January, 19, 2012 NZ: Japanese buy vineyard

(Stuff) - Overseas interest in Marlborough's wine industry accounted for four out of five applications to buy land approved by the Overseas Investment Office for the region last year. Japanese company The Folium Vineyard (TFV) was allowed to buy 8.42 hectares in Brancott Rd for $2.24 million in M...

January, 19, 2012 US: Gov. Kitzhaber proclaims this May as Oregon Wine Month

(MailTribune) - Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has signed a proclamation designating May 2012 as Oregon Wine Month in recognition of the Oregon wine industry's rapid growth, international reputation for quality and important contribution to the state's economy. Speaking to the annual meeting of the O...

January, 18, 2012 2011 U.S. wine exports reach record levels

(LATimes) - U.S. wine exports hit record levels in 2011, helped by soaring demand from Asia and a weak dollar that made American wines more affordable. Shipments for the first 11 months of 2011 reached $1.23 billion, according to the California Wine Institute. That's up 23% from the same period i...

January, 18, 2012 France: Chopard boss buys Bergerac chateau

(Decanter) - Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-president of the Chopard luxury watch business, has acquired major Bergerac wine estate Chateau Monestier La Tour. Scheufele, a self-professed lover of Château Haut-Brion, opened rare Bordeaux specialist La Galerie des Arts du Vin in Geneva in 1996 and also...

January, 18, 2012 US: Water for Wine: Deadline Looms

(Wines&Vines) - Vineyard owners in Mendocino and Sonoma counties who have in the past diverted water from the Russian River to protect their vines against frost have until Feb. 1 either to draft initial water plans or violate new water regulations. These initial plans will provide the basis of a “...

January, 18, 2012 A brief look at the evolution of winemaking technology

(NewWorldWinemaker) - If you gaze upon these images for a few moments (some might need more time), you will notice a few things. Most significant is that things tend to not only get more colorful towards the end, but also more revealing. Those of you who aren’t too thrilled by the images above mig...

January, 18, 2012 Don't believe all you hear about wine

(USAToday) - In this new year, I thought it might be a worthwhile time to examine some myths about wine that seem to prevail despite a wealth of information to the contrary. The following statements represent persistent myths that we should examine and hopefully ignore in the upcoming year.Myth 1: T...

January, 18, 2012 GOOGLE BLACKS OUT: ‘Censored’ logo goes dark to oppose SOPA/PIPA legislation

(Washingtonpost) - Google regularly makes creative use of its homepage art that it has patented as “Doodles.” Wednesday’s logo, however, is the Internet company’s most powerful visual statement ever. Where the brightly colored letters spelling “Google” normally appear, today the iconi...