February, 15, 2011 2010 Rioja Wine Exports to U.S. Market Up 33 Percent

/PRNewswire/ -- The Vibrant Rioja marketing campaign announced today a 33 percent overall increase in Rioja wine export volume to the U.S. market in 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. Total shipments from January to December 2010 reached 857,000 cases. Export increases ranged across the ...

February, 15, 2011 AUS: Foster's finds the bottle to give wine tie-up the can

FOSTER'S shareholders will emerge from the wreckage of the beverage group's disastrous push into wine with a stand-alone brewing arm facing a shrinking national beer market and a pure-play global wine operation showing the early signs of recovering from cyclical lows.The chief executive, Ian Johnsto...

February, 15, 2011 Vancouver scientists take the headache out of red wine

Blame it on the amines: It's all in the yeast. A new strain of wine yeast developed at the University of B.C. helps reduce amines, chemicals in red wine and Chardonnay that produce off-flavours and trigger headaches, hypertension and migraines in many people. Food biotechnologist Hennie van Vuure...

February, 15, 2011 France: Castel, Suntory take 50% stakes in Chateau Beychevelle

The French wine company Castel has taken a 50% stake in Chateau Beychevelle, Chateau Beaumont and the wine merchants Barriere Freres. Previous owners Grands Millésimes de France (GMF), and insurance company Ethias, have sold their 63% stake. The Japanese drinks company Suntory - a Beychevelle s...

February, 14, 2011 How a glass of red wine can help cancer drugs more effective

A glass of red wine for women with breast cancer could boost the success rate of treatment. The ingredient resveratrol which naturally occurs in red wine enhances the effects of a drug used to combat the disease. Laboratory tests found the ingredient can prevent cancer cells from developing re...

February, 14, 2011 US: Winery Targets Vegan Drinkers

Many consumers don’t know that animal products are commonly used in wine production. Inspired by marketing vice president Cheryl Murphy Durzy, 60,000-case Clos LaChance Winery is capitalizing on that fact to market a new wine brand made without any, The Vegan Vine.“We didn’t want to just creat...

February, 14, 2011 Foster's to Spin Off Wine Unit as Earnings Drops 12%

Foster’s Group Ltd., Australia’s biggest brewer, will spin off the world’s second-largest wine business as it focuses on reviving beer earnings after first- half profit fell 12 percent. Shareholders will vote on the split in April to receive one share in the new Treasury Wine Estates for ev...

February, 14, 2011 The Growing Need for wine Laws in India

Indian wine industry has been growing at a fast pace but there are still no wine laws to define various standards to check frauds, safety of consumers and in general define wine processes whereas international wine business is controlled through varied degrees of tightness through legislative contr...