February, 28, 2011 Christie's expands global wine sales team

Christie's expands global wine sales team | Print | Written by Gemma McKenna Monday, 28 February 2011 Christie’s is expanding its global wine sales team to keep up with its 70% boom in wine sales since 2009. Simon Tam will join the Hong Kong office as head of wine in China whil...

February, 28, 2011 Portuguese wine exports to UK double in value

Exports of Portuguese wines to the UK have doubled in value, showing increases up to 99.1%, according to the National Statistics Institute of Portugal. The news comes ahead of the Portuguese annual tasting on March 2, with the official figures showing increases up to the end of November 201...

February, 28, 2011 Canada: Okanagan wine culture slams into prohibition-era law

At a wine tasting last week at Okanagan’s Big White resort, winery owner JAK Meyer found himself in the uncomfortable position of telling skiers that they could drink a glass of his wine, but if they wanted to take some bottles home with them, they would be breaking the law. It was two groups o...

February, 27, 2011 AUS: Vok to lift Foster's wine prices

FOSTER'S new wine joint-venture partner, Vok Beverages, will push through price increases for the portfolio of labels that it inherited from the giant winemaker, including popular brands Queen Adelaide and Andrew Garrett, in an attempt to wean drinkers off cheap and unprofitable wine.The price of Qu...

February, 27, 2011 Napa Valley: Records fall at Premiere wine auction

Scarecrow has replaced Screaming Eagle at the summit of Napa Valley cult wine. A Japanese importer paid $125,000 for five cases of 2009 Scarecrow cabernet sauvignon at Premiere Napa Valley Saturday afternoon, setting a record for a single auction lot and helping boost the midwinter trade auction ...

February, 27, 2011 Sri Lanka: Wine from Kilinochchi grapes soon

For the first time in Sri Lanka a plant will be built to process wine. In a bid to usher economic benefits to the North-East this plant will be built in Kilinochchi.CIC Agri business would set up this plant and would also grow grapes on 50 acres. CEO,National Agri culture development (CIC) Keerth...

February, 25, 2011 Spanish wine exports to China increase in 2010

(Xinhua News Agency) -- Figures released in Spain this week show that exports of Spanish wine to China increased over four hundred percent during 2010. The data, which was published in 'El Correo del Vino' confirms that sales of Spanish wine to China increased by 465 percent last year, rising fro...

February, 25, 2011 US: Boom Times for Ohio Wine

Columbus, Ohio—The national economy may still be struggling, but you would never know it to look at the Ohio wine and grape industry. Grapegrowers and winemakers from across that state gathered at the 4-H Center on Ohio State University’s campus in Columbus for two days of information-packed ses...