May, 04, 2012 AUS: Wine industry unfazed by consumption drop

(ABC) - The Western Australian wine industry says south-west growers will get higher prices for produce as oversupply problems improve. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has recorded the first drop in wine consumption in five years, down 0.8 of 1 per cent last financial year. Wines of Western Au...

May, 04, 2012 US: “English-Spanish Dictionary for the Wine Industry” updated, expanded

(NapaValleyRegister) - The Napa-based company Spanish for Business has published a newly updated and expanded edition of the “English-Spanish Dictionary for the Wine Industry.” Author Josefina Adriance has added more than 1,500 words to the new work, including for the first time marketing terms,...

May, 04, 2012 Napa Valley Wine Train: Lack Of Competitive Bids Drove Up Costs

(HuffingtonPost) - The federal government spent an extra $10 million to relocate the tracks of the famed Napa Valley Wine Train tourist attraction here because it didn’t seek competitive bids, according to lawsuit testimony. Two fired executives who worked on the $79.2 million flood control pro...

May, 03, 2012 Wine, cigarettes and lots of sex: Billionaire author who advocates parenting the French way sparks anger from U.S. mothers

(DailyMail) - A billionaire philosopher has endorsed a parenting technique that allows generous time for smoking, drinking wine and having sex. Elisabeth Badinter, a 68-year-old mother of three who is the 13th richest French citizen according to Forbes, has published a book about parenting the Fr...

May, 03, 2012 SA Wine Industry's Planned Ethical Seal, Arguably A World-First

(TizWine) - Labour and producers in South Africa's wine industry are united in their backing of a programme to fast-track the implementation of fair labour practices on wine farms and in cellars. The plan is to do so under the aegis of the Wine and Agricultural Industry Ethical Trade Association ...

May, 03, 2012 French vintners getting hip to wine label confusion

(TheGlobeandMail) - Do you find French wine labels confusing? Hard to pronounce? Many ailing producers are sensitive to your plight, convinced that tradition, the rock on which the glorious French industry is based, has become a bit of a millstone. Hence we’re seeing helpful words like “merlot�...

May, 03, 2012 US: Easter Boosts Wine Sales 11%

(Wines&Vines) - Off-premise sales of domestic table wine shot up 11% in April over last year, largely due to a very positive Easter holiday. This high growth rate in the four-week period ending April 15 also lifted the 52-week growth rate to 8%, according to Wines & Vines’ analysis of Symphony IRI...

May, 03, 2012 France: Chateau Montus suffers 50% hail damage, Bordeaux flooding

(Decanter) - Chateau Montus, one of the leading chateaux in the Madiran appellation, was severely struck by hail on Sunday evening - while Bordeaux suffered rainfall two-and-a-half times the average. Hailstones of up to 1.5 centimeters in diameter pelted the communes of Castelnau-Rivière-Basse and ...