January, 23, 2011 A little wine is good for women senses

Is it because we need a reason to keep sipping that glass of wine? A recent study in Norway found that moderate drinking improves cognitive functions, contrary to the widely held view that alcohol, whatever the amount imbibed, might be destructive to one’s health. It cites women as the bigge...

January, 22, 2011 Grape wall of China: Australia's wine saviour

HIT HARD by a grape glut and higher dollar, Australia's wine industry is looking to a new saviour - stylish young professionals in China with a taste for our finest shiraz. Australian wine exports to China grew by 36 per cent last year, overtaking the growth of the British, US and Canadian wine m...

January, 22, 2011 Lloyd Webber wine sells for £3.5m

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's wine collection has sold for US$5.6m (£3.5m) at an auction in Hong Kong. Among the 746 lots, the most expensive case of wine was a Chateau Petrus 1982, 12 bottles going for $77,564 (£48,500). The collection's sale price beat previous price expectations and Lord Lloyd...

January, 21, 2011 Winegrape Vineyards Can Yield More Dollars

Santa Rosa, Calif.—At a time when wineries are limiting grape purchases and the prices they are willing to pay, grape growers are getting squeezed. The “Increasing Dollars Per Acre” panel at the Sonoma County Winegrape Commission’s 20th annual Dollars and $ense seminar yesterday advised its ...

January, 21, 2011 France: Pesticides seen as threat to wine growers

(UPI) -- The death of a French winegrower has been linked to the chemicals he and others in the wine industry have used for decades, French health officials say.Yannick Chenet, 43, who died of leukemia, is among some 40 farmers in France whose illnesses have now been linked to their profession and t...

January, 21, 2011 Vintners, regulators agree on diluted rules for wine regions

WASHINGTON -- California winemakers have successfully pruned some labeling regulations they feared could hurt business, following a long behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign.After being pressed by everyone from the Paso Robles, Calif., mayor to California's congressional delegation, Treasury Departm...

January, 21, 2011 Michel Rolland stars in new wine film

Winemakers Michel Rolland, Susana Balbo, Jean Bousquet and other major names in the wine world are starring in a new drama-documentary being premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. El Camino del Vino tells the story of real-life Uruguayan sommelier Charlie Arturaola, one of the top somm...

January, 21, 2011 New Australia, NZ importer breaks new ground

Hallowed Ground, an importer with a new way of selling wine in the UK, is being pioneered by two entrepreneurs. The company desribes itself as ‘an exclusive membership club’ for high end Australian and New Zealand producers. Run by Amelia Jukes and Elodie Cameron, both of whom have a good deal ...