News Archive: May 2006
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Bordeaux 2005 “en primeur” like a record-attempt for the longest strip-tease
I often think of Bordeaux “en primeur” like a record-attempt for the longest strip-tease. The spotlights switch on, the music revs up, she (or he) waltzes onto the stage and…takes out a book to read. The whistling and shouts of “Get on with it” have little effect and so the audience take out some reading material, say the last issue of the Wine Advocate, with one eye on the stage for signs of any movement.
Posted by Neal Martin on 2006-05-31 at 05:01 · Category: Exclusive
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Winemaker Helen Turley Sued For Alleged Breach of Contract
In a legal case sure to be closely watched in the wine world, oral arguments pitting one of the world's most famous winemakers and her husband against a former client began this week in a Napa County courtroom. Roy Estate LLC of Napa is suing Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer, alleging breach of contract, fraud, and unjust enrichment.
Posted on 2006-05-31 at 01:41 · Category: Industry
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EU must get creative with wine reform
More imagination is needed if the European Union’s wine reform is to truly create a wine sector that will fend for itself against marketing masters from the New World, says the head of a French winemakers’ delegation to BeverageDaily.com.
Posted on 2006-05-31 at 01:40 · Category: Industry
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Taittinger champagne set to return to family hands
Champagne house Taittinger, put up for sale by U.S. fund Starwood Capital Group Global LLC, is set to return to the hands of the founding family with the backing of French bank Credit Agricole.
Posted on 2006-05-31 at 01:38 · Category: Industry
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IN : New wine shipping law opens the door for wine lovers
Indiana - A change in state law is making it harder for wine lovers to purchase wines grown right here in Indiana.
Posted on 2006-05-31 at 01:29 · Category: Industry
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Canada : Organizers gearing up for Niagara vintage wine festival
More than 25 wineries have signed up to take part in the event, which includes tours, tastings and special events to celebrate the province's newest wines, says a Niagara Grape & Wine Festival news release.
Posted on 2006-05-31 at 01:28 · Category: Industry
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The big-time annual auction in Napa has never been about morning. It's more about night, about indulgence, about lavish dinners and cultish wines.
Posted on 2006-05-31 at 01:23 · Category: Industry
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Treasure-hunting in tiny wineries
While the Niagara region bristles with widely known and wonderful wineries, true joy lies in discovering the hidden gems. On two recent Saturdays, I played wine tourist and made amazing finds as I explored some of the trendier wineries.
Posted on 2006-05-31 at 01:22 · Category: Industry
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Russian 'sour grapes' embargo leaves Georgian wine makers counting the cost
What would Chavchavadze have thought of Russia banning the wine he gave to his friends?" asks Nino, a guide at the estate museum, trying to conjure up the scene. "It would have been very taxing for him to digest this reality," she adds with enormous restraint.
Posted on 2006-05-30 at 01:40 · Category: Industry
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News Flash: France actually WON the '76 Paris Commemorative Tasting
From all accounts, it was primarily the French who balked at the idea of directly comparing and ranking newer vintages of their finest wines against California's best in last week's re-enactment and commemorative tasting of the 1976 Paris event. So everyone's attention, naturally, focused on the portion of the event in which many of the wines tasted in the legendary 1976 Paris tasting were re-tasted on both side of the Atlantic, and to everyone's surprise -- and to the horror of the overconfident French -- the older California cabs swept the mature Bordeaux vintages out to sea.
Posted on 2006-05-30 at 01:34 · Category: Industry
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Steven Spurrier - champion of French wines
In many ways the man who organised Wednesday’s re-run of the famous California v France tasting in London, and the original in Paris in 1976, is more interesting than the taste-offs themselves - and ironically he could hardly be more pro-French wine.
Posted on 2006-05-30 at 01:33 · Category: Industry
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Cakebread pioneers spotlight wine and food
Well known vintners Jack and Dolores Cakebread have been entertaining visitors for more than three decades.
Posted on 2006-05-30 at 01:26 · Category: Industry
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Jazz lovers sample sounds, tastes of Sonoma
The tourists strolling around Sonoma Plaza on Sunday had a noticeable spring in their steps as they bee-bopped to some of the area's best jazz during the second annual Wine & Song Around the Plaza.
Posted on 2006-05-30 at 01:24 · Category: Industry
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Napa Valley Vintners gear up for 26th annual charity auction
After fine-tuning last year' 25th anniversary remodel, members of Napa Valley Vintners are putting the finishing touches on plans for this year's Auction Napa Valley taking place Saturday at St. Helena's Meadowood Resort.
