November, 07, 2010 Natural cork, the preferred wine closure for South African wine drinkers

The average South African wine buyer from all demographic groups associate natural cork as the best wine closure in terms of quality and image associated with wine consumption, according to recent studies conducted by Ipsos-Markinor and Eion du Toit for Orange River Wine Cellars. The giant wine pro...

November, 06, 2010 World's wine glut claims more NZ victims

The international wine glut has claimed more New Zealand casualties with a large corporate vineyard owner forced to seek a capital restructuring and a steady stream of smaller vineyards facing receivership or mortgagee sales. The ASX-listed Challenger Wine Trust's problems have thrown further light...

November, 05, 2010 Germany 'smallest harvest' for 25 years

Germany is poised for its smallest wine harvest in a quarter of a century after cold weather at flowering and localised hailstorms affected production. According to the German Wine Institute (DWI), quality will be ‘good’, and the wines will be less full-bodied than recent vintages, exhibiting gr...

November, 05, 2010 AUS: Time is ripe for wine grapes

CSIRO researchers have discovered a new method growers could use to control when their grapes ripen, without affecting wine quality.Grape berry ripening is occurring earlier and the harvest season is becoming shorter, possibly due to increases in atmospheric temperatures and CO2 levels. This is caus...

November, 05, 2010 Substance Found in Red Wine May Help Treat Malaria

/PRNewswire/ -- A compound found in the skin of grapes and used to make red wine may help fight severe malaria, raising hopes of finding a new adjunctive therapy against an illness that kills an estimated 1 million people a year, according to a study presented today at The American Society of Tropic...

November, 05, 2010 Yountville 'highest Michelin star concentration in world'

With six stars within six blocks, Yountville in Napa, California is claiming to have the highest concentration of Michelin stars per capita in the world – as revealed in the newly published Michelin Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2011. Overall, the Napa Valley has cemented its reputa...

November, 04, 2010 A venture into coffee

Negative criticism on the “coffee Pinotage category” is as common as coffee to Kenia. Interestingly enough, the blows usually comes from “traditionalists” making comments on how “this style does not reflect typical Pinotage” and “I would rather have my coffee in the morning out of a cu...

November, 04, 2010 State of Washington Wine Industry: The Same

Wash. – Many voters in the 2010 midterm elections took the chance to express their discontent with how government is handling the affairs of the nation, but Washington state voters opted -- by a narrow margin -- to keep the state in the business of regulating and selling alcohol, including wine. I...