Wine Industry News
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(TDB) - The trial of alleged wine fraudster, Rudy Kurniawan, took another strange turn last week when one of the Indonesian national’s own expert witnesses said that 80% of the wine seized by police in his house was fake. Speaking at a pretrial hearing in New York last week, the opinion was ... -
(Decanter) - More than three quarters of Bordeaux en primeur buyers surveyed are concerned about being priced out of the market, according a new Decanter consumer report on the annual wine futures sale. The Decanter Bordeaux En Primeur Report - the first of its kind to focus solely on consumer att...Bordeaux en primeur buyers fear being priced out: Decanter report
December, 09, 2013 -
(WSJ) - THE DREAM OF owning a winery is one that many may harbor but few are actually able to fulfill. The expense is considerable and the odds of success are incredibly long. Yet the list of actors and athletes, financiers and film directors who aspire to see their name on a label simply goe...So You Want to Buy a Vineyard
December, 07, 2013 -
(Parade) - With the death of Nelson Mandela yesterday, I started thinking about the legacy that he left behind beyond the political. While a world mourns, so does his family. I was fortunate enough to meet his granddaughter Tukwini Mandela last month at the Caribbean Wine and Food Festival in Turk...Nelson Mandela's Granddaughter Tukwini Mandela on the Family Legacy in Wine and Wardrobe
December, 07, 2013 -
(Aljazeera) - When news of a pending global wine shortage made headlines last month, wine lovers around the world feared they might not be able to find their Loire whites and Rioja reds as easily as they can now. Supply was forecast to fall as demand continued to rise, taking wine prices with it. ...From the Loire to Tuscany to Napa to ... Missouri?
December, 06, 2013 -
(Forbes) - Imagine you’re a wine producer in Portugal. You’ve come across a supply of 150-year-old Port wine. You choose to export this unique product to Asia, where demand is high for niche, luxury goods. You bottle a very limited quantity and export it via your enthusiastic buyer in C...How Does Wine Affect My Esophagus? Insights On Marketing In China
December, 06, 2013 -
(DD) - UC Davis researchers offers evidence that grapes and the wines they produce are also the product of an unseen but fairly predictable microbial terroir, itself shaped by the climate and geography of the region, vineyard and even individual vine. Results from DNA sequencing revealed that ther...UC Davis study: Grape vine microbes make wine all that much finer for drinking
December, 06, 2013 -
(Wines&Vines) - They may have lost the battle, but the fight continues on Red Mountain as California wineries remain scouting properties in the wake of a hotly contested land auction. Aquilini Investment Group’s surprise purchase of 670 acres on the venerable mountain, including 519 ac...Napa Wineries Still Scouting Red Mountain
December, 06, 2013

