February, 07, 2011 Mediation for Wine Industry Disputes

How grapegrowers, wineries and suppliers can work together to avoid litigation.With reduced demand and prices for North Coast winegrapes—and a spreading rash of winery defaults, foreclosures and bankruptcies unsettling the business—”The last couple of years have been a challenging time for gra...

February, 07, 2011 India: Moet Chandon introducing cousin Mohit Chander

LVMH owned Moet Hennessey India, the importer of Moet Chandon Champagne plans to produce in Nashik a premium version of the French bubbly that might be christened as Mohit Chander (MC), writes Subhash Arora who believes the nick name will be Chandon as in the other non-French countries where the b...

February, 07, 2011 Environmental impact of winemaking different

Winemaking wastewaters have different pollution coefficients. Basic information to improve the management of cellar treatments. A South African research took into exam the impact of different winemaking techniques on wastewaters, in order to design new and more efficient systems, dependent on the ut...

February, 07, 2011 Indiana's great wine hope

Traminette, the signature wine variety for Indiana, is steadily gaining additional growers and aficionados. "We had a winery tell us that Traminette sales were up 300 percent since last year," said Jeanette Merritt, wine marketing specialist at Purdue University. "We have new wineries opening all th...

February, 07, 2011 CHILE: Bottled wine exports rise strongly in 2010

Exports of bottled wine from Chile rose strongly in value terms during 2010, according to recent figures from trade body Wines of Chile. Bottled wine exports for the 12 months to the end of December rose by 12% on 2009, to US$1.27bn, Wines of Chile said today (7 February). In volume terms, exports r...

February, 06, 2011 China Buys Bordeaux Estates, Wine as 2008 Vintage Hits Shelves

A blizzard threatened the New York arrival of nearly 100 Bordeaux chateau owners who were eager to show off their 2008 vintage, now bottled and soon to appear on retail shelves. They, and the wines, made it and tales of hours on airport tarmacs mixed with wine talk as I sipped and spat the 100-pl...

February, 06, 2011 Correlation Between Crude Oil and Fine Wine Prices

In the world of investing, there have been many studies over the years showing how portfolios diversified across multiple asset classes are the secret to solid long-term investment returns – possibly producing less upside during stock market booms but offering greater downside protection in period...

February, 06, 2011 North Dakota: Grape Growers Triumph

Meanwhile, a bill allowing North Dakota Grape Growers to distribute wine free of whole salers passes the house. State Grape and Wine Committee Chairman Rod Ballinger says the bill will open up the free market to wine makers by allowing wineries to distribute on a small scale to retailers and distri...