April, 10, 2012 Global Grapes and Bulk Wine Shortage Could Cause Consumers to Pay Higher Wine Prices

(SBWIRE) - The 2011 California wine grape harvest was lighter and most of the grapes have been picking at lower sugar levels, giving winemakers the opportunity to make more elegant and balanced wines. According to California office of the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service the 2011 grape...

April, 10, 2012 France: Bordeaux looks to China amid slump

(ChinaDaily) - French winemakers in Bordeaux, the world's top wine-producing region, are vying for more Chinese investors, said a senior official with the region's chamber of commerce. "Their investment will create a win-win situation since many chateaus are currently experiencing sluggish busine...

April, 10, 2012 US: Washington state's private-liquor law to change how the wine world operates

(BellinghamHerald) - Change is on the horizon for how and where you buy wine. Remember the passage of Initiative 1183 last fall? The initiative approved the privatization of liquor sales and distribution, and also allowed for discount pricing on wine and spirits. By June 1, all state liquor store...

April, 10, 2012 Bankers Quit Wall Street to Find $50 Million for Wine

(Bloomberg) - Brian Mota didn’t find it easy to give up the familiar turf of private equity for wine investing. Mota, 38, had been evaluating more conventional investment opportunities at WallerSutton Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut, after leaving JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s investment-ban...

April, 09, 2012 Study Finds Carcinogens in Alcoholic Beverages

(WineSpectator) - Substances in wine can cause cancer, but levels are low for moderate drinkers.The heart-healthy benefits of one or two glasses of wine per day are well-established, but a new study finds that alcoholic beverages also contain several different known carcinogens. However, the study i...

April, 09, 2012 Make wine not war! As tensions heighten in the Falklands, Argentinian vineyard sends grapes to English winemakers...

(Dailymail) - Amid the diplomatic sabre-rattling overshadowing the anniversary of the Falkland’s war, there is one area of Anglo-Argentinian relations we can all raise a glass to. British and Argentinean vineyards have responded to the crisis by forming a unique collaboration to ‘make wine no...

April, 09, 2012 Navigating the global markets: Plan on a long-term commitment

(NBBJ) - More wine is moving in and out of this country, which recently grabbed the distinction of being world’s largest wine market away from Europe. U.S. exports, 90 percent from California, last year reached a new record of $1.39 billion in revenue for wineries, an increase of 21.7 percent f...

April, 09, 2012 Malta: Delicata wines investigated over alleged use of Italian grapes in ‘Maltese’ DOK wine

(MaltaToday) - The managing director of wine producer Delicata, George Delicata, is insisting that he knows nothing of an ongoing police investigation into a suspected case of fraud related to DOK wine classification. MaltaToday is informed that the Ministry for Rural Affairs has carried out an a...