June, 25, 2013 Making wine in Thailand 'good preparation for climate change'

(Decanter) - Kathrin Puff, winemaker at the award-winning Siam Winery in Thailand, reckons the unique climate she works in is excellent preparation for climate change. Siam Winery , whose Monsoon Valley Late Harvest Chenin Blanc 2012 won a major regional trophy at the Decanter World Wine A...

June, 25, 2013 Wine production burgeoning in Morocco

(MiddleEastOnline) - 85 percent of domestic production is drunk locally despite Islamist-led government’s tax hike on alcoholic drinks. Vines stretch to the horizon under the hot summer sun in a vineyard near Casablanca, one of the oldest in Morocco, where despite the pressures from a co...

June, 25, 2013 Spanish wine giant to expand into Chile

(TheDrinksBusiness) - One of Spain’s biggest wine producers Félix Solís Avantis is planning to build a bulk and bottled wine operation in Chile as well as update its facility in Valdepeñas. Speaking to the drinks business last week, export and marketing director for...

June, 25, 2013 A good drop: Falling Aussie dollar could provide extra juice to a struggling wine industry

(SmartCompany) - The falling Australian dollar could boost the local wine industry, which has been struggling since 2007, according to a leading industry expert. Although the Australian wine industry has seen enormous growth over the past decade, a report released last year by the Grape and Win...

June, 25, 2013 Predicting Wine Club Member Behavior

(Wines&Vines) -  If you have a good idea of who your average wine club member is (age, gender and buying habits), then you’ll have a better chance of convincing him not to leave your club. That was the key message from direct-to-consumer sales experts at a forum Thursday evening at S...

June, 25, 2013 French floods: Much of southwest declared disaster zone

(Decanter) -  The floods and hail of June have devastated agriculture across southwest France, from vineyards to fruit farms. The French minister of the interior,  Manuel Valls , said much of the Haut Pyrenees and Haut Garonne area of southwest France will be declared a natural dis...

June, 24, 2013 US: Spotlight on leaders of independent wine companies

(NBBJ) - Following are profiles of the top day-to-day leaders from the Business Journal’s lists of the largest independently owned wineries under 100,000 cases, published in March, and the largest wine companies, published in May. Hank Wetzel Alexander Valley Vineyards 8644 H...

June, 24, 2013 Wine-tasting: it's junk science

(Guardian) - Experiments have shown that people can't tell plonk from grand cru. Now one US winemaker claims that even experts can't judge wine accurately. What's the science behind the taste? Every year Robert Hodgson selects the finest wines from his small California winery and puts them in...