Wine Industry News
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A new wine that targets women through its perfume-like packaging has been singled out by Datamonitor’s Product Launch Analytics team as its Innovation of the Week. PLA continually conducts a global search to find what it deems to be the most inventive food and drink products. “While perfume-... -
Austria—While sitting in a café in this famously atmospheric city, sluicing down a pleasant Austrian red wine (a Zweigelt, if you must know), I couldn't help but ponder a question that has plagued American wine lovers for decades: Are European wines superior? Now, before you get all huffy and ...Are European Wines Superior?
June, 08, 2011 -
This is the second in an occasional series on how business owners are succeeding and struggling with their technology needs. The business: Cannonball Wine (the name will be changing to Cannonball Winery), based in Healdsburg, Calif., is a five-person virtual winemaker. Rather than owning vineyard...The Tech Audit: A Virtual Winery’s I.T. Challenges
June, 08, 2011 -
Vinexpo chief Robert Beynat is planning a return to the United States for the trade fair, after more than six years away. The last time Vinexpo was in America was Chicago in 2004, an event which attracted 25% less than the New York Vinexpo two years before. At the time, France’s standing in the...Vinexpo 'will return' to America
June, 07, 2011 -
Bordeaux is France's largest fine wine region in both production and vineyard acreage (300,000 acres). - The Bordeaux region is made up of five main districts : Medoc, St Emilion, Pomerol, Graves, and Sauternes. - The Bordeaux region produces approximately 60 million to 70 million cases of win...Bordeaux wine: factbox
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(AFP) - One of the world's most influential wine critics is alarmed by the high price of Bordeaux wine, saying the region risks hurting itself by focusing so much on the East Asian market. "Bordeaux is the epicenter of the greatest wines," Robert Parker said in an interview with AFP. "I hate to s...US wine critic finds Bordeaux prices hard to swallow
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The Wine Group is set to handle the distribution of Clever Imports' portfolio, including the Chocovine brand, in the US. The California-based company said late last week that its Annuity Brands sales unit will take over the distribution of ChocoVine with immediate effect. Specific terms of the ag...US: Clever Imports plumps for The Wine Group for Chocovine
June, 07, 2011 -
(AFP) – In 2007, urban regeneration specialist Richard Sharp was on holiday in France and became fascinated with the "community spirit" of French villages during the harvest, wondering whether the same could be achieved in Britain. "A lot of people have vines (in London) but don't know what to ...UK: 'Chateau London' offers urban home-grown wine
June, 07, 2011

