News Archive: July 2006
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2002 to 2004 Bordeaux Perspective
There is little doubt that future wine-lovers will look back on the first years of the 21st century and see two towering vintages in the form of 2000 and 2005, much like we today see the 1980’s dominated by 1982 and 1986. Such auspicious vintages tend to suck attention away from adjacent growing seasons, deprive them of their fair share of limelight, a propos 1962, 1988 and perhaps the years sandwiched between 2000 and 2005?
Posted by Neal Martin on 2006-07-31 at 02:02 · Category: Exclusive
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We examined the industry's most advanced vineyard management software to determine the pros and cons of each.
Posted on 2006-07-31 at 01:44 · Category: Industry
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Warnings on wine allergens on tap
Scientist Christine Rogers savors wine, but eggs sicken her.
That's a problem, because Rogers fears drinking the wrong bottle might expose her to egg whites used in clarifying some wines. No wonder the 44-year-old University of Massachusetts researcher is a motivated player in the wine label jousting that's taking some new turns.Posted on 2006-07-31 at 01:43 · Category: Industry
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Scientists Develop Robotic Wine Taster
Japanese scientists have developed a robotic wine taster, which they claim can correctly identify the unique organic components of 30 popular wines within 30 seconds, reported Indo Asian News Service.
Posted on 2006-07-31 at 01:42 · Category: Science & Technology
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France becomes creative with wine labels
Names like Elephant on a Tightrope and Arrogant Frog, with bottles featuring the comic animals, are designed to lift the French wine industry out of a consumption slump. Increasing competition from abroad is also prompting wine marketers to be creative with names and labels, the newspaper said.
Posted on 2006-07-31 at 01:39 · Category: Industry
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Vigilance is in order for wine by the glass
A wine columnist and old friend had a terrible experience a decade ago that was recently repeated, with variations, on me, prompting my typical response: a verbal outcry.
Posted on 2006-07-31 at 01:38 · Category: Industry
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Foppiano hosts petite sirah session
Foppiano Vineyards is again hosting the annual "Noble Petite Sirah Symposium," which will be held Aug. 8 at the Foppiano winery at 12707 Old Redwood Highway in Healdsburg.
Posted on 2006-07-31 at 01:37 · Category: Industry
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Sales ploy uncorked: buy our wine and claim it back!
A major wine supplier urged its staff to buy its own products in pubs where their drinks were being trialled - to help boost sales and secure a multimillion-pound contract.
Posted on 2006-07-27 at 01:39 · Category: Miscellaneous
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Bankrupt Legacy Estates to be bought by joint venture
Bill Price, a founding partner of the Texas Pacific Group, and the Huneeus family announced this week that they have made an offer to purchase the assets of Legacy Estates Group out of bankruptcy protection for approximately $90 million.
Legacy Estates owns Freemark AbbeyPosted on 2006-07-27 at 01:37 · Category: Industry
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Ravenswood founder Joel Peterson could retire wealthy -- but he still loves making wine
When Joel Peterson reaped a multimillion-dollar payoff from the sale of Ravenswood, the winery he founded, he could have taken the money and run. Most winemakers who strike such gold do.
Posted on 2006-07-27 at 01:35 · Category: Miscellaneous
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Rappahannock Cellars Winery brings home 2006 Virginia Governor's Cup
Rappahannock Cellars has earned the distinguished 2006 Governor's Cup for its 2005 Reserve Viognier from a field of over 250 entries in this year's Governor's Cup Wine Competition.
Posted on 2006-07-27 at 01:34 · Category: Industry
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Sauvignon Blancs fit for a king
When I am king, baseball will be played year-round. "Rocky VI" will be canceled and every print burned. Every day will be a Spare the Air Day with free public transport, and people buying SUVs will have to prove they actually drive off-road.
Posted on 2006-07-27 at 01:33 · Category: Industry
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Glut forces massive discounts in Australia
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has reported that bottles of cleanskin (showing neither winemaker or winery) Chardonnay and Merlot are being sold for as little as AUS$2 in supermarkets. These wines usually sell for three times that amount.
Posted on 2006-07-26 at 02:30 · Category: Industry
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The Winery goes out to bat for screwcaps
The Winery is the first South African producer to be listed as a member of the International Screwcap Initiative (ISI) – a world-wide non-profit making association aimed at developing wine quality by encouraging the use of screwcap wine seals.
Posted on 2006-07-26 at 02:30 · Category: Industry
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The Indy International Wine Competition, which takes place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Thursday through Saturday, has become the third-largest wine competition -- and one of the most well-regarded -- in the country.