Posted on 2006-05-30 at 01:23 · Category: Industry
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Consolidation changing the wine business, industry experts say
Consolidation among U.S. wine companies and wholesalers has only just begun, but increasing domestic wine consumption and spending along with decreasing regulations on distribution will bolster profits for wineries large and small, according to experts.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:32 · Category: Industry
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During a Wednesday press conference, Schumer said invasive species ranging from plants to microorganisms are sucking billions of dollars out of the U.S. economy and putting $170 million in crop production at risk. New York's senior senator also said these unwelcome foreigners threaten the tourism industry, and he's cosponsoring legislation to take them on.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:31 · Category: Industry
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Santa Cruz Mountains Winemakers Go Far Out
Every June, the Santa Cruz Mountains becomes a beehive of activity for Vintner’s Festival. Now in its 17th year, the event has grown to include nearly 50 wineries. Vintner’s Festival, “A Taste of the Mountains,” was developed to give small wineries without tasting rooms the opportunity to share their wares with the public in accessible restaurants and shops. Good thing, as more and more small wineries are getting farther and farther out into the far reaches of the appellation.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:29 · Category: Industry
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The Big Question: So does French wine still deserve its reputation as the best in the world?
Does the US's victory over France in a 'blind tasting' of wines matter?
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:26 · Category: Industry
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77 Days Riesling Highlights Best of Finger Lakes Winemaking
An exciting new Riesling from the renowned Finger Lakes area showcases the finest that New York State Rieslings have to offer. The debut of the 2005 77 Days Riesling from Constellation Brands adds even more excitement to the already impressive roster of award-winning New York State Rieslings available today. 77 Days Riesling was launched to coincide with the opening of the New York Wine & Culinary Center so that visitors can sample it alongside wines from many other New York State wineries.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:24 · Category: Industry
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In a Northern California monastery, 25 monks following the teachings of St. Benedict rise hours before dawn to pray, work the land and make a serious syrah -- a full-bodied red wine.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:24 · Category: Industry
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California wins the re-enactment of 1976 -- by a nose
Comparative tastings in 1976 of French and California chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons by respected French palates had resulted in New World wine earning considerable respect.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:18 · Category: Industry
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Bulgarian wine – the next big thing?
Winemaking in Bulgaria has been traced back nearly 2,500 years, when grapes first arrived there from Armenian Georgia. The Bulgarian wine industry for the most part was state-controlled until the Iron Curtain fell in 1990, and now premium
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:14 · Category: Industry
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Margaux vineyards under threat
The Préfet of the Gironde département has apparently just announced a plan to build a motorway which will bypass Bordeaux. Many of us who have tried to navigate our way through this beautiful city will agree that it could be useful, but three of the five routes proposed will either cut the Margaux appellation area in two, or go around it, encroaching on terroirs already classified as AC Margaux, or under consideration for such classification.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:12 · Category: Industry
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2006 Tasting Room Survey Report
Wine Business Monthly's 2006 Tasting Room Survey has shed light on some of the trends shaping today's tasting rooms. This year's survey revealed that roughly half of respondents now charge for tasting, with average fees falling between $3-6. While it is generally expected that wineries should charge more for reserve tastings or when serving food, West Coast wineries top the chart with many charging $10 for a "bare bones" tasting. In addition, about 43 percent of tasting rooms reported that they apply tasting fees to a customer's purchase.
Posted on 2006-05-26 at 01:10 · Category: Industry
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Winemakers to Uncork Demand in China
Victor Dejesus, a Spanish winemaker, is eager to sell his wines in China, but he found he may have a problem.
Posted on 2006-05-25 at 12:33 · Category: Industry
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Thirty years after a shock defeat, French wines lose again to Californians in the great taste test
Last night, exactly 30 years later, Mr Spurrier and the wine dealers Berry Brothers assembled 80 experts from both sides of the Atlantic to recreate the experiment. Meeting at Berry Brothers in Piccadilly and at Copia in the heart of Californian winemaking country, they tested the original wines to see if they had stood the test of time.
Posted on 2006-05-25 at 12:31 · Category: Industry
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It's official: California wines beat the French
Exactly 30 years after the historic Paris wine tasting that changed the wine industry forever, a Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon once again beat out its prestigious Bordeaux peers in what has come to be known as the wine rematch of the century.
Posted on 2006-05-25 at 12:28 · Category: Industry
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Woodinville is in the heart of one of Washington state's wine producing areas, and the folks there are looking to attract more visitors through creation of a "wine village" on the edge of the town.
Posted on 2006-05-25 at 11:57 · Category: Industry
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Woodinville is in the heart of one of Washington state's wine producing areas, and the folks there are looking to attract more visitors through creation of a "wine village" on the edge of the town.
Posted on 2006-05-25 at 11:57 · Category: Industry
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France to go 'massive' in China
France is planning an aggressive marketing campaign for China, with 'massive' supermarket launches to capitalise on initiatives already in place, French ministers announced at Vinexpo in Hong Kong.
Posted on 2006-05-25 at 11:55 · Category: Industry
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