February, 09, 2014 AUS: Grapegrowers under the pump as Treasury Wines cuts costs

(AFR) - More than half the country’s 6000 grape growers did not make a profit on their vineyard operations over the past four years, but just as a glimmer of hope arises with improved ­conditions the major wine companies are playing hardball on pricing. The grape harvest is in full swing...

February, 09, 2014 Vineyard owners are hoping that China will become the next top wine producer

(SCMP) - At Wu Feng's private vineyard on the peninsula of Penglai in Shandong province, the grapes harvested last autumn have been pressed into wine and poured into oak barrels for fermentation and ageing. In the spring he'll start pruning and grafting new vines. Since Wu's winery produced its fi...

February, 07, 2014 Natural wines making way onto radar of Bay Area wine buyers

(SFExaminer) - Natural winemaking is on one hand a vague term, and on the other, very simple. After an interview several years ago, I wrote about Kevin McKenna, one of the partners of Louis Dressner, an early importer of “natural wine.” Since then, the term and its philosophy have beco...

February, 07, 2014 Rabobank Report: Global Wine Industry Q4 2013

(PRNewswire) - Rabobank has published a new report looking at the global wine industry as of the end of 2013, and forecasting remaining challenges for the industry globally but a more optimistic outlook for the UK wine sector. In the report, published by the bank's Food & Agribusiness Research...

February, 07, 2014 Top 10 weird headlines of 2013

(TDB) - We can’t resist a good headline at db, and 2013 did not disappoint providing us with a slew of brilliantly bizarre and baffling headlines from the world of drinks. From a pickled snakes and stolen penguins to bar-going bears and drunken pigs – all kinds of peculiar headlines ha...

February, 07, 2014 China: The People's Republic of Wine

(WSJ) -  A FEW YEARS AGO, over a glass of wine in Bordeaux's Brasserie l'Orléans, one of the city's négociants told me that anyone who is serious about fine wine should be visiting China at least twice a year. Fast forward to today and it isn't uncommon to hear wine professionals...

February, 07, 2014 Wine + Life: How To Find A Wine You Like

(Forbes) - Find the glue that works for you. In my experience, that’s the most effective way to find a wine you like. By “glue,” I mean the thing that grabs your interest. If it grabs your interest, it’ll be sticky. If it’s sticky, it’s relevant and it matters t...

February, 07, 2014 Anything but a vintage Bordeaux year after rain, hail and rot spoil 2013 wines

(Independent) - 130,000 bottles – which usually sell at about €10 each – will be sold off as generic Haut Médoc red wine for about €2 or €3 each after vineyard decides it is unworthy of its label. There will be no such thing as a Chateau Malescasse 2013. The midd...