Month: October 2019
Wine Women to hold inaugural annual conference in Sonoma
Wine Women, a new women-only wine-industry group, will hold its first annual conference on November 5th at Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma. The day-long event includes five interactive sessions led by the corporate training team from G3 Sonoma.
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How German wine from Saxony has been transformed by the fall of communism
The entire winemaking industry in Germany’s eastern state of Saxony has seen a rebirth since the nation’s reunification following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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Kincade fire burns through land in wine country, only 15% contained
According to The Press Democrat, only 15% of the Kincade wildfire has been contained by fire crews and over 75,000 acres of land in California have been burned.
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Australian wine sales down in US, up in China
Sales for Australian wines to the United States are down 50 percent from their peak. However, exports to China have kept growth positive for Australian wine exports.
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Officials announce new wine production facility in Virginia
The Virginia Sparkling Company will invest US$590,000 and create six new jobs to establish a new sparkling wine production facility in Nelson County. The company will source exclusively from Virginia and is committing to purchase 168 tons of Virginia grapes over the next three years.
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Francis Ford Coppola’s winery closes as fire blazes California
As thousands of residents evacuate due to the ravaging Kincade Fire in Northern California, many wineries in the region, including that of director Francis Ford Coppola, have also been affected. The Sonoma County site announced on Twitter and Facebook that while the winery “remains safe” it will “be closed through at least Wednesday 30th October”.
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Farmers in South Australia’s Riverland fear they will not survive skyrocketing water prices
South Australian wine grape grower Jack Papageorgiou said prices were causing extreme stress, as water users were unsure if they could afford enough water for a crop this season.
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Keeping it in the family for 170 years
One of Australia’s oldest wine distribution companies, Samuel Smith & Son, is celebrating significant anniversaries this year for three of their South Australian wineries. This year, Yalumba Family Winemakers celebrates an incredible 170 years, Wirra Wirra celebrates 125 years since its original establishment and Jim Barry celebrates 60 years.
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Calabria family wines celebrates Barossa cellar door opening
Over 100 visitors including Hon. David Ridgeway MLC, Minister for Trade, Tourism & Investment South Australia, came to celebrate with the Calabria family for their new cellar door opening last week. Members of the Barossa community and wine industry stakeholders joined the Calabria family for the ribbon cutting ceremony by Bill and Lena Calabria along […]
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Winners Celebrated at the 2019 Mornington Peninsula Wine Show
Among a hearty roster of winners at the 2019 Mornington Peninsula Wine Show were wineries that showcased excellence in different wine varieties was Willow Creek for its 2018 Pinot Gris and Montalto Pennon Hill’s 2018 Shiraz. The show committee chairman Lindsay McCall and chair of judges David Bicknell delivered the results and trophies across 12 […]
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Showcasing NZ’s finest in London
The penthouse of New Zealand House, the home of New Zealand’s High Commission in London, is playing host to a “walk-around” wine tasting for New Zealand’s most promising new releases, featuring 111 wines, across 15 different varieties from 32 producers covering the heart of New Zealand’s wine growing country.
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Kincade fire continues its rampage
Several Sonoma County wineries, including Soda Rock Winery in Alexander Valley and Field Stone Winery, have been burned by the swift-moving Kincade Fire which has gobbled up more than 66,000 acres of land according to fire officials.
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Where there’s a wine, there’s a way
While new US tariffs impose price hikes on imported European wines, Florida Caribbean Distillers began importing truckloads of bulk wine from France and bottling at its plant between near Tampa, which conveniently sidesteps the imposed 25 per cent levy.
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Chapel Down reports another exceptional harvest
The English sparkling wine company said this year’s harvest is its second largest ever, and only beaten by last year’s bumper crop. Chapel Down said this is evidence of the genesis of a new “World class wine-growing region”.
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Italian winemakers look to adapt to climate change
The Piedmont region in northwest Italy is currently finding ways to deal with weather extremes due to climate change that are affecting the region’s grapes, which are forcing producers to find new ways to maintain their best vintages.
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American wineries pull the plug on exporting to China
Tariffs on American wines exported to China mount to more than 90 per cent. Wineries in California, which constitute of more than 90% of American wine production, are reining in their investments in China and diversifying their markets in other parts of Asia.
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