News Archive: March 2007
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Ever wonder what goes into a bottle of wine? The story winemakers love to tell on the bottle label is one of a mystical alchemy of climate, soils, ancient practices and long traditions. Wine labels tend to focus on romance; the small amount of government-required information includes the percentage of alcohol, a warning against consuming wine when pregnant or driving, and a disclosure of sulfites.
Posted on 2007-03-30 at 01:43 · Category: Miscellaneous
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THE International Wine Investment Fund will sell some of its unlisted investments to reap $18.5 million in pre-tax profit by June 30.
Posted on 2007-03-30 at 01:42 · Category: Industry
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Ferndale firm takes on mammoth trellis
Renowned architect Frank Gehry has envisioned an elaborate, wavy wooden trellis as part of the roof design for a California winery. Now, G.R. Plume Co. Inc. is trying to build that vision out of white oak.
Posted on 2007-03-30 at 01:40 · Category: Miscellaneous
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NAPA VALLEY Auction Napa Valley tickets on sale
Tickets for this year's Auction Napa Valley go on sale Thursday. The event will be held June 7-10 throughout the valley, with the signature auction taking place at its usual venue, Meadowood in St. Helena. New this year is an Auction Eve on Thursday, June 7, when 25 wineries will host pre-auction parties and open houses.
Posted on 2007-03-30 at 01:38 · Category: Miscellaneous
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Finger Lakes International Wine Competition
With 2,108 entries from 377 wineries, in 27 states, representing 12 countries and spanning 5 continents, the 7th Annual Finger Lakes International Wine Competition has been named among the 20 most influential wine competitions held across the country by American Gold Medal Wines.
Posted on 2007-03-30 at 01:36 · Category: Industry
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A recent sting in Iowa that found an out-of-state retailer shipping wine to an Iowa resident in violation of that state's laws points to the need for creating a "direct shippers" permit for both out-of-state retailers and wineries, as well as the national wine wholesalers double standard inspired by self interest, according to the Specialty Wine Retailers Association.
Posted on 2007-03-29 at 01:45 · Category: Industry
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E&J Gallo imports new line of South African wines
Gallo said the new line of wines includes Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, a Cabernet-Pinotage blend, and a flagship proprietary blend of Shiraz and Pinotage which is labeled as Cape Blend. Pinotage is a uniquely South African grape, created more than 80 years ago by crossing Pinot Noir with Cinsault.
Posted on 2007-03-29 at 01:44 · Category: Industry
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English producer premiers vineyard insurance scheme
Top English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber has become the first estate to adopt a specialist insurance policy covering its wine 'from grape to glass'.
Posted on 2007-03-29 at 01:35 · Category: Industry
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Wine's Complex Image Deters Young Adults From Trying It - Says VINEXPO
Winemakers and retailers must make a bigger effort to interest young adults so as to overcome wine's complex image, says an international study of 20-25 year olds.
Posted on 2007-03-29 at 01:33 · Category: Miscellaneous
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Winemakers think inside the wine box as image shifts with better varieties
Waller is one of a growing group of wine drinkers turning to the box rather than the bottle. With better wine varieties now in boxes, wineries are attempting to give the category a new identity far from drunken fraternity parties that gave box vino its cheap, low-quality image.
Posted on 2007-03-28 at 01:47 · Category: Industry
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New meets old: Emerging technologies help in managing biodynamic farm
Ceágo Vinegarden is all about blending old technologies with the new, according to owner Jim Fetzer, who runs the vineyard on his organic and biodynamic farm in Nice.
Posted on 2007-03-28 at 01:46 · Category: Science & Technology
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Simple solution for cork taint
Mel Knox, a San Francisco-based oak-barrel broker who represents French cooper Taransaud, says there is an easy solution, particularly when the cork taint is relatively mild.
Posted on 2007-03-28 at 01:44 · Category: Industry
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‘Argentina is a very sleepy giant,’ a colleague remarked off the record recently, making sure to emphasise the ‘very’. But a giant no less. And one South African wine producers may want to reconsider as a competitor and, may I suggest, visit in an effort to place our own viticultural assets in a New World context that transcends our offering relative to the Antipodeans’.
Posted on 2007-03-28 at 01:43 · Category: Industry
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Kosher wines show gains in quality
Kohn's Kosher Meat and Deli Restaurant at 10405 Old Olive Street Road had just started serving dinner on Thursday nights, and the place was packed. Observant Jews, who don't have much in the way of restaurant options in St. Louis, were enjoying sushi and steak and sampling kosher wine that just isn't chopped liver anymore.
Posted on 2007-03-28 at 01:41 · Category: Industry
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Bumper crop of wine property buyers
The North Coast is attracting more prospective wine property and brand buyers thanks to large companies looking to fill gaps in their portfolios as U.S. consumer tastes move upscale, a trend that also is helping to raise vineyard values after a slump a few years ago.
