Tag: South Africa
Afternoon Brief, June 24
Jean Arnold Sessions Named Executive Director of Sonoma County Vintners: Sonoma County Vintners announces that Jean Arnold Sessions has been officially appointed the organization's Executive Director...
Afternoon Brief, June 21
How Vivino Plans to Become the Amazon of Wine: One day about seven years ago, Danish entrepreneur Heini Zachariassen found himself standing in front of an enormous wine shelf at his local supermarket and feeling, as he recalls, "stupid"...
South African Chenin Blanc Shows Tremendous Promise for Wine Industry
47% Sales Increase in Past Five Years Indicates Strong Potential for Nation’s Most Planted Varietal
New York, NY, June 21, 2016 —Wines of South Africa...
Afternoon Brief June 13
Wine Brand Battles with Its Former Self: It's a cage match between wine heavyweights! In this corner, owned by the world's second-largest wine company, weighing in with tons of ripe fruit, The Prisoner...
Afternoon Brief, May 10
UK Vineyards Close to Amber Warning Over Pesticides: Britain's burgeoning wine industry is facing a new catastrophic scenario over a failure to replace pesticide products whose approval has been revoked, the UK Vineyards Association as warned..
Afternoon Brief, May 2
Indictment in $300,000 Wine Heist Points to Identity of Triad Buyer: The indictment of two men accused of stealing high-dollar wines from California restaurants in 2014 points to a Triad-based wine broker as the buyer of the stolen wine..
Afternoon Brief, April 26
Rep. Mike Thompson Introduces Tax Bill to Benefit U.S. Wine Industry: North Coast Rep. Mike Thompson proposed a series of federal tax breaks Monday for the U.S. wine industry, including a proposal to slash a tax on sparkling wine that has lingered since the aftermath of Prohibition...
Afternoon Brief, March 15
Gallo, Constellation Claim Nearly Half of Domestic Wine’s “Hot Brands”: It's no secret that E.&J. Gallo Winery and Constellation Brands are powerhouses in the U.S. wine market. Indeed, the two companies comprise more than 35% of the markets volume, according to Impact Databank...
Afternoon Brief, March 1
Napa Valley Vintners Partners with Christie’s to Feature Premiere Napa Valley Wines at Hong Kong Auction: The Napa Valley Vintners announced today it is partnering with renowned auction house Christie's to bring some of Napa Valley's rarest and most collectable wines to the Hong Kong market in November 2016...
Wines of South Africa Announces 2016 Sommelier Cup
New York, NY, March 1, 2016 — Starting in March 2016, Wines of South Africa USA will be running the third WOSA Sommelier Cup...
Afternoon Brief, January 22
Landmark Vineyards and Winery Acquires Russian River Valley’s Hop Kiln Winery: Landmark Vineyards, one of Sonoma's premier producers of luxury chardonnay and pinot noir, announced today its purchase of the historic Hop Kiln Vineyards located in Sonoma's Russian River Valley...
Afternoon Brief, January 5
2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Begins Today: The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition begins today in this northern Sonoma County community, and it continues to break records...
Afternoon Brief, December 10
Rudy Kurniawan's Fake Wines Get the Death Penalty: It's been a busy two days in the saga of convicted wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan...
Afternoon Brief, December 7
Canada and Mexico Given Approval to Implement Over $1 Billion in Damaging Tariffs on American Exports, Including Wine: The World Trade Organization announced today that it is authorizing Canada and Mexico to move forward with a combined $1,009,760,000 in retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. noncompliance on Country of Origin Labeling for muscle cuts of beef and pork...
Afternoon Brief, October 20
Uncorking the Chemical Potential of Wine Waste: Italian scientists have devised an innovative and economically feasible biorefinery that can squeeze more chemicals out of the mountains of grape waste produced during wine production...
