January, 15, 2012 NZ: Low-alcohol wine making strong gains

(NZHerald) - A local wine label is gaining strong sales growth from its low-alcohol sauvignon blanc, with output expected to hit the 60,000 bottle mark this year. Auckland-based Invivo Wines launched Bella by Invivo in 2010, and the first vintage - made up of 6000 bottles - quickly sold out, says...

January, 15, 2012 Pricey counterfeit labels proliferate as China wine market booms

(LATimes) - Reporting from Beijing— The lamb chops were cooked to perfection. Fine wines flowed. Then came the piece de resistance: a 1997 Chateau Petrus Pomerol that can fetch about $2,000 a bottle. Wine consultant Frankie Zhao was dining with a group of well-to-do Chinese businessmen at an ex...

January, 15, 2012 Sotheby's wine auction 'disappoints

(AFP) - Sotheby's hotly anticipated first wine auction of the year fetched HK$44 million ($5.6 million), falling short of its HK$50-70 million estimate, the auctioneer said in a statement. The sale -- called Finest and Rarest Wines -- trailed 983 lots including the Bordeaux Winebank Collection, but...

January, 14, 2012 AUS: Wine trade secrets

(ABC) - Tasmanian wine producers hope a three year study will help them add value to the state's globally renowned sparkling wine and pinot noir. The industry has spent $1.8 million from producers and the federal government to improve the quality of the wine. It is unveiling the results at thi...

January, 13, 2012 Red Wine Researcher Accused of Falsifying Data

(SciTechToday) - Dr. Dipak Das is coming under fire, accused of falsifying his data in studies of resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine that has shown potential for promoting health. But don't worry, that glass of Cabernet is still good: Experts say the allegations don't affect previous research t...

January, 12, 2012 France: Yannick Evenou buys Chateau Réaut via Facebook share offer

Part of a 12-strong consortium, Evenou bought the 26ha Chateau Réaut (formerly Chateau Réaut la Gravière) in Cotes de Bordeaux from Champagne Roederer. The deal was completed via the creation of a property sharing group or GFA (Groupe Foncier Agricole), with 400 members of the public taking shar...

January, 12, 2012 China: A domestic wine industry starts to take root

(LATimes) - A few months before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I read a blog post by an Atlantic Monthly correspondent about Chinese wine. Chinese what? I grew up outside New York City, where I ate hundreds of pounds of lo mein and pork-fried rice but didn't see, taste or hear of Chinese wine. Even wh...

January, 12, 2012 China overtakes UK to become fifth largest wine-consuming nation: Vinexpo

(Decanter) - Results from the annual study by The International Wine & Spirit Research (IWSR) show that between 2009 and 2010 consumption of still, light and sparkling wines grew by 33.4% in China (and Hong Kong included), leading to a total of 156.19m 9-litre bottles being consumed in 2011, knocki...