February, 26, 2013 Constellation Transforms The Wine Market With Inside The Box Thinking

(Forbes) - True packaging innovation is not easy to come by, especially when consumers, for hundreds of years, have been conditioned to view quality in a certain set way. Disrupting that way of thinking and transforming an entire market is exactly what Constellation Brands did with Black Box premium...

February, 26, 2013 China's new favourite - tiger tonic wine

(HindustanTimes) - China has officially allowed dose of tiger body parts - traditionally part of Chinese medicines - through an intoxicant - wine. Selling of Chinese medicines derived from tiger bones has been banned there but not the "tiger tonic wine". The basic wine is made through traditiona...

February, 26, 2013 Morocco: Editor facing jail over Champagne story

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Amnesty International claims that a Moroccan magazine editor is facing at least one-year in prison after running a story alleging that a senior government official spent public money on a Champagne dinner. Youssef JajiliThe editor has been charged with disseminating false in...

February, 26, 2013 CRIMSON WINE GROUP, LTD. COMPLETES SPIN-OFF FROM LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION

/PRNewswire/ -- Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. ("Crimson") announced today that its spin-off from Leucadia National Corporation ("Leucadia") had been completed. Crimson, which held all of Leucadia's wine operations, was distributed to Leucadia's shareholders through a pro rata dividend of all of the sha...

February, 26, 2013 France: Gerard Perse sells Chateau Monbousquet stake to pension firm

(Decanter) - Chateau Monbousquet owners Gerard and Chantal Perse sign 'alliance' with pensions firm. A French pensions company has acquired an interest in Chateau Monbousquet in Saint Emilion, as part of a succession plan devised by owners Gerard and Chantal Perse. The company, which remains anon...

February, 25, 2013 Indiana wine businesses, consumption grow as popularity increases

(TheIndyChannel) - Wine is big business in Indiana, with more Hoosiers enjoying a little red, white and rose in their everyday lives. Experts say the growth in the popularity of wine is part of the foodie movement that is taking hold in Indiana. "Wine consumption across the Midwest and especia...

February, 25, 2013 AUS: Project aims to boost outlook for winemakers

(SMH) - The Australian government's leading wine industry marketing authority will conduct a major new research project into the British online wine market with the aim of helping local winemakers grab a greater slice of the growing web retail channel as the high Australian dollar and cheap wine fro...

February, 25, 2013 Oscar's Wines -- a Sterling Selection! And Montblanc's UNICEF Event!

(HuffingtonPost) - Although I am a long-time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (since 1972, when my production of Lady Sings the Blues received five nominations), I chose to spend Oscar night Sunday comfortably ensconced in my warm bedroom watching the show while wining-and-d...