March, 28, 2011 US: Bill would allow wine to be shipped to all Tennessee addresses

NASHVILLE - Wine could be directly shipped to all Tennessee addresses, not just those in cities allowing liquor-by-the-drink sales, under a bill approved 21-7 by the state Senate on Monday. Enactment of the bill - SB1030 - is projected by the Fiscal Review Committee staff to increase wine sales s...

March, 28, 2011 France: Bordeaux 2010 vintage saved by wet winter, cool August

The extraordinary weather patterns of 2010 have contributed to wines that are robust, concentrated and acidic – and 'totally different' to the 2009s, Bordeaux negociant Bill Blatch says. In his comprehensive weather report for 2010, Blatch says the vintage’s saving grace – the high acidity of ...

March, 28, 2011 India: Wine Consumption to touch 14.7 million litres by the end of 2012

According to the ASSOCHAM analysis, the Indian wine market (in value terms) stood at Rs. 800 crore as in 2008 is likely to touch Rs. 2700 crore mark by the end of 2012, based on relevant information supplied to the chamber by various wine producers. Wine consumption in India is likely to reach ar...

March, 28, 2011 AUS: Third of wine region firms flout workplace laws

AT least a third of employers in SA's wine regions are not complying with workplace laws. Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors visited 62 wineries and vineyards in the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale regions last November to scrutinise record-keeping and pay slip practices and found 40 were compliant. ...

March, 28, 2011 Defining Sustainability: A Concept of Varied Means

Two Central Coast vintners walked through a pristine-looking vineyard last fall—it had no cover crop, a usual sign of organic or biodynamic farming—explaining why they use herbicides. “We need to do it to keep our business sustainable,” one said. The other added, “It’s important that we ...

March, 28, 2011 Comeback King Beaujolais Says Adieu to Bad, Fad Nouveau: Wine

Remember those 1970s Beaujolais Nouveau parties held in November at the release of the wine’s harvest? Fortunately, that fad quickly faded and really died in the following decades. Ever since, Beaujolais’s reputation has been so damaged by those unfinished, unaged wines, that even wine lov...

March, 27, 2011 US: Ascentia Wine Estates Comeback Try

One of Sonoma County's largest and most beleaguered wine companies has repositioned itself and is ready for growth, according to its new chief executive officer."I want Ascentia to be Sonoma County's favorite son and shining star," said Mike Kenton, who was hired in January to turn around the 3-year...

March, 27, 2011 US: Whole Foods tests bars selling craft beer and local wine in its stores

Whole Foods is raising the bar.The upscale grocer, as well-known for its sensory-filled shopping as its often-pricey foods, is opening bars that serve craft beer and local wine in more than a dozen stores nationally in a test before a wider roll-out. In the past 18 months, small, locally focused ...