Posted on 2007-03-27 at 02:04 · Category: Industry
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Chemistry behind winemaking focus of seminar with N.C. vintner
Marek Wojciechowski, owner of Chatham Hill Winery in Morrisville, near Cary, and a winemaker, will lead a Wake Forest University chemistry department-sponsored seminar at 4 p.m. March 28 on the science behind winemaking. The free, public event will be held in Salem Hall, Room 10
Posted on 2007-03-27 at 02:04 · Category: Industry
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Craig Paulos knows wine. "It can be social. It can be relaxing. It doesn't have to be over the top," he said. And it doesn't surprise him that the U.S. is right on the heals of countries like France, Italy and Spain when it comes to wine consumption.
Posted on 2007-03-27 at 02:02 · Category: Industry
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The classic Portuguese dessert wine hasn't had nearly the popularity in America that it has in Europe. But an interview with Peter Prager whose winery specializes in Port-style wines reveals its popularity in the U.S. is on the rise.
Posted on 2007-03-27 at 02:01 · Category: Industry
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New California Cooler Shakes up the Shelves as the Only Real Wine-Based Beverage
Majestic Brands has brought the ‘cool’ back to the refreshment beverage category by introducing the new California Cooler to cities nationwide. The company announced today that their new product, California Cooler, has hit the market as the only real wine refreshment beverage made from wine, fruit juice and infused fruit flavors. Well known as the originator of the wine cooler category in the 1980s, California Cooler created a surge of popularity from the west coast all the way across the U.S. The new, modern formula in true California style has officially ‘rolled off the shelves’ just in time for summer.
Posted on 2007-03-27 at 01:57 · Category: Miscellaneous
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EU calls for WTO panel in row with India over wine duties
The European Union on Monday asked the World Trade Organization to rule on the legality of India's high import duties for wine and spirits, claiming they hurt French winemakers and Scotch whisky producers.
Posted on 2007-03-26 at 01:09 · Category: Industry
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This is some of the most intimate and satisfying wine tasting I've done in years. I visited six tasting rooms and wasn't charged a cent to sample as many as 10 wines per winery. Everyone was welcoming and knowledgeable, and at three wineries, the owner worked behind the bar. It was a holiday weekend, yet parking was a breeze, and I spotted just two limousines in three days.
Posted on 2007-03-26 at 01:02 · Category: Miscellaneous
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New Chair for Air New Zealand Wine Awards
New Zealand Winegrowers, the national organisation for the country’s 1,300 grape growers and winemakers, announced today the appointment of Mr Steve Smith MW as the new Chair of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
Posted on 2007-03-26 at 01:01 · Category: Industry
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Chianti joins international alliance to protect place names
Chianti Classico is the first Italian region to join an international alliance dedicated to protecting the exclusivity and originality of wine regions.
The alliance is a high-calibre coalition of 13 wine-producing regions which have all signed the Joint Declaration to Protect Wine Place Names & Origins.Posted on 2007-03-26 at 12:50 · Category: Industry
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Chateau Souverain winery upgrades planned
Movie mogul Francis Ford Coppola’s much-anticipated renovation plans for his new Sonoma County winery include two swimming pools where visitors will be able to take a dip after they sip.
Posted on 2007-03-21 at 01:58 · Category: Industry
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Jacob's Creek enjoying the fruits of early labour
While many Aussies (especially Sydney-siders) love to brag, tongue in cheek, about their convict heritage, not all of this vast country was settled by types fallen afoul of the law.
Posted on 2007-03-21 at 01:57 · Category: Industry
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On Wine: A 'new age' of grape growing takes root
While I was touring Bordeaux I visited a small chateau run by an older widow who was making some very good wines. She attributed the quality of her wines to the way she tended her vines, which was according to a system called "biodynamic," a term I had never heard before.
Posted on 2007-03-21 at 01:57 · Category: Industry
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Old rules for wine are changing
Wilson, who was host of a Cajun-style cooking show on PBS for years, used to end his show by sitting down in front of whatever dish he had prepared and pour himself a big glass of red wine. Sometimes, the dish Wilson prepared would be of the fish variety and when that would happen, as he poured his glass of red wine he would say: “They say you’re supposed to drink white wine with fish. But they also say you should drink the kind of wine you like.”
Posted on 2007-03-21 at 01:54 · Category: Miscellaneous
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FL : $14.2 million in wine fest proceeds to be awarded
The day the charities benefiting from the Naples Winter Wine Festival has arrived, with the festival’s foundation set to award $14.2 million in proceeds from the 2007 event at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Posted on 2007-03-20 at 02:12 · Category: Industry
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Winery plans $1 million in upgrades
A Madison County vineyard is marking its 25th anniversary by investing $1 million in its winemaking facilities.
Posted on 2007-03-20 at 02:10 · Category: Industry
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Phylloxera doom in Martinborough
Martinborough wine region, a sub-region of Wairarapa, on the south-eastern tip of the North Island the last bastion in New Zealand to hold out against phylloxera infection has finally fallen lst week. Te Kairanga winery in Martinborough is the latest casualty to this vineyard calamity.
Posted on 2007-03-20 at 02:09 · Category: Industry
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