October, 20, 2010 Oregon wine grape growers' late harvest compounded by infestation of feasting birds

The hills above Dundee -- and just about everywhere else wine grapes are grown in Oregon -- are a war zone these days as vintners battle voracious flocks of migrating birds for the spoils of an already meager 2010 harvest. A damp spring, followed by a cooler-than-average summer, pushed grape ripenin...

October, 20, 2010 Chinese wine market is a corker

China is the latest country to develop a taste for Australian wine. Sales to the country have been on the up and up, as traditional markets in America and the UK drop off. There are hurdles for Australia winemakers though. Brady Sidwell, from Rabobank, says that the prestige and image of a ...

October, 20, 2010 North Coast Winegrape Harvest Late & Light

Napa Valley, Calif. -- In general, the 2010 growing season was slightly cooler than normal in Napa Valley. Fortunately, the region’s farming practices mitigate many of the season-to-season variations, resulting in consistently high quality year after year, according to speakers at the Napa Valley ...

October, 20, 2010 Building a Wine Empire

If you are ever told that the best way to make a small fortune in the wine business is to start with a large one, pause, smile briefly, then mention Tony Laithwaite, the man behind Britain's largest independent wine company: Laithwaites Wine. From a tiny warehouse under a railway arch in Windsor, En...

October, 20, 2010 Chilean Wine also victim of multiple pricing

The big Chilean switch has happened, just as we predicted last Spring, writes John Brophy. At the bi-centenary tasting of wines (Chile celebrated 200 years of independence in September) the red wines showed large in the newly-promoted grape variety Carmenere. It makes a softer, more rounded red that...

October, 20, 2010 Wine drinkers prefer PET to Bag-in-Box and Tetrapak

The PET bottle has edged in front of the Bag-in-Box and Tetrapak in popularity according to Wine Intelligence research.A consumer survey of UK monthly wine drinkers, conducted in June 2010 showed that 40% of respondents said they would be likely to buy wine in a PET bottle in the future, compared wi...

October, 20, 2010 EU agrees to wine enrichment derogation

Northern European wine producers subject to this year's "exceptionally unfavourable" weather conditions will be allowed to use enrichment aids to raise alcoholic volumes in their wines by up to 0.5%, agreed the EU's management committee this week. On Tuesday, the Committee voted in favour of a reque...

October, 19, 2010 California Winegrowers Get $2.3 Million

Washington, D.C. -- California has the most recipients for the latest round of grant awards from the Agricultural Marketing Services Specialty Crop Block Grant Program approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Funded by the USDA and authorized by the Farm Bill, the program’s mandate is to...