February, 13, 2012 UK: 'eBay for wine' drives bumper internet sales for Berry Bros

(Decanter) - London wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd is celebrating a £25m bumper year for internet sales – with social media playing an increasingly important role in the company's business. Berrys’ web-based sales topped £25m during 2011, up 72% on 2010 as the company reaped the rewards from ...

February, 13, 2012 France: Wilmers buys Haut-Bailly neighbour

(Decanter) - Robert Wilmers, owner of Chateau Haut-Bailly, has bought his immediate neighbour Chateau Le Pape. The seven-hectare Chateau Le Pape (pictured), owned by Patrick Monjanel since 1998, is located on the highest point of the Pessac Leognan appellation. The vineyard is planted to 80% Merl...

February, 13, 2012 Rabobank Outlook for Global Beverage Industry - "Best of Times, Worst of Times"

(PRNewswire) - A new report from Rabobank's global Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory department provides an overview of the five key megatrends which will shape the outlook for the global beverage industry in 2012, and highlights issues which are making this both the "best of times" and "wor...

February, 13, 2012 NZ: Two more vineyards forced to sell

(Stuff) - Two more Awatere Valley vineyards are up for mortgagee and receivership sale, almost 18 months after a still-to-be-sold 128-hectare vineyard was first listed for sale by the receivers of failed wine company Awatere Vineyard Estates. Tetley Brook Vineyard, a 50-hectare sauvignon blanc ho...

February, 13, 2012 US: Napa industrial, retail real estate strengthens

(NBBJ) - Industrial real estate in southern Napa County is enjoying a resurgence of business activity in wine-related businesses, and retail real estate activity is picking up with major properties under construction or being considered for repositioning or redevelopment. Of about 10.5 million sq...

February, 13, 2012 Let’s Take the Fake Romance Out of Wine

(Palatepress) - Quiver in fear, wine lovers: Tomorrow is for chocolate-infused wine and wines with names like Flirt or Je T’Aime (Bitch is for Feb. 15 and after). All holidays have wine and food marketing, and some, like the minor regional Mexican holiday on May 5, seem entirely created by marketi...

February, 13, 2012 NZ: Bulk wine export figures up

(Stuff) - The amount of bulk wine exported by New Zealand wineries increased to about 35 per cent of all exports last year, but the amount of bulk wine flowing out of the country appears to be slowing, New Zealand Winegrowers says. Kiwi wineries exported 168.1 million litres last year, earning $1...

February, 13, 2012 Avoid $2,000 Bottles of Aging Vintages, Go With Younger Wine

(Bloomberg) - Pianist Arthur Rubinstein was fond of telling the story of the wine connoisseur who once invited the composer Johannes Brahms to dinner: “This is the Brahms of my cellar,” said the collector to his guests, filling the master’s glass from a dusty bottle. Brahms looked at the color...