Wine Industry News
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AN investigation has been launched into a batch of potentially harmful fake wine found on sale in Edinburgh. Stores across the Capital are being checked after officers found counterfeit bottles on sale in a store in Leith. Tests are being carried out to determine whether the substance could be h... -
HARRISBURG - The state Liquor Control Board's one-year experiment with wine kiosks may soon be coming to an end at a supermarket near you. The LCB claims the Conshohocken-based contractor that provided the kiosks owes the state nearly $1 million. The contractor disputes this. But the liquor bo...US: LCB's wine kiosk experiment may be ending
August, 05, 2011 -
Drinking just one 4cl measure of spirits can increase the risk of an acute attack of pancreatitis, but wine or beer does not appear to have the same effect, according to researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. To come to the conclusion, the researchers followed 84,601 people from 46 t...Drinking spirits ups risk of acute pancreatitis, but wine or beer does not
August, 05, 2011 -
Seattle, Wash.—Summer has finally hit the Northwest, but closure of Washington’s state tourism office threatens to leave travel planning in limbo and wine-oriented destinations scrambling to raise their profiles. Best estimates put the number of visitors to Washington state wineries in excess of...US: Washington Wineries Pick Up the Tab
August, 04, 2011 -
While gold is seen as the traditional safe haven investment in uncertain times there is a commodity that has performed even better over the past two decades fine wine. The Bermuda-based Wine Investment Fund (WIF) has produced a report indicating that between 1993 and the start of this year, fine wi...WIF report shows wine has outperformed gold
August, 04, 2011 -
Chile’s pioneering Undurraga family has been in the wine business since Francisco Undurraga planted his first vines in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in 1885. By the 1980s, it was one of Chile’s biggest producers and most popular exporters to the United States. By 2005 it was making 1.5 mi...Chile’s Undurraga family back in wine business
August, 04, 2011 -
South Dakota's wine industry continues to grow. Since the first vineyard opened nearly 15 years ago, South Dakota growers have produced over one-million bottles of wine. And it doesn't appear the industry is slowing down anytime soon. Strawbale Winery may not be the largest, but is one of ol...US: Growing Wine Industry In SD
August, 04, 2011 -
Billionaire Stewart Resnick, owner of California citrus and pistachio farms and brands including Fiji Water, bought Sonoma Valley’s Landmark Vineyards as deals for premium-wine properties rebound. Resnick may double production of Landmark’s highly regarded chardonnay “over a period of time, c...Fiji Water Billionaire Resnick Buys Sonoma Winery as Vineyard Sales Climb
August, 03, 2011

