October, 30, 2013 Five things to know about the global wine industry

(Telegraph) - There are more than one million wine makers in the world, producing around 2.8bn cases of wine each year. Global demand has hit nearly 3bn and is rising. But the global wine industry is changing shape, with the old world gradually losing its crown as the world's vineyard, and new wine...

October, 29, 2013 The Great Global Wine Shortage Is Here—and It Will Only Get Worse

(TheAtlantic) - Last year saw the worst wine shortfall in a half-century. And there's little indication that world production can keep pace with the oenophilic hordes. It isn’t only France that’s suffering from a dearth of wine—it’s the entire world, says a repo...

October, 29, 2013 California Wine Grape Haul Estimated at 4 Million Tons

(Wines&Vines) - The wine grape harvest in California is expected to be around 4 million tons, nearing the record haul of 2012, according to early estimates. Nat DiBuduo, president of Allied Grape Growers, said the group’s early estimate holds that California will record another large h...

October, 29, 2013 Bordeaux 2013: hardest of past 30 years

(TheDrinksBusiness) - 2013 marks a trio of difficult vintages in Bordeaux, but this year was the hardest of not just the past three, but the past 30 years believes one château owner. In a missive on the vintage sent to db early today, Chateau Brown’s Jean-Christophe Mau compared 2...

October, 29, 2013 Why wine ratings have nothing to do with price

(MarketWatch) - First, a confession: I’m a sucker for wine ratings. I marvel at how they take a subject so complex and distill it into a series of numerical values. Who cares if a wine is aged in French oak or if it has a nose of pencil shavings and stewed figs? Just tell me if it merits a...

October, 29, 2013 Relationship between winemakers and wine "lovers" is like a "bad marriage"

(Harpers) - The relationship between winemakers and wine lovers is like a bad marriage with a major disconnect between the two, according to wine consultant Clark Smith. In a challenging talk at last weekend’s  Digital Wine Communications Conference in Logrono, Rioja, Spain, C...

October, 29, 2013 Wine sales slump in Italy

(HeraldNet) - It's harvest season at the family-run vintner Emidio Pepe in central Italy and workers are wading into the vineyards, hand-picking grapes and pressing them under their boots in giant wooden vats. The seasonal ritual has brought together generations of rural communities. But the fin...

October, 29, 2013 German Wine Output Seen Little Changed in 2013 as Whites Rise

(Bloomberg) - Germany’s wine production, Europe’s fourth-biggest, is estimated to be little changed this year as rising output of whites such as Riesling more than makes up for a lower volume of reds, the government statistics office said. The 2013 vintage is forecast to increase to ...