March, 07, 2011 US: Wine Has A Connection With Health Of Economy

CBS4) – What does the nation’s taste in wine say about the state of the economy? A lot more than most might think. There’s a connection between what’s bought in local wine shops and the national economy. If that theory is true, what Americans are sipping these days suggests the economy is...

March, 07, 2011 Christie's Hong Kong sale 'confirms strength of Asian market'

Cases of Chateau Petrus and Chateau Lafite 1982 have sold for between US$63,000 and US$83,000 in the latest Christie's Hong Kong sale.In the sale, which took place last weekend on 4 and 5 March, there were also rare magnums of top-end Burgundy. Six magnums of La Tache 1961 from Domaine de la Roma...

March, 07, 2011 Wine Australia hopes to lure back Foster's

WINE Australia is hoping a review of its key marketing and promotional campaigns at planning meetings this week will win back financial support from Foster's for its British advertising. Foster's wine division, Treasury Wine Estates, is a key contributor to Wine Australia's coffers but pulled its...

March, 07, 2011 Japanese scientists use red wine, sake to induce superconductivity

In a first, scientists from Japan have used alcoholic drinks such as red wine and sake to induce superconductivity. Scientists from the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, found that immersing pellets of an iron-based compound in heated alcoholic beverages for 24 hours greatly increa...

March, 06, 2011 AUS: Grape yield halved by disease

Around half the expected yield of wine grapes in the Mudgee region in central western New South Wales this season has been destroyed by disease. The New South Wales Wine Industry Association says rain at the end of last year caused a mildew to form on young bunches of grapes on the vine, killing ...

March, 06, 2011 US: 'Millennials' flock to barrel tasting

Among the hundreds of winetasters Saturday at the Timber Crest Farms collective in Dry Creek Valley's were many who looked as if they might be en route to a campus party instead of a classic Wine Country event.A hand-lettered tribute to the Kappa Delta Zeta sorority on the rear window of a parked SU...

March, 05, 2011 NZ: Wineries wary of crackdown

A backlash is fermenting against the government's crack-down on the sale of alcoholic drinks. Submissions from the wine industry warn that the new law contains language "more suited to a Prohibitionist polemic than a clear-headed attempt to address the real problems of harmful use of alcoholic be...

March, 05, 2011 NZ: A new zeal for winemaking

Wine aficionados love their Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc, but island nation is making strides with other grapes.As land masses go, New Zealand is the youngest country on Earth, having been around for about three million years. Averaging around 120 kilometres from west to east coast, it's the only truly mari...