News Archive: January 2007
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New Zealand actor Sam Neill peddles wine
One of New Zealand's most famous exports, actor Sam Neill, brought his boutique line of wines to Hong Kong on Tuesday, and urged a rapidly expanding Chinese market to consider buying bottles from his country's vineyards.
Posted on 2007-01-31 at 03:07 · Category: Miscellaneous
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U.S. is expected to surpass France as biggest wine market in 5 years
The United States is set to overtake France in the next five years as the world's largest wine market, according to an annual study published Tuesday.
Posted on 2007-01-31 at 03:06 · Category: Industry
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Moueix buys into Chateau Belair
The Moueix family has bought a 31% stake in the company behind top St-Emilion chateau Belair.
Posted on 2007-01-31 at 03:05 · Category: Industry
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America's Toughest Wine Expert
Only 98 Americans hold a diploma from the British-based Wine & Spirit Education Trust. It is awarded after a minimum of two years of study followed by extensive written and blind tasting examinations. Many fail the first time around. Success entitles one to use the initials "D.W.S." ("Diploma in Wine & Spirits"). Overwhelmingly, the graduates come from the world of sommeliers and wine and spirits salespeople.
Posted on 2007-01-31 at 03:02 · Category: Miscellaneous
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A new process gives winemakers more control but, Jeni Port asks, what happens to the art?
Posted on 2007-01-31 at 03:00 · Category: Science & Technology
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Climate change may crush wine industry
By any measure, California wines rank among the best in the world. But a 2-degree rise in temperature could make Napa Valley chardonnay a thing of the past.
Warmer grape-growing regions such as the Livermore Valley could be knocked out of the premium wine game entirely.Posted on 2007-01-30 at 02:04 · Category: Industry
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Stellenbosch Temperatures Soar
Soaring temperatures during the week of January 22nd brought early harvest activity in the Stellenbosch area, although other regions are mostly sitting tight for still wines. Then temperatures cooled dramatically on Monday January 29th, with a light drizzle or grey clouds draping much of the Boland. This week’s outlook suggests temperatures should rise into the mid-thirties, reports Kim Maxwell.
Posted on 2007-01-30 at 02:03 · Category: Industry
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After raising $16.5M for kids, Wine Fest attendees wonder: 'How can it get any better?'
The consensus: The Naples Winter Wine Festival was a smashing success, and will continue to be for years to come.
Posted on 2007-01-30 at 02:01 · Category: Industry
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After two years of research, comparative tastings, and evaluation of prototype glasses, Oregon winemakers and Georg Riedel have arrived at a new shape of wine glass designed especially for Oregon Pinot noir. What began as a wishful conversation between IPNC Executive Director Amy Wesselman and Georg Riedel has now been given form, literally, and the first shipment of the new tulip-shaped glass is currently on its way from Kufstein, Austria.
Posted on 2007-01-30 at 02:00 · Category: Industry
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For China's Newly Affluent, Imported Wine Is De Rigueur
BEIJING -- Cocooned in a wood-paneled, members-only bar on the 50th floor of a private business club, Yao Yi, a corporate lawyer in Beijing, hunched over her glass, swirling and sipping a 2003 merlot from Washington state.
Posted on 2007-01-29 at 03:24 · Category: Industry
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Fetzer wins award for sustainability
Fetzer Vineyards has won an award for its commitment to sustainability. The Hopland winery has been named a 2007 Brand With A Conscience by the Medinge Group, an international think tank focusing on branding and business.
Posted on 2007-01-29 at 03:23 · Category: Industry
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Days of wine and groceries? Not yet
Food retailers, liquor stores renew battle at the Legislature, where plans to expand sales in grocery stores remain bottled up.
Posted on 2007-01-29 at 03:21 · Category: Industry
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Don Sebastiani & Sons Finishes 2006 with 30% Growth
The Sonoma Valley-based negociant winery Don Sebastiani & Sons today announced a 30% increase in sales over 2005. Founded in 2001, the company passed the threshold of 1 million cases sold in 2004, and shipped more than 1.75 million cases in 2006.
Posted on 2007-01-18 at 01:47 · Category: Industry
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Cold weather expected to cut sauvignon crop
Wine industry sources are predicting an average to below average yield of the region's flagship sauvignon blanc after cool weather during flowering caused poor fruit set.
Posted on 2007-01-18 at 01:43 · Category: Industry
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Wine grower confirms sulphide use in NZ
A New Zealand wine grower says some growers use sulphide to add to the flavour of their wine.
Posted on 2007-01-18 at 01:42 · Category: Industry
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The United States wine, grape and grape products industries contribute more than $162 billion annually to the American economy, according to a comprehensive study by MKF Research LLC of Napa Valley unveiled today on Capitol Hill by the Congressional Wine Caucus. The Congressional Wine Caucus is a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of U.S. Representatives and Senators with an interest in the grape and wine industry, and currently includes 182 members.
