Wine Industry News
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(Forbes) - True packaging innovation is not easy to come by, especially when consumers, for hundreds of years, have been conditioned to view quality in a certain set way. Disrupting that way of thinking and transforming an entire market is exactly what Constellation Brands did with Black Box premium... -
(HindustanTimes) - China has officially allowed dose of tiger body parts - traditionally part of Chinese medicines - through an intoxicant - wine. Selling of Chinese medicines derived from tiger bones has been banned there but not the "tiger tonic wine". The basic wine is made through traditiona...China's new favourite - tiger tonic wine
February, 26, 2013 -
(TheDrinksBusiness) - Amnesty International claims that a Moroccan magazine editor is facing at least one-year in prison after running a story alleging that a senior government official spent public money on a Champagne dinner. Youssef JajiliThe editor has been charged with disseminating false in...Morocco: Editor facing jail over Champagne story
February, 26, 2013 -
/PRNewswire/ -- Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. ("Crimson") announced today that its spin-off from Leucadia National Corporation ("Leucadia") had been completed. Crimson, which held all of Leucadia's wine operations, was distributed to Leucadia's shareholders through a pro rata dividend of all of the sha...CRIMSON WINE GROUP, LTD. COMPLETES SPIN-OFF FROM LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
February, 26, 2013 -
(Decanter) - Chateau Monbousquet owners Gerard and Chantal Perse sign 'alliance' with pensions firm. A French pensions company has acquired an interest in Chateau Monbousquet in Saint Emilion, as part of a succession plan devised by owners Gerard and Chantal Perse. The company, which remains anon...France: Gerard Perse sells Chateau Monbousquet stake to pension firm
February, 26, 2013 -
(TheIndyChannel) - Wine is big business in Indiana, with more Hoosiers enjoying a little red, white and rose in their everyday lives. Experts say the growth in the popularity of wine is part of the foodie movement that is taking hold in Indiana. "Wine consumption across the Midwest and especia...Indiana wine businesses, consumption grow as popularity increases
February, 25, 2013 -
(SMH) - The Australian government's leading wine industry marketing authority will conduct a major new research project into the British online wine market with the aim of helping local winemakers grab a greater slice of the growing web retail channel as the high Australian dollar and cheap wine fro...AUS: Project aims to boost outlook for winemakers
February, 25, 2013 -
(HuffingtonPost) - Although I am a long-time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (since 1972, when my production of Lady Sings the Blues received five nominations), I chose to spend Oscar night Sunday comfortably ensconced in my warm bedroom watching the show while wining-and-d...Oscar's Wines -- a Sterling Selection! And Montblanc's UNICEF Event!
February, 25, 2013

