April, 02, 2012 US: Cider makers tout growth at wine event

(YakimaHerald) - In one corner of the Northwest's largest wine tasting event, a handful of hard cider makers peddled potions fermented from Washington apples, pears, cherries and apricots. No grapes? No problem for tasters. Wine connoisseurs and cider buffs alike could expect to see more such pro...

April, 02, 2012 Craft Wine : What the Wine Industry Can Learn from Craft Beer

(PalatePress) - The wine market is crowded. There are thousands of wineries jumping up and down screaming, ‘ME, ME, ME!!!’, all trying to tell a story about what makes them different. It’s a story that wine buyers and potential customers are getting bored of. It is not the top tier of produ...

April, 01, 2012 US: North country wineries create ‘industrial cluster’ that’s ripe for growth

(WatertownDailyTimes) - There is a promising trend in economic development in Northern New York, and it tastes great. After years of trying to create industry clusters around papermaking or other manufacturing operations, our local winery industry appears to be developing as a classic industrial clu...

April, 01, 2012 Wine-O Adviser | Heard about the new Parker wine-rating system?

(SeattleTimes) - MANY OF YOU, like me, have long followed the reviews of Robert Parker, arguably the most influential wine writer in the world. Parker's success has been built upon his 100-point rating scale, in which wines from around the world are given point scores as well as written descriptions...

April, 01, 2012 US: State budget contains golden opportunity for Finger Lakes wine industry

(Syracuse) - The recently passed New York state budget brought some great news for Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, which will benefit from a $3.3 million grant to open a Viticulture Center in Geneva as the newest element to the college's Viticulture and Wine Technology program. A l...

April, 01, 2012 Pouring New Life Into Light Beer, a $50 Billion Market

(WashingtonPost) - At a beer industry summit last month, Ed McBrien, distribution chief for MillerCoors, compared himself to a typewriter salesman in an iPad age. McBrien was sketching plans to resurrect light beer, a $50 billion market battling to stay relevant as makers of craft beer, wine and spi...

March, 31, 2012 How the EU Plans to Solve the UK’s Alcohol Crisis

(Iaindale) - The UK wine industry has been struggling for decades to find a way to communicate its products to consumers. 70% of wine is sold in supermarkets and the good shoppers of Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda and Morrison’s can’t tell one Aussie Chardonnay from another, have no idea if Falanghina i...

March, 31, 2012 US looks to expand agriculture exports to China

(BusinessWeek) - China's fast-growing economy is helping to drive demand for U.S. agricultural products, offering a potential new market for American corn, wine and other goods, a U.S. official said Friday. Michael Scuse, an acting undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said that w...