July, 25, 2013 Will Cans Bring Wine Out of the Cellar?

(Fool) - Sacre bleu!  If cans are the salvation of craft beer, are they good enough for wine, too?  It's actually been a long time since the fermented grape drink was solely the product of a corked glass bottle, as the industry was set on its head by the introduction of the twist-off ...

July, 25, 2013 Brazil's economic slowdown hampering wine imports, say analysts

(Decanter) - Brazil's decade-old love affair with imported wine has hit a rough patch due to an economic slowdown curbing middle class spending power, analysts at Rabobank have said. Annual wine imports have tripled in Brazil over the past ten years, but slower economic growth, inflation and a...

July, 25, 2013 Wine trade within Canada still being blocked

(CBC) - Small Canadian wine producers say provincial barriers are still making it difficult for consumers to order from outside their home province, one year after the federal government eased its own restrictions. Parliament last year removed its ban on interprovincial wine orders, but mos...

July, 24, 2013 US: Counterfeit Protection for the Wine Industry

(Wines&Vines) - The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) trade association, in partnership with Wines & Vines, is hosting a Wine Anti-Counterfeiting Seminar on Aug. 14 to help winemakers and wine marketers understand the potential for wine counterfeiting and learn about available technology to p...

July, 24, 2013 US: On-trade alcohol volumes slow, wine worst affected

(Just-Drinks) - Wine volumes in the US on-trade have slowed the most out of all alcohol categories since last month, according to latest figures.  Sales by volume of wine have gone from 0.4% growth in Q2, to a 1.7% drop in the four weeks to 14 July, tracking firm GuestMetrics said yester...

July, 24, 2013 NZ: 2013 Wine Harvest Breaks Records

(Farmingshow) - The New Zealand wine harvest posted a new record of 345,000 tonnes for the 2013 season, which ended in May, according to Rabobank's Wine Quarterly report. This marks an increase of 28.5 per cent on the very short 2012 crop and was 5 per cent higher than the prior record, set i...

July, 24, 2013 Burgundy Wine Region Hit by Hail That Trashes Pommard and Volnay

(Bloomberg) - France’s Burgundy wine region was hit by storms yesterday that damaged as much as 90 percent of vines in growing areas including Pommard and Volnay. Strong winds, rain and hail around 4 p.m. local time ripped leaves from vines and caused grapes to burst, Cecile Mathiaud, spok...

July, 24, 2013 Red wine compound resveratrol may negate health benefits of exercise

(CBSNews) - Several studies have lauded the anti-aging effects of resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grape-based products like red wine. A new study, however, suggests the compound could have some drawbacks. Recent research has shown that consuming a large quantity of resveratrol in supplement...