Wine Industry News

  • World's biggest wine brand created in southern France

    (AFP) – In the sun-drenched south of France, the world's largest vineyard has launched a new, simplified brand called "Pays d'Oc", creating the number one French wine export to compete against New World brands. Languedoc-Roussillon covers 35 percent (or 260,200 hectares) of all French vineyards...
  • Gallo sued for allegedly selling fake wine

    E&J Gallo and its French wine suppliers are being sued in Los Angeles for allegedly peddling millions of cases of fake pinot noir under the Red Bicyclette label. On Feb. 25, the Encino-based Kingsley & Kingsley law firm sued Gallo, French grower cooperative Sieur d ‘Arques and broker Ducasse Compa...
  • California Vineyard Buyers Reappear

    Forestville,CA - At Bergman Euro-National Vineyards, we've been tracking vineyard values and sales of the last 60 years. Sales data show that vineyards have appreciated from 100% to 300% every 10 years in both Napa and Sonoma counties: solid evidence that vineyards are great investments in the North...
  • Red wine may help impede cancer

    (UPI) -- Derivatives of resveratrol -- found in red wine grapes -- may impede cancer cell development, U.S. researchers said. The National Cancer Institute has teamed with a biotech firm to examine the potential benefit of resveratrol among cancer patients. Dr. Bryan C. Donohue of the Universi...
  • US government plans action on 'Red Bicyclette' affair

    US wine importers could face government action as the fall-out from the fake 'Red Bicyclette' Pinot Noir scandal in the Languedoc continues. Regulatory body the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), part of the US Treasury, is continuing its investigations into the issue, and has been i...
  • Vibrant Rioja Campaign Launches Integrated Trade Program

    /PRNewswire/ -- In a move that signifies a growing commitment to the U.S. marketplace, the Vibrant Rioja marketing campaign announced today the launch of a multi-million dollar trade program to support national sales at all levels. "Twenty years ago, less than twenty bodegas imported Rioja wines ...
  • Facebook campaign forces policy change by wine company

    An online campaign by American farmers has forced Australian wine company Yellow Tail to stop supporting animal welfare groups. The farmers called for a boycott on a Facebook page called Yellow Fail, after the company donated $100,000 to the Humane Society. Yellow Tail has now agreed it will n...
  • WINE....

    As if French winemakers didn't have enough problems. An economic slump is slashing sales and they're facing ever-tougher competition from New World winemakers, who have greater freedom to design their wines to suit a fickle public. Now they have to grapple with climate change, which threatens to re...

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