September, 17, 2010 Liquor giant Constellation to shut Yarra Burn winery

US-based liquor giant Constellation will shut down its Yarra Burn winery in Victoria's Yarra Valley next month The move is part of an ongoing consolidation of the company's Australian operations. A Constellation spokeswoman said the company would retain Yarra Burn's vineyards, but future harv...

September, 17, 2010 UK rosé sales slow down in 'worrying' trend

Sales of the once super-fashionable rosé have stalled in the UK, latest statistics show. Supermarkets, which sell 83 out of every 100 bottles sold in the UK market, have seen a significant fall in rosé sales in the last year, the annual Wine and Spirit Trade Association conference in London he...

September, 17, 2010 Idaho's $73 million wine industry and beer retailers fear a proposed federal law could hurt sales

WASHINGTON - A few years ago, frustrated with Boise's beer selection, Rick Boyd decided that if no one else was going to offer the sort of specialty brews he wanted, he would start selling them himself. Less than two years later, Boyd has a small-town beer empire, with 600 beers on his website, a...

September, 16, 2010 California Wine Harvest Warms Up

Picking starts late for still wines, as sparkling wine harvest wraps up.With grapes for sparkling wine largely picked, growers up and down California are just starting to harvest grapes for still wine. Most appellations report the grapes are one to two weeks behind average, yield is down from averag...

September, 16, 2010 Wine Auctions Set to Reach Record $200 Million; Prices Rise on Asia Demand

International wine sales at the three main auction houses look set to reach a record $200 million in 2010 as Asia’s thirst for fine French vintages pushes up prices.The total at Sotheby’s, Christie’s International and specialist auction house Acker Merrall & Condit will likely be double last y...

September, 16, 2010 Sauternes and other dessert wines legal for the Chinese market

The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) announced this week that Sauternes and other sweet wines can be exported to China officially. Sauternes and other sweet wines can now be legally exported to China, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) announced this week. With m...

September, 16, 2010 The wine cellar

For many people, their relationship with wine will always be short term. Others will have the patience, the space, or perhaps just the curiosity, to explore cellaring wine, and the magic that can happen as wine ages in the bottle. Practicalities *Cellaring wine can quickly grow into an expensive pr...

September, 16, 2010 Sparkling Wine, Storms Await U.K. in Warmer Future

(Bloomberg) - The U.K. must adapt to warmer temperatures and more frequent storms that may damage roads and power plants while making champagne-style wines and apricots more viable, the government’s climate change adviser said. Britain must prepare five key areas to ensure it’s ready for the ...