October, 10, 2011 Mastering wine in Asia gets easier

(Yonhap) - With wine consumption falling in Europe, producers are looking toward Asia as the driver of growth for the wine industry and consumers in the region have been receptive. But while there is plenty of enthusiasm for wine in Asia, consumers and sommelier students continue to struggle to unde...

October, 10, 2011 AUS: Winemakers to reset vines' 'biological clock'

(ABC) - South Burnett winemakers in southern Queensland have hatched a plan to give the region the best grape growing climate in Australia. The president of the South Burnett Wine Industry Association, Jason Kinsella, says the pruning of vines will be put back to later in the year so that the gra...

October, 10, 2011 Russia Ready to Buy Georgian Wine, Georgia Remains Silent

(The FINANCIAL)- After 5 years of an embargo on Georgian wine, Russian sanitary watchdog Rospotrebnadzor says that the main Georgian export products of wine and mineral water may return to the Russian market soon. “Everything depends on the Georgian producers,” said Gennady Onishchenko, Head of ...

October, 09, 2011 US: Wineries Let You Uncork Your Inner Winemaker

(FoxNews) - Harvest season is in full swing in California wine country, and this year’s long winter and untimely rains in the recent forecast have winery workers hustling to get grapes off the vine and into fermentation tanks. But inside the spacious AVA Room of Napa Valley’s Conn Creek Winer...

October, 09, 2011 US: Some Napa Valley wineries welcome all in the family

(MercuryNews) - You might think kids would be about as welcome at a winery as cork taint. But happily for those who didn't lose their palates when they became parents, there are wineries that welcome all in the family. Want to tour a castle, picnic under the trees or take a quick dip in a pool? T...

October, 09, 2011 US: Liquor distributors feeling bottled up by I-1183

(SeattleTimes) - Liquor and wine distributors have contributed millions to fight an initiative that would privatize the liquor business.Television ads opposing a voter initiative that would privatize the state's liquor business say it would threaten public safety and raise taxes. But the people w...

October, 09, 2011 India's wine boom going bust?

(GlobalPost) - How do you make a million dollars in the wine business? Start out with a billion. Unfortunately, nobody told Indian farmers that old saw, and now it looks like India's wine boom has gone bust. Barely three years after the grape-growing region of Maharashtra went wine crazy -- e...

October, 08, 2011 French Wine Production to Rise as Weather Curbs Mold

(Bloomberg) - France’s wine production may rise to a five-year high after August rain that filled grapes was followed by dry September weather that limited damage from gray mold fungus, the Agriculture Ministry said. The volume of wine produced this year may jump 11 percent to 50.2 million hect...