December, 23, 2013 Chinese billionaire, French wine maker believed dead after helicopter crash

(NYDailyNews) - Lam Kok of China, who had just bought a winery from James Gregoire in Bordeaux, France, is believed to have died in a crash after a helicopter flight to celebrate his purchase of a winery. Kok was in the copter piloted by Gregoire, and other passengers included Kok's 12-year-old son...

December, 20, 2013 Fine wine market down but good year for Champagne, DRC, Super Tuscans

(TDB) - While the value of the fine wine market has declined for a third consecutive year, 2013 has been a good year for Champagne, DRC, Super Tuscans and Right Bank Bordeaux. Liv-ex’s 2013 fine wine report reveals that early optimism in the first quarter of 2013 was subsequently quashed b...

December, 20, 2013 Napa investors given one month to take over BottleRock

(NVR) - A group of local investors has been given one month to resolve the trail of debt left by BottleRock music festival organizers. If agreements are struck, the music festival stands a very good chance of taking place in 2014 at the Napa Valley Expo. GSF Entertainment LLC — which is mad...

December, 20, 2013 Canvasback Takes Flight: Duckhorn buys land for new Washington winery

(Wines&Vines) - Duckhorn Vineyards of St. Helena, Calif., has landed on Washington’s Red Mountain with the purchase of 20 acres located between Col Solare, Chateau Ste. Michelle’s venture with Italy’s Antinori family, and the Hedges family’s Bel’ Villa Vineyard. ...

December, 20, 2013 WFA finalising plans to rejuvenate Australia wine industry

(Decanter) - A three-year, A$33.75m action plan aimed at rejuvenating the Australian wine industry has been finalised by the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA). The 43-point strategy document, first unveiled in August but now amended after consultation, claims to be the first compre...

December, 20, 2013 Wine and Warfare part 5: How the Barossa got its name

(TDB) - Wellington’s campaigns in Portugal and Spain are perhaps the most celebrated in British military history and the battles fought between 1808 and 1813 took place in vineyard areas and, sometimes, gave their names to them too – though not always in their original form. In 1807 ...

December, 20, 2013 Armenia’s wine export increased by nearly 70 percent over 11 months - expert

(News) - Armenia’s wine export increased by nearly 70 percent in Jan.-Nov. 2013, said Armenian Wine Makers’ Union President Avag Harutyunyan. Brandy export has decreased by 10 percent, but the price of exported brandy increased by 10 percent. “Thus, we started exporting more exp...

December, 19, 2013 Why Cakebread Cellars Is One Of Napa's Best Success Stories

(Forbes) - When the team at Cakebread Cellars broke ground on Suscol Vineyard, a wild undeveloped property just south of Napa, a female mountain lion and her cubs kept watch on the process from a nearby rocky perch. Director of Vineyard Operations, Toby Halkovich, recalls, “She just sat the...