Wine Industry News

January, 04, 2016 China has the grapes but needs its own wine vision

(Star2) - In a country renowned for forgery, winemaker Jose Hernandez worries China’s burgeoning viniculture industry will suffer from blatant copying of Bordeaux’s output. China has the world’s second-largest grape growing area, but experts say its winemakers need to i...

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January, 04, 2016 How to Commit the Perfect Wine Crime: Steal a Case. Or Make Your Own

(NewsWeek) - Mare Island would make a fine set for a zombie flick. A military base in Vallejo, California, that predates the Civil War, it once housed the components for Little Boy, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. When the Navy decamped in 1996, it left behind a vast array of buildings, a gho...

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January, 03, 2016 Wine in TN grocery stores may be delayed a year due to stipulation

(WKRN) — Although fine wine signs are in place at several local groceries, you may not see it on the shelves until 2017, despite grocery sales beginning this July. That’s because retailers within 500 feet of existing wine stores will not be allowed to sell wine for another year unles...

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January, 03, 2016 Forget Margaritas, It's Time For Mexican Wine

(TheDailyBeast) - The adventurous wine-lover should head to Baja California, Mexico's pre-eminent wine-making region. There's something about watching tumbleweeds roll through vineyards that makes you appreciate a good wine. It seems strange to be sipping former Mexican President Felipe Cald...

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January, 03, 2016 China makes big bet on turning desert into wine region

(CBSNews) - When you think of wine, France, Italy and California likely come to mind, but in China, the world's fifth-largest consumer and producer, winemakers are determined to add that country to the list, CBS News' Seth Doane reports. The desert in Ningxia is being transformed. It's ta...

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January, 03, 2016 Will France's new wine regions threaten Champagne tradition?

(BBC) - A mini-liberalisation of the French wine sector is raising fears among some traditional growers that their protected vintages will be lost in a sea of homogenised plonk. Champagne producers are among the most vociferous opponents of a rule that comes into force on New Year's Day, and which...

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January, 03, 2016 Making Ice Wine in Quebec’s Changing Climate

(MunchiesVice) - It’s a week before Christmas, it’s 7 degrees Celsius outside, and it’s pissing rain all over Quebec. A year ago, the province was getting pummelled by snow in one of the most brutal winters in recent memory, but this time around, Quebec looks more like the Pacifi...

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January, 03, 2016 French vineyards blow dust off the barrels and embrace a digital revolution in wine

(Scroll) - Most commonly associated with notions such as tradition, authenticity and terroir, the French wine industry doesn’t instantly jump to mind as a leader in innovation. But its deep traditions are no impediment to finding new ways to showcase the sector’s know-how, enhance its r...

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