Posted on 2006-07-26 at 02:28 · Category: Industry
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More and more shoppers are forking out extra money for organic foods to avoid chemicals, eat healthy and to support the environment.
Posted on 2006-07-26 at 02:26 · Category: Industry
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The product is an organic formulation that fights the botrytis and sclerotinia fungi which occurs in some crops. It contains a live spore preparation that should out compete the other fungi, but it does not cause the same damage to crops.
Posted on 2006-07-26 at 02:25 · Category: Science & Technology
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Cline Cellars, a family-owned winery in the Carneros district of Sonoma Valley, recently made the switch to solar power, providing an annual estimated savings of $92,000. With a goal to be energy independent, thus creating predictable energy and costs, Cline hired SolarCraft Services, Inc. of Novato, California to design and build the large commercial solar electric system. The system now provides 100 percent of the winery's annual electricity consumption for its production facility.
Posted on 2006-07-25 at 02:01 · Category: Industry
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Hardy UF grape spawns boom for Southern wineries
A grape developed by UF researchers is gaining popularity among wine connoisseurs and may contribute to a wine-making boom in Florida and Texas.
Posted on 2006-07-25 at 01:59 · Category: Industry
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Sunny skies prevail for Vincor's scheme
It was only in the late-1990s that Vincor announced its grand plan - consulting with some of viticulture's best brains and employing the latest in technology - to turn this arid land into its flagship vineyard.
Posted on 2006-07-25 at 01:57 · Category: Industry
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The French Now Sniff, Swirl and Brand
With the 2005 Bordeaux vintage fetching record prices in the wine futures market, the elite chateaus of France have rarely had it better. Further down the pecking order, though, French winemakers’ woes are growing. More consumers are snubbing French wines in favor of New World alternatives.
Posted on 2006-07-25 at 01:55 · Category: Industry
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Looking for good deal on wine? Try Sam's Club
The best of times, calls for a toast. So, Napa Valley, raises a glass to the big box. Kicking it up a notch. There’s a new sommelier in the house, and you’ll never guess who.
Posted on 2006-07-25 at 01:53 · Category: Industry
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The Washington state wine industry's first national branding effort spiked a 45 percent increase in Washington wine sales in Tampa, Fla., from February -- April 2006, indicating a successful template for future national marketing efforts. Washington state is the nation's second largest producer of wine, with more than 400 wineries and 350 wine grape growers.
Posted on 2006-07-25 at 01:52 · Category: Industry
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Over 300 attend BC Wine Institute's Enology & Viticulture Conference
Well over 300 vineyard managers, winemakers and grape growers attended each day of the British Columbia Wine Institute's 2006 Enology & Viticulture Conference in Penticton, B.C., on July 17 and 18. Penticton lies within the long, narrow Okanagan Valley, which runs for 100 miles north of the Washington state border.
Posted on 2006-07-24 at 02:45 · Category: Industry
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Calvin and Dev Sidhu were once fond of telling wine writers that they named their wine company the Legacy Estate Group because they were building a wine empire as a legacy for their children.
Posted on 2006-07-24 at 02:44 · Category: Industry
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France driven to (gasp) market wine
With he 2005 Bordeaux vintage fetching record prices in the wine futures market, the elite chateaux of France have rarely had it better. Further down the pecking order, though, French winemakers' woes are growing. Consumers are drinking less or snubbing French wines in favor of New World alternatives. And the European Commission wants to tear up some vineyards to reduce excess production and cut subsidies to growers.
Posted on 2006-07-24 at 02:42 · Category: Industry
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Australia : Grape glut crushes wine prices
Wine prices have hit an all-time low, with a major supermarket chains selling bottles of clean skin chardonnay and merlot for $2.00 a bottle.
Posted on 2006-07-24 at 02:41 · Category: Industry
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It really is very hot indeed down here in the Languedoc and in all of southern France, including Bordeaux, as far as I can see – and has been so since mid June at least. France however has made up for the drought of the 2005 growing season with much higher rainfall in 2006 than, say, the UK and some spraying has been necessary.
Posted on 2006-07-24 at 02:27 · Category: Industry
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Vinfolio announced today the release of the 22nd edition of the Wine Price File (WPF), the most extensive compilation of wine auction prices. The auction data is also available online through VinCellar(TM), Vinfolio's online cellar management software.
Posted on 2006-07-24 at 02:26 · Category: Industry
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India : Maharashtra wine institute in MoU with Italian wine agencies
In a bid to further establish the state's status as India's leading wine producing region, the Government of Maharashtra is focussing on the basics - education, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Posted on 2006-07-24 at 02:24 · Category: Industry
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