May, 18, 2011 Canada: Wine Package Rules Box-In B.C. Vintners

British Columbia wines bearing the VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance) designation must be sold in glass bottles. The VQA industry standard is applied to wines made entirely from B.C. grapes that meet specific criteria of composition and quality. “All BC VQA wines must be bottled in glass bottles of a...

May, 18, 2011 UK: Baile buys back Oddbins branches

Simon Baile, the former owner of Oddbins, has prompted a flurry of negative comment after buying five of his shops back from administrators Deloitte. Three of the sites are in London - Canonbury, East Sheen and Farringdon Street, one is in Surbiton and the fifth in Summertown, Oxford Oddbins went...

May, 18, 2011 France: Bordeaux's 'Guggenheim' unveiled

Bordeaux’s answer to Bilbao’s Guggenheim was revealed this week – drawing comparisons to a decanter, wine swirling in a glass and a ‘giant thumb’. The futuristic Wine Centre, plans for which were unveiled in Bordeaux on Monday, will be designed by Parisian architects X-Tu, with London comp...

May, 18, 2011 Constellation Brands Cuts Foreign Exchange, Commodities Exposure

(Dow Jones)--Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) is trimming down and adjusting its beverage-bottling prices as it tries to cut exposure to volatile currency exchange rates and rising commodity prices. Among the biggest moves the winemaker has made to shield itself from rate swings came earlier this ...

May, 18, 2011 US: Indiana Wine Industry Continues Growth Spurt

The Indiana wine industry continues to grow and another winery will be opening this month. That will make a total of 62 in the state and much of the growth has occurred in the last two years. Marketing director for the Indiana Wine Grape Council, Jeanette Merritt, says chalk the expansion up to a...

May, 17, 2011 Aussies shine at 'Wine Oscars' ...

The International Wine Challenge (IWC) has unveiled its 2011 results at the London International Wine Fair (LIWF) with Australian wines delivering another podium finish. France topped the medal board overall with a total of 1,932 medals, with Australia in second place with 1,070 and Italy third w...

May, 17, 2011 Making wine at the end of the world

(Reuters Life!) - Patagonia, the huge swath of land at the southern tip of South America, is known for its rugged mountains and glaciers but an innovative group of winemakers are hoping to add wine to the list. Santiago Bernasconi, a 38-year-old winemaker at Bodega NQN in Neuquen, Argentina, and ...

May, 17, 2011 US: Napa winery deal signals return of lifestyle buyers

A Southern California couple bought a small Napa winery on Monday, besting other would-be buyers by agreeing to close within 10 days and paying all cash for the $4.7 million property on Silverado Trail near Calistoga.Monday’s deal is the latest indication that so-called lifestyle buyers, who are m...