December, 19, 2011 US: Foppiano heirs in bitter fight over Healdsburg winery's future

(Pressdemocrat) - Heirs to one of California's oldest wine families are battling for control in a bitter power struggle that recalls the epic clashes among the Mondavis and Sebastianis. Louis M. Foppiano, 64, chairman of his family's 115-year-old winery and vineyards in Healdsburg, is being sued by ...

December, 19, 2011 US: Gallo Winery Gets AVA Expansion

(Wines&Vines) - All it took was “Money and time,” said winemaker Merry Edwards, describing the denouement of her lengthy and ultimately unsuccessful fight to prevent expansion of the Russian River Valley viticultural area. “I didn’t call you back before because it was too depressing.” Afte...

December, 19, 2011 US: BV Coastal Estates Wines Launches National Program to Benefit American Hunger Relief

(PRNewswire) - Beaulieu Vineyard (BV), the great American winery in the heart of the Napa Valley, announced a long term project to benefit hunger relief efforts in America. BV Coastal Estate Wines began the program this fall with donations to help provide more than 1,000,000 meals to 12 national and...

December, 19, 2011 What Rising Temperatures May Mean for World’s Wine Industry

(E360Yale) - Warming temperatures associated with climate change are already affecting vineyards from France to Chile, often in beneficial ways. But as the world continues to warm, some traditional winemaking regions are scrambling to adapt, while other areas see themselves as new wine frontiers. ...

December, 19, 2011 Sotheby's 2011 wine sales bring $85.5 million

(Artdaily) - Sotheby’s Wine auctions in 2011 brought an overall global total of US$85,467,096; this is almost equal to last year’s figure of $88.27 million. The 2011 figure is the second highest in the company’s forty-one years of wine auctions. This year, 23 wine auctions were held worldwide,...

December, 19, 2011 LCB partners Hong Kong Wine Exchange

(Logisticsmanager) - Hong Kong Wine Exchange has appointed London City Bond to provide specialist storage services to the exchange’s collectors and investors from its warehouses in Tilbury and its Vinotheque operation in Staffordshire. LCB is now one of only three suppliers outside of Hong Kong...

December, 19, 2011 AUS: Study pinpoints smoke taint chemicals

(Thedrinksbusiness) - Scientists have identified more than 20 chemicals that make smoke-tainted wine taste like disinfectant and other unpleasant flavours. The AU$4 million research project aims to limit the damage to the wine industry caused by smoke. Researchers at the Victorian Department of P...

December, 19, 2011 US: New AVA approved

(Decanter) - The US government last week approved a new American Viticultural Area - Coombsville in Napa County, California. The new 11,075-acre (4,484ha) Coombsville appellation east of the City of Napa becomes the 16th AVA in Napa County. Long known as an ideal spot for growing grapes, today so...