October, 13, 2010 Pall’s Oenofine Wine Filtration System Wins Innovation Award

(BUSINESS WIRE)--An advanced filtration system from Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) that streamlines the wine production process and enhances producer profitability margins has been awarded the Bronze Trophy in the Vinitech Siefel 2010 Innovations Award Program. Pall’s Oenofine XL cross-flow filtratio...

October, 13, 2010 Hess buys new Argentinian winery

Donald Hess has added Argentina's Bodegas Muñoz to his group of wineries. The acquisition is Hess Estates' seventh winery and its second in Argentina after its flagship Colomé estate, the world's highest altitude winery and vineyard, which Hess purchased in 2001. Located on the northern out...

October, 13, 2010 Bordeaux's second wines in price surge

The second wines of First Growth chateaux in Bordeaux are experiencing a big increase in price, according to data from Liv-Ex.The fine wine index reports that more than 30 wines from the 2000 vintage onwards have risen in price by 50% or more, with 14 wines seeing their prices double in 12 months. ...

October, 13, 2010 Fraudsters made £2.5m from ‘fine wine scam’

The wine did not exist and the money taken from customers was spent on ‘high living: foreign holidays, jewellery, fast cars and the like’, it was claimed.The fraudsters set up three bogus companies, Bordeaux Wine Trading Company, International Wine Commodities and Templar Vintners, which had onl...

October, 13, 2010 AUS - Riverland wineries defend water use

Wine grape growers in South Australia's Riverland don't believe they are wasting water to produce wine grapes. With the wine industry in oversupply and the current debate about water use continuing to boil, production continues. Chris Byrne, executive officer of the Riverland Wine Grape Growers' A...

October, 13, 2010 Multimillion dollar 'green' winery at Davis

A new multi-million dollar research winery claimed as the most environmentally sensitive in the world has opened its doors at University of California, Davis. The US$20m, 34,000sq ft research complex, which also includes a brewery and food processing facilities, is designed to become self-sustainabl...

October, 13, 2010 UK: Tesco Introduces ‘Zork’ Re-Sealable Top For Sparkling Wine

A revolutionary new re-sealable top for sparkling wine has been launched by Tesco. The supermarket giant claims the ‘Zork’ top will allow customers to enjoy a glass of sparkling wine, and keep the rest of the bottle for another day, without having to worry about it losing its fizz. Dan Jago, Tes...

October, 13, 2010 AUS: Foster's Group to up premium wine focus - report

The head of Foster's Group's wine arm, Treasury Wine Estates, has said the firm needs to up its premium focus in the US in order to improve earnings, according to a report. Treasury Wine Estates intends to put more resources into marketing wines priced above US$10, David Dearie reportedly told jou...