July, 18, 2010 Wine: French revolution

As France celebrates Bastille Day, the country's wine industry is experiencing its own historic upheaval. Modern forces have been storming some of the country's traditional bastions through the creation of the Vin de France category in an attempt to get France's struggling wine industry back on trac...

July, 17, 2010 Russia may ban Moldova wine within 2 weeks

(Reuters) - Russia's consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Saturday it might ban imports of wine from Moldova within two weeks, amid a dispute over the two nations' Soviet-era history. Rospotrebnadzor has already barred tens of thousands of bottles of Moldovan wine from sale this month, citing q...

July, 17, 2010 Rice wine tax change to hit revenues

China - The Ministry of Finance has estimated that a reduced tax rate for rice wine, expected to take effect as early as September, could cost the nation NT$1.47 billion (US$45.7 million) a year.On Thursday, the Cabinet approved a draft amendment to the Tobacco and Liquor Tax Act stipulating that r...

July, 17, 2010 PARTY GIRLS CAN USE THE NEW WINE BRA

BOOZY babes can sup wine from their own bras with this clever gadget.Inventors in America have come up with a boulder holder that carries the plonk in secret.And the £20 fun undies can contain up to a whole bottle of wine, which is drunk through a straw.The bra also ramps up a girl’s chest by an ...

July, 17, 2010 Screw cap wine blamed for loss of forest in new campaign to revive traditional cork

It used to be unthinkable to start a dinner party without a satisfying ‘pop’ of the cork. But the popularity of ‘New World’ wines from Australia or America and the convenience of opening a picnic bottle without a corkscrew led to a rise in the popularity of screw caps. Now cork suppliers and...

July, 15, 2010 Wine woos China’s urban chic

SHANGHAI: China is mad for wine. At the Haagen Dazs cafe in the trendy Xintiandi district, well-heeled Shanghai urbanites decide between Rum Raisin and Cookies 'n Cream to go with their Chilean Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc. While a wine glass might not grace every dining table in China, wine has...

July, 15, 2010 French wine centre planned for Beijing

A French wine culture centre is planned for Beijing and may be open before the end of this year. French politicians have met several times – most recently yesterday - with a delegation of Chinese private investors, according to French newspaper Sud Ouest. Hosted by the minister for economic recove...

July, 15, 2010 Oxygen and wine - the latest

Oxygen and its impact on wine is a hot topic at the moment, fuelling fervent activity around the world to discover more about how oxygen can be managed through every stage of a wine’s life. To this end, the O2inWines association has been formed by some of the larger companies with a vested intere...