Wine Industry News
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(TheDrinksBusiness) - Seven workers have been killed in Mexico City while cleaning a beer tank at the Grupo Modelo brewery, where Corona beer is brewed. Authorities in Mexico City confirmed that the seven died in the tank and that investigations are underway to find the cause of death. Early report... -
(JancisRobinson) - Franco Biondi Santi, arguably Montalcino’s most iconic producer, has died today at the age of 91. The sad news broke on the second day of Italy’s most important wine fair, the biggest of its kind in the world, Vinitaly. Biondi Santi had been struck by a particularly v...Franco Biondi Santi - The gentleman of Montalcino dies
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(NBBJ) - Assessing the value of a wine investment opportunity is the key to a good purchase. The value of a wine asset exists on many levels. A buyer might begin assessing an investment by considering global economic conditions, the current state of the wine industry, and whether or not a particul...There’s more than price to consider when purchasing a winery asset
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(PRNewswire) - Wine sales in the U.S. from all production sources—California, other U.S. states and foreign countries—increased 2% from the previous year to a new record of 360.1 million 9-liter cases with an estimated retail value of $34.6 billion," according to wine industr...2012 Wine Sales In U.S. Reach New Record: Record California Winegrape Crop To Meet Surging Demand
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(Just-Drinks) - Wine consumption in Italy fell to a record low last year, but exports are at an all-time high, new figures show. Levels in the country last year dropped by 2% year-on-year in 2012, meaning wine consumption in the last decade has dived by 22%, farmer's group Coldiretti said on ...ITALY: Wine consumption hits record low, exports up - figures
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(Forbes) - In a few short years, Hyatt’s upstart Andaz brand has nailed the urban hotel: sociable, sensible, and full of smart luxuries like free minibars and multifunctional furnishings instead of silly ones like gilded taps and bath butlers. Its city outposts combine a maximum of conviviali...Getaway: A Big Gulp Of Cool In California Wine Country: Andaz Napa
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(NVR) - A 19th-century manor at Stags’ Leap Winery will be converted from a bed-and-breakfast to a wine tasting and visitation space as part of a $2 million investment Treasury Wine Estates is putting into the property. The winery, located to the east of Silverado Trail south of Yountville...Napa Valley: Stags’ Leap Winery expansion approved
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(NYTimes) - For more than a decade, wine experts have discussed the impact of climate change on wine grapes, agriculture’s diva, a marquee crop nurtured and pampered around the world. Now scientists are raising a new question: when grapes are transported to new areas, assuming warming weather...Scientists Question Impact as Vineyards Turn Up in New Places
April, 08, 2013

