December, 29, 2012 AU: Young drinkers, low tax push cider sales up

(TheAge) - SALES of traditional ciders have skyrocketed as companies have exploited the current alcohol tax system and targeted young drinkers. Cider sales jumped 188 per cent between 2007 and 2011, according to a new report, and its lead author, Natacha Carragher, said the boom was intricately l...

December, 29, 2012 Scientist delighted lovers of red wine and fatty diet with 'French Paradox'

(VancouverSun) - Research scientist Serge Renaud, who became a hero of the French wine industry when he announced on U.S. television that drinking red wine is good for the heart, has died at 84. Renaud's name was closely associated with the "French Paradox" - the observation that French people li...

December, 29, 2012 US: Direct shipment law expands wine choices

(BaltimoreSun) - A law enacted by the General Assembly in 2011 allowing direct shipment of wine to consumers appears to be having its intended effect of expanding consumer choice -- at least for the connoisseurs who care about such things. A report prepared by the Comptroller's Office on the dire...

December, 28, 2012 AU: Wine glut, high dollar squeeze profits

(Adelaidenow) - THE seemingly perennial wine glut, poor profitability and the stubbornly high Australian dollar continue to put pressure on the wine industry as it enters 2013. At this stage of the vintage it is not possible to say how well this year's wine harvest will go. The 2012 vintage f...

December, 28, 2012 Extreme weather hits UK wine industry

(BBC) - In 2012, the weather in the UK has swung from droughts to floods, hot to cold. The impact has been felt far and wide, not least by the UK's burgeoning wine industry. Here, Cherie Spriggs from Nyetimber, a company that makes English sparkling wine, explains how the conditions had a deva...

December, 28, 2012 Good wine crop ‘could offset effects of strike action’

(BDLive) - WINE producers are on tenterhooks amid hopes that a good 2012-13 crop could boost exports and help offset other issues in the industry. Industrial action last month led to the death of two people and caused damage worth about R100m in the Western Cape. Farm workers were demanding an in...

December, 27, 2012 SA: Wine grape crop expected to rise

(BDLive) - NEXT year’s wine grape crop should amount to 1.4-million tons, up 8% from this year’s crop, and the third largest on record, the South African Wine Industry Information and Systems (Sawis) said on Friday. Sawis compiles its statistics from information received from producer cellars...

December, 27, 2012 Wine tourism takes off in India's answer to the Barossa

(SMH) - In the bar overlooking the twisting vines in India's answer to the Barossa Valley, a group of friends from Mumbai enjoy a weekend getaway -- and a chance to brush up on their new wine-drinking hobby. "I've been teetotal all my life, but quite recently I started to drink wine. It's a growi...