News Archive: October 2006

• America’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Brings the International Wine Community Together

  In January 2007, wine and grape industry professionals from around the world will converge in Sacramento, California for the latest industry advances they need to know to remain competitive.

  Posted on 2006-10-31 at 01:04  ·  Category: Industry

• Black frosts wipe $100m off next year's wine vintage

  DEADLY black frosts have caused havoc for grape growers across South Australia's drought-hit southeast region, wiping $100million off the value of their 2007 vintage.

  Posted on 2006-10-31 at 01:03  ·  Category: Industry

• Australia: Cheers to winery's water-saving plan

  A MT MORIAC vineyard has launched an ambitious water-saving plan which could help drought-proof the nation's wineries.

  Posted on 2006-10-31 at 01:02  ·  Category: Industry

• Canadian researchers aim to unlock grape genetics

  Backed by CAN$6.2m in funding from Genome Canada, and in collaboration with Genome Spain, Steven Lund and Joerg Bohlmann of the University of British Columbia are trying to understand how the grape's flavour is affected by the interaction between genes and environmental factors such as water and light.

  Posted on 2006-10-31 at 01:00  ·  Category: Science & Technology

• A dream lifestyle ripens on the vine

  As the morning sun paints the Mayacamas Mountains yellow and a faint breeze rustles 20 acres of changing grape leaves, Louis Kapcsandy soaks it all up with a glass of wine in his hand. He sips, and smiles.

  Posted on 2006-10-31 at 12:56  ·  Category: Industry

• Four Vines Releases Its Latest Hedonist Lineup of Wines for Incident Members and Wine Freaks Alike

  Four Vines Winery, makers of traditional and eclectic wines, today announced that its latest release of Zinfandels, Chardonnay, Rhone varietals, Petite Syrah, Tempranillo, and Zin/Syrah port are ready to ROCK!

  Posted on 2006-10-31 at 12:53  ·  Category: Industry

• Seller of risky wine futures faces sentencing in LA in fraud case

  Wallace, 49, dabbled in wine futures, an established yet unregulated system that allows customers to purchase a specific vintage years before it's bottled and publicly released.

  Posted on 2006-10-30 at 12:43  ·  Category: Miscellaneous

• The Wine Atlas of Canada; The Indispensable Guide by Tony Aspler, Photography by Steven Elphick

  It’s time to discover the unique style of wines grown in your own backyard with THE WINE ATLAS OF CANADA. Canada’s first-ever wine atlas, written by Tony Aspler, Canada’s most respected wine writer, is a complete reference guide to the country’s vineyards and award-winning wines.

  Posted on 2006-10-30 at 12:42  ·  Category: Industry

• The WineDriver(TM) Online Service Helps Consumers and Retailers Locate

  Folio Fine Wine Partners, a Napa
  Valley-based company that represents specially selected wines from around
  the world, announced today the availability of a new online tool called The
  Wine Driver(TM) designed to help consumers and retailers easily locate
  Folio wines.

  Posted on 2006-10-30 at 12:40  ·  Category: Industry

• Climate change is affecting Australian grape cultivation, wine industry

  Climate changes appear to be threatening the Australian wine industry. A new study has revealed that global warming will alter the growing seasons for Australian grapes and the increasing temperature will affect the very existence of some varieties.

  Posted on 2006-10-30 at 12:39  ·  Category: Industry

• Report Warns About Global Warming

  Unchecked global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a major British report said Monday.

  Posted on 2006-10-30 at 12:38  ·  Category: Industry

• A dream lifestyle ripens on the vine

  As the morning sun paints the Mayacamas Mountains yellow and a faint breeze rustles 20 acres of changing grape leaves, Louis Kapcsándy soaks it all up with a glass of wine in his hand. He sips, and smiles.

  Posted on 2006-10-30 at 12:36  ·  Category: Miscellaneous

• Copia makes major cutbacks to keep food and wine programs going

  Yes, it is true: the great COPIA – The American Center for Wine, Food & Art in Napa is in deep financial trouble, laying off 30 staffers and selling off its five-acre kitchen garden across First Street to a (probable) hotel developer.
  Apparently the entertainment, food and wine programs, which actually make money, will continue intact and possibly even expand, while the exhibits will close and be discontinued.

  Posted on 2006-10-27 at 01:47  ·  Category: Industry

• Fine wines to please Elves, Dwarves and Men

  Straight from Middle Earth, we bring you the latest in our series of Bargain Wine tributes to famous authors.
  
  John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (his friends called him Ronald) was an Oxford professor, first of Anglo-Saxon and later of a more familiar language, English. His academic publication list was sparse, but he had the excuse of spending 16 years on "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which first appeared in 1954.

  Posted on 2006-10-27 at 01:44  ·  Category: Industry

• Winery a huge investment in Niagara

  Le Clos Jordanne winery in Beamsville has the wine industry standing up and taking notice. Never before has a European wine institution invested in Niagara's wine industry in such a significant way.

  Posted on 2006-10-27 at 01:42  ·  Category: Industry

• THE CHRONICLE'S WINE SELECTIONS Columbia Valley Syrahs

  Like California, Washington state has an increasing number of both wineries and newly approved wine regions. Horse Heaven Hills AVA (American Viticultural Area) and Wahluke Slope AVA, both Columbia Valley subappellations, were recently added.

