October, 07, 2010 Chilean wine exports reach 1.5 billion USD in 12 months, but profits down

Chilean bottled wine exports soared 33.3% and 25.8% during August in volume and value helping to reach the 1.5 billion US dollars and 749 million litres in the last twelve months, with 18.9% and 11.2% increases in volume and value according to the latest release from Vinos de Chile.However wineries ...

October, 07, 2010 PORTUGAL: Beam Global Spirits & Wine divests Cockburn's to Symington Family Estates

Beam Global Spirits & Wine is set to trim yet further the wine side of its business by divesting the Cockburn's Port brand to Symington Family Estates.The Fortune Brands-owned unit, which sold off the bulk of its wine business to Constellation Brands in 2007, said earlier today (7 October) that the ...

October, 07, 2010 United Supermarkets Invites Texans to Dream Up Personalized Wine Labels

(BUSINESS WIRE)--From Oct. 7 through Dec. 24, United Supermarkets will be helping its guests get a jump on holiday gift giving with a unique opportunity to create custom wine labels in a matter of minutes. Over the next three months, United will host a 3 Dreams Wine tour of north and west Texas at i...

October, 07, 2010 Australia turns sour for Constellation

CONSTELLATION Brands, the US group that bought Australia's largest wine business, Hardy Wine Company, in 2003, has booked an operating loss of $US3 million ($3.03 million) for its Australian and European wine operations. Sales were constrained by a higher Australian dollar and tough conditions in Br...

October, 06, 2010 Belvedere Vodka Launches a Global 'Dream Job' Competition

/PRNewswire/ -- Belvedere Vodka announces the launch of a worldwide search for its next Global Brand Ambassador. Aptly called the Belvedere "Dream Job", vodka aficionados and amateurs alike are invited to compete for a chance to win a one year, $100,000 contract working directly for Belvedere and ...

October, 06, 2010 Jancis Robinson joins fight against McLaren Vale development

Jancis Robinson, one of the world's best-known wine writers, has pledged her support against the construction of a shopping mall on prime vineyard land in South Australia's McLaren Vale. Joining the campaign to fight a proposal to build a retail and housing development at Seaford Heights, McLaren ...

October, 06, 2010 Some SA growers defying the wine glut

Some South Australian wine grape growing regions have been ignoring industry pleas to produce fewer grapes.The South Australian Phylloxera Board's 2010 vintage report, found overall tonnages in the state were down, but some areas like the Barossa and Adelaide Hills actually produced more than in pre...

October, 06, 2010 Cheers! Constellation Rises as Wine Sales Beat

Shares of wine producer Constellation Brands (STZ), which also distributes Negra Modelo beer, are on the rise this morning, up 55 cents, or 3%, at $18.31 after the company this morning beat fiscal Q2 expectations. Revenue for the three months ended in August was down 1.6%, at $863 million, but be...