Wine Industry News

  • Texas: Pheasant Ridge Winery Sold at Auction

    (Wines&Vines) - Pheasant Ridge Winery in Lubbock fetched a total of $709,682 at auction early this afternoon. There were 14 registered bidders among the 50-plus people who attended the auction, conducted by the auction house Williams & Williams, at the winery facility in the Texas High Plai...
  • Wine press: Top 10 wine commercials ever made

    (MassLive) - Blame television. Or more to the point, blame television ads. In commercial after commercial, for years and years, television ads created an elitist aura around wine that simply won't go away. You need to live in a castle or wear a cravat to drink wine. You need to enunciate your wor...
  • AUS: Treasury Wine being sued by shareholders

    (SMH) - Treasury Wine Estates' (TWE) shareholders have begun legal action against the global winemaker and distributor for allegedly breaching disclosure obligations over writedowns. The class action is being led by Melbourne City Investments and involves an unspecified number of shareholders. Th...
  • Sparkling wine gains recognition in China

    (TheDrinksBusiness) - Champagne’s innovative marketing strategies, and its link with fashion, luxury and celebrities, are helping to build a high-end image in China and attract more consumers. According to Chinanews.com, China’s Customs Bureau reported that more than two million bott...
  • The Widow Who Created the Champagne Industry

    (Smithsonianmag) - Highlighted by its distinctive gold-yellow label, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne is hard to ignore. In 2012, it was the second highest selling brand of champagne in the world, with 1,474,000 nine-liter cases sold worldwide. But Veuve Clicquot wasn’t always so successf...
  • Pressing Data Into Great Wine Brands

    (Forbes) -“Understand the customer” has been a mantra of business for seemingly decades, but it has fallen short for much longer than we realize.  In prior decades, companies focused on understanding an entire demographic or psychographic of people at a time because the cost to foc...
  • Tributes pour in after chef Charlie Trotter dies

    (Decanter) - Friends and former colleagues from across the food and wine world have been paying tribute to Charlie Trotter, one of the most revered chefs in the US, who died suddenly this week. Charlie Trotter died earlier today (5 November) at the age of 54. Local news reports said he was disco...
  • Accolade buys top NZ labels

    (WBM) - Accolade Wines has reached an agreement to buy leading New Zealand brands Mud House and Waipara Hills from prominent New Zealand winemaker, the Mud House Wine Group. The deal, which is subject to approval by New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office, also delivers control of the Waipa...

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