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As demand for canned wines grows winemakers are adapting again
In 2020, sales of canned wine grew 61 per cent as consumers have embraced a whole new category of products designed for convenience. Ben Parsons took a bold step in 2011 when he debuted his first canned wine at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, which quickly caught the public’s attention and heralded another shift […]
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Screen printing the first AR wine label for Bogle Vineyards
Bogle Vineyards, along with their glass supplier and design team, met with Bergin in 2018 to refresh their Phantom Chardonnay package. Their goal was to reach and engage new consumers with a visually stunning and impactful label. The original focus was the Chardonnay but quickly carried over to the Phantom Red Blend.
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Grape growers in the Walla Walla Valley report wildly varying yields, wildly delicious wines
With winegrape harvest season largely in the rearview mirror, vineyard managers in the Walla Walla Valley, Oregon, USA, are reporting lower yields than normal as a result of poor weather conditions, but they are predicting higher quality wines from the grapes they did harvest.
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The market for organic wines from Occitania is under pressure
Despite an extra 4,600 hectares being certified, bringing the total area of organic vineyards in Occitania, Southern France and Northern Spain, to 33,496 ha, crop volumes will be down this year. At a meeting organised by Sudvinbio, operators estimate output of certified organic wines this year in Occitania at 1 million hectolitres, compared with 1.35 […]
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Shippers fear ‘catastrophic’ fallout from ‘crazy’ California port fees
The cure is worse than the disease, say critics of an emergency plan of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach backed by the Biden administration. If you think port congestion is bad now, just wait for what comes next. On Wednesday, two days after the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced […]
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Huge storms smash Adelaide bringing golf ball sized hail and power outages
Adelaide has been smashed by severe storms in what could be a taster of things to come for much of the country’s south and east. During Thursday morning and up until lunchtime, several storm fronts ploughed through the city delivering golf ball sized hail. There are reports that more than 6000 homes are without power, […]
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Panel to be established over Australia–China wine dispute
Australia has submitted a second request to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to establish a panel examining China’s imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on wine imported from Australia. The dispute settlement body agreed to the establishment of the panel.
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US: The great supply chain kerfuffle of 2021
Delays in deliveries are affecting producers and product launches, and limiting consumers’ options during the peak of holiday wine-buying. Welcome to the great supply chain kerfuffle of 2021, which has made itself felt up and down and throughout the wine business.
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France: Badet Clement reveals impacts of ‘historically low’ 2021 vintage
After the 2017 frost, 2018 mildew and 2019 heatwave, winegrowers in France faced another severe hit from the April spring frost described as “century’s worst agricultural disaster” by France’s agriculture minister this year.
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Wine heavyweights buy 162 acres of what some call California’s best Syrah vines
Pax Mahle, winemaker and owner of Pax Wines, and Baron Ziegler, owner of Marine Layer Wines, have purchased 162 acres of prized Syrah vines that comprise what many consider to be the foremost Syrah vineyard in California.
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NASA launches openet online to provide crop water use data
NASA, in cooperation with other public agencies and private industry partners, officially launched the OpenET online platform on 21 October to make water use data from Landsat satellite imagery and models free and accessible to farmers, water managers and others to better manage irrigation based on evapotranspiration.
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How the world aided South Africa’s wine trade
South Africa has suffered greater than most countries during the Covid-19 pandemic. It has reported three times as many cases as any other African country, and many of the government’s attempts to curb the virus – closing borders, prohibiting or restricting the domestic sale of alcohol, and banning the transport of goods to the country’s […]
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Blog: Wine and the trouble with Halloween
Everyone knows that wine consumption is at least in part occasion-driven. Although some of my friends insist that they don’t really need a reason to pop a cork, for many consumers the act of drinking is closely tied to occasions of one sort or another. Economist writer Mike Veseth explores how winemakers can embrace this […]
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Exporting wine to Japan and the UK
The NSW Wine Export Development Program has recently provided the NSW Wine Industry with funding to subsidise a training program to help viticulturists develop exports in the Japanese and UK markets.
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UK trade deal “fantastic” for Marlborough wine company
A Marlborough wine company is in line for a $1.2 million boost when the UK free trade deal takes effect. The deal, announced on Thursday, will remove tariffs on 97 per cent of goods once a final agreement is settled, including wine.
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Master of wine: Michael Henley’s yearning for learning
New Zealand’s newest master of wine says the Christchurch store was more focused on flagons of beer than its small wine selection. But he studied the back labels and began to take $20 to work each week, growing a cellar in his last year of a science degree.
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