October, 10, 2014 Bordeaux 2014: Rain hits end of the harvest

(Decanter) - Sudden and heavy rainfall across Bordeaux is forcing winemakers who have not yet harvested their reds to speed up picking or risk waiting longer for conditions to clear. After the driest September in Bordeaux for 60 years, the return of the rain after a wet August is affecting picking...

October, 10, 2014 Coal hangover leaves Chinese region looking to wine for recovery

(BP) -  To reinvent itself in China's new consumption-driven economy, one region will need to crush a few grapes. After a decade of mining ever more coal to power China's economy, the arid and remote northwestern region of Ningxia is remaking itself as industry slows and demand for fossil fu...

October, 10, 2014 California wines gaining popularity in China

(SacBee) -  Eyeing China’s burgeoning middle class, California wineries are exploring how they can better tap into what’s becoming a major potential market. By the next decade, more than 75 percent of China’s urban consumers will be earning the equivalent of between $9,000 a...

October, 10, 2014 Italian Wines’ U.S. Value Rising In 2014, Despite Volume Decline

(SND) - Italian wine exports to the U.S. rose 5.5% by value, even as volumes dipped 0.9%, in the first eight months of 2014, according to data from the Italian Food & Wine Institute. The U.S. market’s largest imported wine region, Italy exported a total of 1,683,770 hectoliters (18.7 mill...

October, 10, 2014 Impact of wine matrix on red wine finish and consumer acceptance

(Wines&Vines) - The authors thank The Rhone Rangers for support in conducting the research. What makes a quality glass of wine? This question has no single or simple answer. Common conceptions of what comprises a “good wine” include nebulous terms such as “balanced” and ...

October, 09, 2014 Where Can You Buy $168,000 Bottle Of Wine? Sam's Club, Of Course

(Forbes) - Over the years, upscale grocer Trader Joe’s has sold hundreds of millions of bottles of its ultra-successful Charles Shaw wine, better known in the vernacular as “Two Buck Chuck.” It’s a high volume, low cost strategy that might be more associated with the wareho...

October, 09, 2014 US: Large Harvest Floods Custom-Crush Wineries

(Wines&Vines) - Record grape harvests across the Northwest are pushing custom-crush facilities to capacity and giving some cause to expand. A record harvest last year and a run of vineyard acquisitions through the winter have prompted concerns in Washington state, where custom-crush faciliti...

October, 09, 2014 Mixed Fortunes for Italy's Harvest

(Wine-Searcher) - Piedmont appears to have weathered Italy's 2014 harvest best, but it's a sadder story elsewhere. Italian winemakers have been vexed this year by one of the wettest and most "bizarre" vintages in recent memory, as one producer put it. Across Italy, an extremely mild winter accele...