February, 25, 2016 CHAMPAGNE HITS NEW TURNOVER RECORD

(TDB) - It’s official: Champagne shipments have reached a new record in value, while volume sales have crept up almost 2% to total 312.5 million bottles. According to figures for 2015 from the Comité Champagne, the French sparkling wine region’s annual revenue for last ye...

February, 25, 2016 French wine regions to watch: Who’s on the rise?

(Decanter) - Which French wine regions might see both wines and vineyards multiply in value in the next 50 years? Andrew Jefford peers into his vinous crystal ball and makes some educated guesses. Over dinner with the ‘father’ of Condrieu, Georges Vernay, we discussed the strugg...

February, 25, 2016 Chance for U.S. winemakers to participate in Beijing food and wine show

(NVR) - The organizers of the RIMA international food and wine festival taking place in Beijing on June 17-19 have reached out to the Cal-China Wine Cultural Exchange (CCWCE) to create opportunities for U.S. winemakers to bring their wines to China for the inaugural event. The Chinese government...

February, 25, 2016 Buy your wine online and never leave your home again

(ABC2News) - Forget going to the liquor store to get wine. Now all you have to do is open up your laptop or click an app on your phone and – voila! – wine is on its way to your door step.  And you don't even need to buy a whole bottle! There are delivery services that will ...

February, 25, 2016 How Millennials (Almost) Killed the Wine Cork

(TheAtlantic) - A new generation of wine drinkers came of age with screw caps and plastic bottle stoppers, but cork producers are mounting a campaign to win their loyalty:  An  Object Lesson . No one is completely sure who first came up with the idea for cork wine stoppers, though...

February, 25, 2016 California drives US wine exports to sales high - figures

(Just-Drinks) - US wine exports hit a new high last year as sales growth outstripped volumes, new figures have shown. Exports jumped 8% in value to a record US$1.6bn in 2015, as volumes climbed by 4% to 461m litres, according to trade association the Wine Institute. California remained th...

February, 25, 2016 Chinese billionaire, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, buys Bordeaux Château de Sours

(Decanter) - Jack Ma, China's second richest person and founder of multi-billion dollar online retailer Alibaba, has become the latest Chinese investor to buy a Bordeaux wine estate with Château de Sours.  China’s Alibaba founder buys Bordeaux château spanning 80 h...

February, 25, 2016 Bulgaria: Plovdiv hosts Vinaria 2016 wine industry exhibition from February 24 to 28

(SofiaGlobe) - Vinaria, the annual exhibition of the vine and wine industry, has opened at the International Fair Plovdiv and continues until February 28 2016. The exhibition, billed as the industry’s largest event in the Balkans, is under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fo...