June, 22, 2011 Global wine sales boom despite crisis: industry

Drinkers worldwide are spending half a trillion dollars a year on wine and spirits, boosting exports from France, Italy, Argentina and even small producers like Brazil, executives at a major industry fair said this week. Experts at the Vinexpo trade fair in Bordeaux, the heart of the French wine ...

June, 22, 2011 UK is no longer number one wine market, says Mentzendorff's Andrew Hawes

The UK wine trade needs to come to terms with the fact it is no longer the number one market for many international wine producers, according to Andrew Hawes, managing director for Mentzendorff. Whilst the UK still remains a vital part of the global wine trade, it can "no longer take as read...

June, 22, 2011 Winemakers to blame for rising alcohols in California

Different viticulture techniques and later picking times – rather than climate change – have caused alcohol levels in Californian wines to rise, according to Christopher Howell, winemaker and general manager at Cain vineyard and winery.Speaking at the Napa Valley Climate Seminar at Vinexpo in Bo...

June, 21, 2011 France: St Emilion classification to go ahead

he legal notification of the classification, which has been in limbo since it was sent to the French Ministry of Agriculture in January 2011, was published in the Journal Officiel on June 16. This means that despite continuing internal wrangling, the classification is indeed going ahead. INAO,...

June, 21, 2011 US: Does Your Vineyard Need a Booster Shot?

St. Helena, Calif.—Rather than crossing their fingers and hoping that the yeasts in their vineyards and cellars will achieve a desirable fermentation, most winemakers inoculate their musts with targeted cultured yeasts. Could inoculating vineyards with selected strains of naturally occurring organ...

June, 21, 2011 US: Kluge, Moses file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

After seeing banks foreclose on their winery, manor home and a luxury housing development, Patricia Kluge and her husband, William Moses, have filed for personal bankruptcy. Last Thursday’s filing in U.S. District Court will place the couple’s assets under Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and und...

June, 21, 2011 Argentina has doubled bulk wine exports to the United States

In the last months of 2010 and first months of 2011, it was reported a considerable increase in the Argentina bulk wine exports to the United States. It came as a relief to local producers whose competitiveness had been swept away by other countries like Spain and Italy, in the major markets of the ...

June, 21, 2011 India--the Next Big Wine Producer?

By night, Rajeev Samant parties at Mumbai clubs with supermodels and Bollywood friends like director Rohan Sippy. By day, he's the restless chief executive officer of India's largest winemaker, Sula Vineyards. We're having lunch in Tulsi, a new Indian restaurant in Manhattan, a quiet backdrop for...