January, 04, 2012 U-Freight Logistics to provide wine storage services in Hong Kong

(MB) - The Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA) has approved U-Freight Logistics' facilities in Hong Kong that would provide commercial wine storage services after a detailed examination and on-site audit. HKQAA has partnered with the industry to develop the HKQAA Wine Storage Management Sy...

January, 02, 2012 Champagne sales surged in 2011, booze headed for 2012 boost

(LATimes) - Ringing in the New Year is hardly about the resolutions -- clearly, booze is the star. And 2012 might be alcohol’s best year in a while. Take Champagne sales. Worldwide, shipments of the bubbly were up 5.2% during the first half of 2011, according to the trade group Comite Interprofes...

January, 02, 2012 Is the secret of passito wine in a gene?

(Teatronaturale) - Many factors contribute to the creation of a great passito wine; among the others there are the grape variety, the terroir, the agronomic treatments and the enological techniques. From today we now even something more It is well known that some wine varieties give their best in m...

January, 02, 2012 Canada: Let the wine flow

(Theglobeandmail) - MPs have reached all-party support on an issue – a rare political feat in Ottawa. This is to be applauded, particularly as it will yield better access to good Canadian wine. Though hard to believe, Canada has a Prohibition-era law that makes it illegal for individuals to take ...

January, 02, 2012 US: N.J. wine producers fight to direct ship bottles out of state

(Courierpostonline) - A trio of kids scoot around the vineyards and country-chic tasting room of Wagonhouse Winery in South Harrison, giving chase to their parents, Dan and Heather Brown, as they tend to grapes on their 11 acres and customers who stop by for a bottle of pinot gris. When Dower, Da...

December, 30, 2011 2011 turns out to be cheerful year for Indian wines

During the year Indian wine received its long due recognition at the international level. While there was excess production in 2011, wine producers were not complaining as sales remain on higher side . After three years of sluggish growth 2011 was in the favour of Indian wines. Over the past three ...

December, 29, 2011 Best of Unfiltered 2011

(Winespectator) - All eyes were on the scantily clad pin-up princesses of the Austrian wine industry and the hunky Sonoma winemaking Bachelorette suitor in 2011, but a looming international wine crime wave demanded attention as well. Five years of intensive research at the Unfiltered Institute for C...

December, 29, 2011 Fight Against Vineyard Foe Near End?

(Wines&Vines) - After a decade of research, millions of dollars and the death of more than a few good vines, the battle against Pierce’s disease and its vector the glassy-winged sharpshooter carries on, but the end may be in sight. Once dreaded as the harbinger of a California winegrape indust...