July, 27, 2012 Drink: Booming Texas Craft Beer Industry Generates $608 Million in 2011

(Austinist) - A report released this week by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild (TCBG) shows small Texas beer is making a big economic impact. According to the study, the rapidly growing Texas craft brewery industry injected over $608 million into the state economy in 2011 alone. Along with highlighting...

July, 27, 2012 NZ’S SMALLER REGIONS CAPITALISE ON MARLBOROUGH SLUMP

(TheDrinksBusiness) - The small 2012 harvest in New Zealand is a chance for smaller regions to gain ground on Marlborough. Although production fell by 23% in some of the larger regions such as Marlborough in 2012, smaller regions such as Central Otago, Gisborne and Waipara saw an increase on 2011. ...

July, 26, 2012 Can one business showcase bring in £1bn to UK plc?

(Channel4) - As UK politicians wine and dine a gold-plated guest list from the world of business at a pre-Olympic trade summit, Channel 4 News asks how likely it is to boost the British economy by £1bn. The final bill for staging international sport's most prestigious event is already set to hit £...

July, 26, 2012 US: Vintage Wine Estates Purchases the Weibel Winery Production Facility in Hopland

/PRNewswire/ - Vintner, Pat Roney, announced today that Vintage Wine Estates has successfully purchased the facility and 24 acres of vineyards from Weibel. "This winery will allow us to continue our expansion plans and will help us transition from the Grove Street Winery in Healdsburg that we have o...

July, 26, 2012 Treasury seeks to upgrade US, Asia operations

(Decanter) - A year after splitting from Foster's, Treasury Wine Estates' new chairman has confirmed the company’s strategy to focus on upgrading its business in Asia and the United States. Treasury Wine Estates was formed in May 2011 when Foster’s completed the spin-off of its wine division, a ...

July, 26, 2012 US: Mendocino Vintner-Grower Group Forming

(Wines&Vines) - As soon as next week, a new association to promote the Mendocino County wine industry may hit the Internet. So far, 2012 has been a contentious year for Mendocino County, notably because an election officially dissolved the Mendocino Winegrape & Wine Commission in June. Most county w...

July, 25, 2012 Scotland: Wine may be exempt from minimum pricing rules

(Decanter) - Plans to set a minimum price for wine in Scotland are coming up against the complex bureaucracy of the European Union's agriculture trade rules. European wine trade body CEEV (Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins) says wine's status as an agricultural product means it is governed by t...

July, 25, 2012 Wine Buzz: Wines marketed by AC/DC run a little short on spark

(SacBee) - "Wine Buzz" focused on screw caps a couple of weeks back, mentioning a UC Davis study that's analyzing their effectiveness, along with referencing a recent line of screw cap wines from the band AC/DC. These two wines, a chardonnay and a cabernet sauvignon, both hail from Australia – AC...