February, 14, 2011 'Savvy' Chinese buyers looking beyond Bordeaux

Chinese fine wine consumers are diversifying beyond Bordeaux and buying an ever wider range of wines from Burgundy and the New World, local merchants say. Berry Bros & Rudd Hong Kong managing director Nick Pegna said the company’s sales of Burgundy had trebled during the campaign for the 2009 vint...

February, 14, 2011 US: Indiana Winemakers Honored By State's Wine Industry

A southern Indiana winery that's one of the state's oldest is being toasted by Indiana's wine industry for its excellence. The Indiana Wine Grape Council recently presented Ted and Dana Huber with its Outstanding Merit Award for the fine wines produced by the family's Huber Orchard, Winery & Vine...

February, 14, 2011 Bulgaria Registers 10% Boost in Wine Exports 2010

Bulgaria's wine exports have increased with 10% year on year in 2010, reaching 57.6 million liters, the country's Agriculture Minister, Miroslav Naydenov, has announced. Naydenov spoke on the professional holiday of vine-growers and wine-makers, celebrated on Monday. On this day, a special ritual...

February, 13, 2011 US Travel: Temecula is tapping into wine tourism

TEMECULA — Brown grape vines hang seemingly dead, lined with red and yellow leaves, against green rolling hills and beige boulders. But the dormant scenery doesn’t deter wine tourists from swirling blends of merlot, cabernet and pinot in their sampling glasses. The Temecula wine country is of...

February, 13, 2011 US: Now is time to sell state liquor stores

Should Pennsylvania really be in the business of selling alcohol? Should the entity that is charged with regulating the alcohol industry and trying to curb alcohol consumption also be the one trying to increase its sales? Only two states currently own and operate all wholesale and retail sales of...

February, 13, 2011 California: Worries rise as water levels fall in North County

Wineries, ranchers, governments, residents and industry in the North County are slurping so much water out of the ground so quickly that the area could reach a point where it is losing more water than man and nature can re-supply, the county says. The Board of Supervisors two weeks ago slapped a ...

February, 11, 2011 Washington Growers Examine Wine 'Myths'

Does late-season irrigation degrade quality in winegrapes? Does a cold soak before fermentation increase quality in wine? Speakers debated these contentious issues and others this week during a heavy schedule of seminars running through the annual meeting of the Washington Association of Wine Grape ...

February, 11, 2011 British Columbia: Holman Lang Winery Sold

The first winery from the Holman Lang Group, in receivership since November 2010, has a new owner this morning following a court-ordered sale last week. Stonehill Estate Winery, on the Naramata Bench outside the Southern Okanagan city of Penticton, sold to North Vancouver-based Banbury Holdings Ltd....