February, 27, 2014 U.S. wine exports reach all-time high in 2013

(PD) - U.S. wineries exported a record $1.55 billion of wine last year, increasing both the volume of shipments and the price of American wines sold overseas, a trade group said Wednesday. Wineries shipped 48.4 million cases of wine to foreign markets, up 7.5 percent from 2012 and the highest sinc...

February, 27, 2014 US fund manager gives Treasury Wine Estates a $24m top-up

(WT) - Big US fund manager Wellington Management has spent $24 million buying extra shares in struggling wine group Treasury Wine Estates, to lift its stake to 6.79 per cent. Wellington, which is based in Boston in the US, scooped up the extra shares late last week and early this week, buying tran...

February, 27, 2014 Scientists Figure Out How Microbes Make Wine Good

(Wired) - Yeast aren’t the only microbes that help turn boring grapes into the delicious, seductive, complex, confusing, subtle, and totally splendiferous tonic known as wine. In addition to those well-known fermenters, a type of bacteria called Oenococcus oeni (for reasons that will be...

February, 25, 2014 France sees EU-China deal over wine trade dispute

(Reuters) - Europe and China are moving towards a compromise over a Chinese investigation into alleged European wine dumping, French Trade Minister Nicole Bricq said on Monday. Beijing opened the inquiry last July into whether Europe was selling wine in China at unfairly low prices. The move ...

February, 25, 2014 French biodynamic winemaker faces fine for not spraying vines

(Decanter) - A biodynamic winemaker who refused to spray his vines with insecticide against a dangerous disease has said he is confident of victory following a court hearing, but prosecutors want him fined. Emmanuel Giboulot emerged from the courtroom in Dijon today (24 February) to announce that ...

February, 25, 2014 Napa filmmakers use drones over vineyards

(NVR) - Keeping their feet firmly on the ground, two Napa Valley filmmakers are using emerging and somewhat controversial technology to capture spectacular aerial footage of vineyards, wineries and other wine country locations. Adam Krolfifer and Bret Lyman teamed up last year to purchase a custom...

February, 25, 2014 Napa valley wine auction shatters record – What’s the impact on the fine wine market?

(StarkInsider) - The results are in. And they are of the record-shattering, mind-blowing, could-not-possibly-be-true variety. First: the average bottle sold at Premiere Napa Valley, one of the wine industry’s biggest auctions, went for $283 (wholesale). And you thought your $69 bottle of Chi...

February, 25, 2014 Coming Soon To A Wine Near You: Ancient Amphorae

(Forbes) - Terra cotta amphorae, hand-crafted into shapes and styles known since antiquity, are the latest innovation in experimental winemaking. And they’re coming soon to a wine near you. Andrew Beckham is the unlikely yet ideally-suited leader of the movement in the US. He is a high schoo...