Wine Industry News
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(Teatronaturale) - Mechanization reduces expenses but doesn’t normally provide the operational flexibility which is required by climate changes for the safeguard of quantity and quality. Never like this year has the vine defoliation been so important. Defoliation is a very delicate practice since... -
(EnvironmentalLeader) - The Parducci, Caymus, Conundrum, Alpha Omega and Rombauer wineries are applying innovative methods to treat their wastewater, according to a San Francisco Chronicle article. According to Sheldon Sapoznik, Napa County’s land use development supervisor, wastewater in the w...US: Wineries Innovate to Re-use Wastewater
October, 03, 2011 -
(Teatronaturale) - The employment of dregs has always been very discussed in enology, mainly for the intrinsic difficulties of the process. But today there are alternatives.Most probably some wine enthusiasts are turning their nose up at discussing about the use of dregs; but they are becoming more ...The use of dregs in winemaking and some possible alternatives
October, 03, 2011 -
(ChicagoTribune) - Fortune Brands is coming into sharper focus by dividing its interests. At midnight, the Deerfield-based conglomerate will split its remaining businesses into two publicly traded companies, one focusing on liquor and the other on home and security products. For each share of For...Fortune Brands aims to divide, conquer
October, 03, 2011 -
(Bloomberg) -- Beam Inc., the newly constituted maker of Jim Beam bourbon, has decided to chase women. Having spent 216 years catering to guy’s guys -- tattooed singer Kid Rock is a pitchman -- Beam is touting Courvoisier cognac infused with red wine, tart Pucker vodka and low-calorie Skinnygir...Jim Beam Maker Chases Women With Skinnygirl Cocktails: Retail
October, 03, 2011 -
(Reuters) - Sotheby's has failed to sell out its wines at an auction in Hong Kong for the first time since it launched wine sales in the city in 2009 to tap apparently insatiable demand for luxury products from Asia, particularly China. The auction house sold all 504 lots on Saturday, but finishe...Sotheby's wine auction tests China's luxury demand
October, 03, 2011 -
(SFGate) - "Conserve water, drink wine," quips a common bumper sticker. If only that were true. Making a gallon of California wine, by various estimates, requires anywhere from a few dozen gallons of water to a few hundred. Most of that water goes toward irrigation. But some goes to the winery...US: Winery wastewater becomes fruit of their labor
October, 02, 2011 -
(TheProvince) - British Columbians should be able to bring home wine from a visit to Ontario’s Niagara grape-growing region and vice versa, says a B.C. MP. Dan Albas, Conservative MP for Okanagan-Coquihalla, plans to introduce a private member’s bill on Monday in the House of Commons that wou...Canada: B.C. MP hopes to let wine pour across provincial borders
October, 02, 2011

