September, 28, 2011 Italians to push food and wine links in Asia

(TheDrinkBusiness) - Vinitaly will push the links between Italian food and wine at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Wine and Spirits Fair in November.Speaking to the drinks business, Stevie Kim, general coordinator of Vinitaly International, said that the Italian lifestyle and cuisine was the...

September, 28, 2011 English wine producers salute 'quality' vintage

(Decanter) - The English wine harvest has started in summer-like temperatures – and producers are delighted with the quality of the crop. After a miserably wet June, a summer that seemed unpromising but was in fact dryer than normal, followed by superb September weather, grapes across the board ar...

September, 27, 2011 Kosovo Wants to be the Next Napa

(TheWorld) - Behajdin Durguti goes vine to vine, as he’s done for the past 30 years, clipping clusters of Riesling grapes and tossing them into a bucket. Customers have come from neighboring Albania, where they use his grapes to make white wine and a potent brandy called Rakia. Durguti has to turn...

September, 27, 2011 US: Floating Solar Panels at Winery

(Care2) - Far Niente winery is one of Napa’s oldest winemakers. Operations began there in 1885. Now it holds another distinction, as one of the few wineries running almost entirely on solar power. Their unique installation of floating solar panels was implemented to conserve precious land for grow...

September, 27, 2011 South African Wineries Deny Accusations of Worker Misery

(WineSpectator) - A disturbing report from the international organization Human Rights Watch has accused South Africa's fruit farms and grapegrowers of subjecting their agricultural workers to inhuman conditions. But members of the wine industry are calling the report a smear job, pointing out that ...

September, 27, 2011 Bordeaux auction to have global appeal: Sotheby's

(Reuters) - Sotheby's in London will sell what it describes as "one of the greatest" private cellars of Bordeaux in a two day sale expected to generate worldwide interest, the auction house said on Tuesday. The collection features prized vintages of the five First Growth Bordeaux wines, including...

September, 27, 2011 New studies confirm health benefits of red wine

(PRESSWIRE) - Two new meta studies published in the Journal Nature, one authored by Dr. David Gems, and the second one by Drs. Auwerx and Canto, examine previous studies of red wine's ability to promote human health and longevity. The compound which is contained in red wine which was the subject ...

September, 27, 2011 AUS: Baillieu uncorks TV campaign to sell wine to China

(TheAustralian) - THE Victorian government has funded a four-part television series on the state's wine industry that will be screened around China to a potential audience of 410 million. The program is designed to underpin a fresh push for the state's food and wine sector into the world biggest ...