March, 31, 2011 US: Roll out the barrel to keep wine fresh

Selling wine by the glass is hot, but half-empty bottles left over are not. This has prompted restaurants and bars to explore new delivery systems, including sophisticated preservation devices and kegs that keep wine on tap. One of the latest variations on the theme has a back-to-the-future aspec...

March, 31, 2011 US: Maryland Direct Shipping Bill Permit Fee Could Impact Small Wineries

High permit fee in amended bill will be “beyond the expectations of smaller wineries,” according to president of the Maryland Winery Association. A bill now on its way to the Governor’s desk allowing wine to be shipped directly to consumers, includes a permit fee that could impact smaller wine...

March, 31, 2011 UK: 400 JOBS IN DANGER AT ODDBINS

UP to 400 off-licence jobs are at risk as struggling wine retailer Oddbins is set to go into administration. The chain desperately tried to restructure its debts via a company voluntary arrangement. But HM Revenue and Customs, which is owed £8.6million by Oddbins, did not think it was “viab...

March, 31, 2011 US: TTB to Wineries: Help Us Help You

Washington, D.C.—Since Jan. 1, 2011, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has received 37,960 applications for label approvals. Of these, 31,032 were for wine labels. “By comparison, for the same period last year, we received 32,117 label applications, of which 26,763 were for wine...

March, 31, 2011 US: Michigan State's wine industry growing more fruitful

Special April events celebrate Michigan Wine Month. The alarm clock is buzzing, as Michigan wineries wake up from a long winter's snooze. Now through May, workers will be pruning and tying vines in the vineyards, cranking up the bottling line for the 2010 whites and dusting off the tasting counters....

March, 30, 2011 US: Washington Wines Seek Identity

Washington state is moving in the right direction when it comes to delivering good-value wine, but it’s hobbled by lower cost versions of some hot varieties from producers around the world. A panel of distributors, retailers and restaurateurs kicked off Taste Washington! at the Bell Harbor Interna...

March, 30, 2011 Does my after-work drink raise my risk of cancer?

(KSDK) - It may be one of the ways you choose to unwind at the end of the day.But could your daily glass of wine or beer after work raise your risk of cancer? "Alcohol causes cancer by acting on the DNA, genetic material in cells," says Dr. Graham Colditz, a cancer researcher at Siteman Cancer Cente...

March, 30, 2011 AUS: Treasury unveils Branding Road Map

Treasury Wine Estates has used the ProWein 2011 exhibition to explain its new branding strategy as a dedicated wine company ahead of the proposed demerger from Foster's in coming weeks. The message from the Treasury Wine Estates executives was that the business was not Foster's with a new logo. ...