  Posted on 2006-10-27 at 01:40  ·  Category: Industry

• Wine icon Jess Jackson launches White Rocket for younger consumers

  Wine industry icon Jess Jackson and wife Barbara Banke said Thursday they've launched White Rocket Wine Co., a new unit of Jackson Family Farms aimed at "upcoming generations" of wine consumers.

  Posted on 2006-10-27 at 01:39  ·  Category: Industry

• Seeking alternatives to 2005 Bordeaux?

  Convening with some wine merchants at an enlightening tasting of Michel Chapoutier’s 2005’s last Friday, a wine-trader mentioned how some long-standing clients were finally turning their back on Bordeaux and seeking alternatives, preferably wines that do not entail shelling out £10,000 per case. Musing upon that over the weekend, I speculated upon where I would divert my pennies to?

  Posted by Neal Martin on 2006-10-27 at 11:47  ·  Category: Exclusive

• Month in Review: Vineyard Automation

  Yes, using mechanical harvesters gives you better quality fruit than hand-picking. It may seem like a radical notion to some and may run counter to conventional wisdom, but it's true.

  Posted on 2006-10-24 at 03:21  ·  Category: Industry

• France moves to limit wood chips in wine

  French wine authorities have laid down plans to ban the controversial use of wood chips in higher quality appellation contrôlée wine, after the practice was approved by the European Commission.

  Posted on 2006-10-24 at 03:20  ·  Category: Industry

• Chirac's Wine Stash Raises $1.2 Million, 75% More Than Forecast

  Paris City Hall raised 961,030 euros ($1.2 million) in an auction of fine wines, as a bidding war between British and Chinese merchants drove prices 75 percent higher than the 550,000 euros catalog estimate, breaking records for two vintages.

  Posted on 2006-10-24 at 03:18  ·  Category: Industry

• Climate change to hit Australian wine industry

  Global warming will force changes to Australia's A$4.8 billion (1.9 billion pound) wine export industry, threatening the very existence of some varieties as temperatures rise, a scientist said on Monday.

  Posted on 2006-10-24 at 03:17  ·  Category: Industry

• 2007 Midwest Wine & Grape Conference

  Wine professionals, wine grape growers and wine lovers will gather at Tan-Tar-A resort at the Lake of the Ozarks for the 2007 Midwest Grape & Wine Conference Feb. 3-5, 2007.

  Posted on 2006-10-24 at 03:16  ·  Category: Industry

• Cazes opens his dream village

  Bordeaux veteran Jean Michel Cazes has finally realised his dream of restoring the village of Bages.

  Posted on 2006-10-24 at 03:15  ·  Category: Industry

• Economic Vitality Corporation and Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance to Commission Economic Impact Study of Wine and Wine Grapes

  The Economic Vitality Corporation (EVC) of San Luis Obispo County and Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance are partnering to commission an economic impact study of wine and wine grapes countywide. The goal is to measure the contribution of the wine and wine grape industries and create a model for studying other leading industries in San Luis Obispo County.

  Posted on 2006-10-23 at 01:32  ·  Category: Industry

• Australian growers fume at Lindemans plans

  Struggling grape growers are outraged at Lindemans' plans to sell Chilean and South African wines under its label.

  Posted on 2006-10-23 at 01:31  ·  Category: Industry

• New Report Shows Interest In Unoaked Chardonnay On The Rise

  Frequent wine drinkers in the U.S. may be losing their taste for oaky Chardonnay, according to a report released Oct. 17 by Wine Opinions. Awareness of "unoaked Chardonnay" wines stands at 59% and is growing, the survey results show. "Of those who have heard of these wines, 78% have tasted or purchased unoaked Chardonnay wines," said Christian Miller, research director of Wine Opinions. "And interest in trying these wines among the rest of core consumers is remarkably high. From our data, it looks like the wine consumer market is fracturing when it comes to a taste for oak in Chardonnay."

  Posted on 2006-10-23 at 01:30  ·  Category: Industry

• Winemakers go organic in bottle but not on label

  Charles Krug, Napa Valley's oldest winery, is going organic. In doing so, it joins a band of wineries and grape growers in an expanding organic parade, even though it's unclear how important that designation is to ordinary wine consumers.

  Posted on 2006-10-23 at 01:28  ·  Category: Industry

• Harvesting the good life

  About 250 miles northeast of Vancouver, at the edge of glimmering Okanagan Lake, we heard the word used to defend a move from Montreal. At an organic farm, where a dreadlocked gardener snipped puckered zucchinis and purple tomatoes from the vine, we heard it uttered with a sigh of satisfaction and gratitude.

  Posted on 2006-10-23 at 01:26  ·  Category: Miscellaneous

• AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED IN SF PROMOTES WINE EXPORTS

  State Assemblyman Leland Yee and Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante planned to sign an agreement at the San Francisco Ferry Building today establishing a trade partnership between China and California with an emphasis on exporting wine, Yee's office reported.

  Posted on 2006-10-23 at 01:25  ·  Category: Industry

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