February, 16, 2012 Consumers across three continents prefer lower alcohol wines: Prowein

(Decanter) - The alcohol content of wine is the major priority of wine drinkers across three continents, new research shows.In research commissioned by German wine trade fair Prowein, analysts Wine Intelligence canvassed 1000 regular wine drinkers in the US, China, Germany and the UK. Significant...

February, 16, 2012 Gary Vaynerchuk Joins Advisory Board For HubSpot

(Forbes) - Gary Vaynerchuk, best known as co-founder of Vaynermedia and author of “Crush It” and “The Thank-You Economy”, has joined HubSpot’s advisory board. HubSpot, which pioneered the concept of inbound marketing, provides an all-in-one marketing software platform that the company clai...

February, 16, 2012 Moët-Hennessy to produce red wine in China

(AFP) - Champagne maker Moët-Hennessy has invested in a vineyard in the mountains of China that will produce red wine for the domestic Chinese market. According to a report published February 14 in French business magazine Challenges.fr, luxury brand LVMH has signed an agreement with a major alc...

February, 16, 2012 Scientists Figure Out How Red Wine Keeps You Young

(Riverfronttimes) - The glory days of Mad Men, when doctors prescribed regular cigarette smoking and judiciously-administered (daily) glasses of alcohol, are, sadly, long gone -- except for red wine, that miracle drink that keeps us young and healthy while also getting us drunk. Good Lord how we lov...

February, 16, 2012 Drew Barrymore Enters the Wine Business

(Hauteliving) - Actress, producer and director Drew Barrymore has taken a small step outside of Hollywood and entered the wine business, and she is now offering her first wine: a Pinot Grigio from Italy. Along with numerous other celebrities who are trying their hand at wine production, including...

February, 16, 2012 2011 U.S. Wine Exports, 90 Percent from California, Reach New Record of $1.4 Billion

/PRNewswire/ - U.S. wine exports, 90% from California, reached a new record of $1.39 billion in winery revenues in 2011, an increase of 21.7% compared to 2010. Volume shipments were up 5.8% to 455.7 million liters or 50.6 million nine-liter cases. "The quality, diversity and value of California w...

February, 15, 2012 Distell Says South African Spirits Market Is Challenging

(Bloomberg) -- Distell Group Ltd., South Africa’s biggest wine and spirit producer, said the South African market is “challenging” because of competition from lower-cost drinks such as beer. “The consumer in general continues to buy down,” Managing Director Jan Scannell said in a phone ...

February, 15, 2012 Amcor to add corks to its PET wine bottles

(Plasticstoday) - Amcor Rigid Plastics seeks to put a cork in its PET wine bottles. The producer of plastic packaging is developing PET bottles with both synthetic and natural corks. "Both types of corks are commonly used in the wine industry," Yi Jiang, market development manager for Amcor, told...