September, 19, 2011 Romanee-Conti 1990 Burgundy Sells for Record $297,400 at Hong Kong Auction

(Bloomberg) - A rare case of Romanee-Conti 1990 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Burgundy sold for HK$2.32 million ($297,400) in Hong Kong, a price auction house Acker, Merrall & Condit said set a world saleroom record for that vintage. The wine was sold to a Hong Kong collector bidding by telephone, and...

September, 19, 2011 Screwcap vs. Cork: Which is Greener?

(PalatePress) - This is not your typical cork versus screw cap article. This is the only time I will use the word “oxygen” in this piece. Search for “cork vs. screw cap” and you’ll find plenty of discussions on reduction-oxidation chemistry, an increasing amount of data, and plenty of argu...

September, 18, 2011 AUS: WET dries up the wine industry

(ABC) - The wine equalisation tax or "WET" is a value-based tax system, designed to compensate some grape growers for other tax payments. But it's recently come under the spotlight of producers, some of whom say it's not making Australian wines competitive on the world market. South Australian grow...

September, 18, 2011 UK: Wine producers enjoy a good year helped by climate change, with fine bubbly selling for more than £15

Growing demand for English ‘bubbly’ has resulted in wine production almost doubling in the past year to four million bottles, with more small wineries getting in on the act. Retired solicitor and farmer Charles Humphreys, 73, owns Hazel End Farm near Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, one of ...

September, 18, 2011 Australian wine seeks new markets amid falling sales

(BBCNews) - In the green foothills of the Brokenback mountain range in the Hunter Valley, the first buds of spring have begun to flower, but this is not likely to be a season of great cheer in one of Australia's oldest wine producing regions. New figures show sales of Australian wine have fallen sha...

September, 18, 2011 Experts see red over wine 'myth'

(TheAge) - RED wine's reputation for preventing heart attacks has come under fire from health experts who have declared every drink of alcohol can do you damage. In a campaign to lift public awareness of the health hazards of alcohol, the Alcohol Policy Coalition has challenged the red wine ''myth'...

September, 18, 2011 Dom Joly: Only in France do they run marathons fuelled by wine

(TheIndependent) - Last week I was filming in and around a lovely, hot Bordeaux. On my second day there, after a strenuous day at "wine school" (who knew such a wonderful institution existed?), I came across the Marathon Du Medoc. Why have I never heard of this event before? I normally loathe mar...

September, 17, 2011 Argentine to share winemaking experience with Armenia

(PanArmenian) - Armenian Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan met with Argentinean delegation led by Secretary of Agriculture Lorenzo Basso. At the meeting, Karapetyan stressed the importance of Armenia-Argentine cooperation in the sectors of animal breeding, seed farming and wine-making. The S...