Posted on 2007-01-18 at 01:40 · Category: Industry
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For 25 years, Berkeley-based wine merchant and importer Kermit Lynch has educated oenophiles about French wine and food-and-wine pairings in an accessible, no-nonsense style, combining impeccable taste with a practical penchant for easy drinking, food-friendly selections. Specializing in French, German and Italian wines, his shop has been a Mecca for discerning wine drinkers since the 1970s. Lynch recently chatted with WE about Puritans, the rise of rosé and why good wine is akin to rocking out to Muddy Waters.
Posted on 2007-01-17 at 01:27 · Category: Miscellaneous
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Peninsula Cellars: Harsh Climate Leads to Terroir-Driven Wines
Declining orchard fruit prices in the 1990s caused fourth generation Old Mission Peninsula cherry and apple growers Joan and Dave Kroupa to diversify their 250-acre farm. Today, the Kroupas, who named their winery Peninsula Cellars and produce 7,500 cases annually, have 20 planted acres; half to Riesling and the remainder to Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Lemberger. Cabernet Sauvignon was planted as an experiment. Now seven years old, these grapes were first used in vintage 2005.
Posted on 2007-01-17 at 01:26 · Category: Industry
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Chardonnay and Sauvignon allowed in Rioja
Rioja winemakers can now use Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Verdejo in their white wines, the region's wine body has decreed.
Posted on 2007-01-17 at 01:25 · Category: Industry
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Small wineries need the ability to distribute
Recently The Roanoke Times published a commentary piece written by James Archer of Blue Ridge Beverage, a distributor in Salem ("Wine solutions should help everyone," Dec. 28). While his piece seemingly took a more reasonable tone than those written previously, it was still chock-full of hyperbole and irrational alarm. Additionally, it generally missed the point.
Posted on 2007-01-17 at 01:23 · Category: Industry
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Gina Gallo Begins Term as President of 2007 International Wine and Spirit Competition
Third-Generation Gallo Family Vineyards Winemaker Serves in Prestigious Role
Posted on 2007-01-17 at 01:22 · Category: Industry
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WBM Hottest Small Brand Number 8: Artesa Vineyards & Winery
Wine Business Monthly has identified today's most exciting top 10 brands from small and medium-sized wineries during 2006.
Posted on 2007-01-17 at 01:21 · Category: Industry
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Not everyone jostling for space on the UK wine market is going to survive over the next five years, but those who do are set to become some of the industry’s biggest earners.
Posted on 2007-01-15 at 12:44 · Category: Industry
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Wine & Food Expertise of COPIA Combine with ReadyTouch Kiosks
ReadyTouch and COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, located in Napa Valley, today announced the formation of a partnership. COPIA will provide its knowledge assets in wine and food to be delivered through the ReadyTouch Kiosk to facilitate wine selection, food pairings, recipes and shopping lists for retail consumers.
Posted on 2007-01-15 at 12:43 · Category: Industry
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Silicon Valley oenophiles on alert after brazen wine heist
Silicon Valley oenophiles are on alert after a brazen robbery Jan. 4, when thieves broke into a posh home here and stole more than 150 bottles of wine. Estimated value: $500,000.
Posted on 2007-01-15 at 12:43 · Category: Industry
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Wine country dries out, at least for the time being
The last two winters have been so wet that this year seems downright dry in Sonoma County, heart of California's scenic wine country.
Posted on 2007-01-08 at 03:54 · Category: Industry
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Viticulture Spanish-language labor workshop
The Sonoma County Winegrape Commission and the Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation are sponsoring a Jan. 13 workshop on labor regulations.
Posted on 2007-01-08 at 03:53 · Category: Industry
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Rivers of wine flow overseas in grape glut
THE nation's winemakers are shipping cheaper wine overseas, fuelling record exports last year, with Americans poised to overtake the British as the biggest drinkers of Australian wines.
Posted on 2007-01-08 at 03:51 · Category: Industry
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Get to know Peter Rosback's highly sought-after wines.
Sineann’s owner/winemaker Peter Rosback gets called a lot of things—hyperactive, intense, manic—but never lazy. On a perpetual tear, this 49-year-old, sushi-loving, hockey-playing dervish has almost single-handedly established Zinfandel as a legitimate Northwest wine grape. But that’s just the start.
Posted on 2007-01-08 at 03:50 · Category: Industry
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Unified Wine, Grape Symposium Jan. 23-25
The 2007 Unified Wine and Grape Symposium Jan. 23-25 at the Sacramento Convention Center will feature a variety of informational sessions and a trade show highlighting the latest innovations in equipment and services available in the industry.
Posted on 2007-01-05 at 03:56 · Category: Miscellaneous
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