Wine Industry News

  • Californian wines: China's latest crush?

    (CNNMoney) - America's wine industry is basking in the glow of becoming China's new best friend. Wealthy individuals, middle-class wine lovers and professional investors from China are snapping up Californian vintages and hunting for vineyards, dealers say. Some top vintages have seen their pri...
  • Hot air balloon explosion in California injures four

    (Reuters) - A hot air balloon exploded after landing in Southern California on Saturday, injuring four people aboard, three of them seriously, authorities said. The hot air balloon landed uneventfully on a dirt road near Temecula and the explosion occurred afterward while the occupants were still ...
  • Hungarian winemaker kills thief with poisoned wine

    (TDB) - A Hungarian winemaker has been sent to prison for murder after he poisoned wine with antifreeze to stop a thief. According to Agence France Presse, the producer from Vacszentlaszlo, 50km east of Budapest, had been plagued by a spate of thefts and was determined to teach the thief, or thi...
  • Accused Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan May Plan Insanity Defense

    (Bloomberg) - Rudy Kurniawan, who is to be tried next month on charges of creating more than $1.3 million in counterfeit wines, may be planning an insanity defense, federal prosecutors said. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason Hernandez and Joseph Facciponti yesterday asked the judge overseeing the cas...
  • Maryland wine industry sees tremendous growth over last decade

    (Heraldmailmedia) - Maryland’s wine industry, while not a powerhouse in the world of vino, has seen tremendous growth over the past decade, and the state has the potential to become a major center of wine production in time, according to experts. But to realize that potential, the state has ...
  • The Rolex of the wine-tasting world

    (MontrealGazette) - Costs more than some Mercedes, but luxury decanter comes with such extras as a making-of video. Thierry Boivin-Fortin’s wine decanter, designed for the elite, weighs nearly 50 pounds and takes four months to fashion by hand from mahogany, Makassar ebony and polished s...
  • Jean-Charles Boisset soaks up winemaking roots

    (SFGate) - One thing you'll never hear about Jean-Charles Boisset is that he's a bore. The trans-Atlantic transplant, who hails from a historic winemaking family in France, is a whirlwind of energy, ideas and enthusiasm. He and his sister, Nathalie, combined the family's holdings in Burgundy to cr...
  • 20 most admired people in North American Wine industry

    (VWM) - You may have noticed that this is not a list of the most “powerful” or “influential” people in the wine business. There have been plenty of those lists over the years, and we didn’t feel we needed to reinvent that wheel. Instead, we thought it would be interest...

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