Tag: Chile
Afternoon Brief, October 6
Ancient Grape ‘Solution’ to Climate Change:
Wine cooperative Plaimont may have found a solution to a demand for less alcoholic reds from hot wine regions - an ancient grape currently known as Pedebernade 5...
Afternoon Brief, October 1
America's Thirst for Wine Insatiable, Despite Rise of Cocktails, Craft Beer:
Wine industry executives are worried about the growing interest in craft beer and spirits from America's 20- and 30-somethings...
Afternoon Brief, September 30
Woman dies falling into vat of wine after being overcome by fumes: Wine specialist Nerea Pérez is believed to have lost her balance while watching the fermenting process...
Afternoon Brief, September 23
Harvest Fair winning wines revealed - mostly:
The winners of the Sonoma County Harvest Fair Wine Competition were revealed Sunday, but the top three wines the sweepstakes winners have yet to be unveiled...
Afternoon Brief, September 18
Constellation Pilots Innovative BioFiltro Wastewater Treatment System:
Constellation plans to put millions of earthworms to work in 2015. Don't worry, they wont be making the wine, they'll be cleaning the wastewater from winery operations...
Afternoon Brief, August 21
Treasury Wine's Michael Clarke flags U.S. acquisitions despite $100m loss:
Treasury Wine Estates boss Michael Clarke won't allow calamitous acquisitions made by former management or circling private equity suitors deter him from beating a path to the U.S., and has signalled an appetite for acquiring premium Californian wine brands to augment his ambitious growth strategy...
Afternoon Brief, August 19
California has given away rights to far more water than it has:
California has allocated five times more surface water than the state actually has, making it hard for regulators to tell whose supplies should be cut during a drought, University of California researchers reported...
Afternoon Brief, August 15
Washington wine industry prepares for another record vintage:
Last years record 212,000 tons in Washington wine country will likely exceed 230,000 tons this year, according to the Northwests largest wine producer...
Afternoon Brief, August 13
Research finds hormone-disrupting chemicals in 59% of wines:
New research has found that 59% of tested French wines contain at least one form of phthalate, most likely as a result of plastics used in wineries...
Afternoon Brief, August 8
El Nino forecast drops 20 percent for Northern California:
Early reports indicate that the chance of having a strong El Niño season this winter has dropped, according to the National Weather Service...
Afternoon Brief, July 30
Professor Claims Terroir is ‘A Myth’:
The quality of some of the worlds top wines is down to a concentration of expertise rather than terroir, a French professor has argued...
Afternoon Brief, July 8
Veraison Starts in Napa Valley:
According to the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) veraison, an annual benchmark in the winegrape growing season is underway, occurring 5-10 days earlier than usual...
Afternoon Brief, July 1
Bye bye Bordeaux! The new bull market for wine:
When a pack of wine collectors arrived in the private second floor of Manhattan's Bowery Hotel last Thursday for an auction held by Acker Merrall & Condit, they weren't there to hold back...
Afternoon Brief, June 19
Economics driving California wineries to Pacific NorthWest:
Speculation creeps into the conversation every time a large California winery snaps up a smaller operation and sets up shop in Oregon or Washington: The big outfits figure climate change eventually will make California too hot and dry to grow premium wine grapes, so they are moving to better conditions in the Pacific Northwest...
Chile Wine Industry Leader, Bets for the American Market as a...
MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 16, 2014 – Chile has established itself as one of the most important wine providers of the New World*, according...
