-based insolvency experts PPB have been appointed as administrators of the company, based in Pooraka, South Australia, and are attempting to sell the business as a going conce...
  • Vineyard Defaults Surge as Lost Land Values Undermine Napa Wine

    (Bloomberg) - In California’s Napa Valley, producer of the most expensive U.S. wines, 2010 may be a vintage year for foreclosures as the industry is squeezed by falling land values and a consumer shift to cheaper brands. As many as 10 wineries and vineyards in Napa will change hands in distressed ...

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