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Solar panels help French winemaker keep climate change at bay
A roof of solar panels shades Pierre Escudie as he inspects the last plump grapes to be harvested at his vineyard in southwest France, after a year of hard frosts and blistering heat that damaged many of his neighbours’ crops.
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Prices of Beaujolais nouveau set to soar
Although there are no official statistics as yet, with grapes only just in the tanks if that, there are plenty of forecasts being bandied about Beaujolais to quantify the inevitable rise in prices for Nouveau wines due to the small 2021 crop.
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EU wine and spirits provide nutritional information and ingredients via new standardised e-label
The EU’s wine and spirits industries are together launching a new e-label platform which will provide consumers with information on ingredients, nutrition information, responsible drinking guidelines and sustainability.
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Stranded RSE workers in New Zealand
When Ionatana Manu left Samoa in the summer of 2019, his daughter was three-years-old and his wife was pregnant with their second child. The plan was for a summer’s work in Marlborough’s vineyards, before returning to his young family in Apia, stocked with savings from the season.
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Wine producers expand export horizons
Western Australia’s wine producers are adapting to changing trade conditions by shifting their target markets, capitalising on their niche product offering and geographical advantage. Wine Australia’s latest export report indicates total exports from WA were $49 million in the 2020-21 financial year, a drop of 20 per cent.
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Raising a glass to Australian wines
The UK’s love for Australian wines shows no signs of abating. With good availability, competitive pricing, and good transport and distribution networks, supply from Australia is still extremely attractive for UK buyers and wine drinkers.
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Give me a wine that tastes of gum trees? Yes please
In a bold move that will upset many a purist, one Coonawarra winemaker has gone all out to create a red wine with the most Australian personality possible.
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Backlog of cargo ships at port of LA reaches boiling point
As an estimated 500,000 containers are sitting on cargo ships off the Southern California coast, many are wondering how to handle the backlog. Few are more frustrated about the backlog at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, than truck drivers in the chaos. They say that a trucker shortage is not the problem, […]
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The workers who keep global supply chains moving are warning of a ‘system collapse’
Seafarers, truck drivers and airline workers have endured quarantines, travel restrictions and complex COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements to keep stretched supply chains moving during the pandemic. But many are now reaching their breaking point, posing yet another threat to the badly tangled network of ports, container vessels and trucking companies that moves goods around […]
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Vineyard tech and the green cyber revolution
The wine industry has been slower than others when it comes to normalising the use of technology. Tech seems antithesis to the romance, poetry and culture, that’s fuelled wine business for centuries. Further, mechanisation—especially in terms of viticulture—is often associated by many with high-yielding, poor quality grapes producing masses of lower quality wines.
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Winegrapes are at risk from climate change
Winegrapes are one of the most sensitive crops to variations in temperature and precipitation, putting them at risk from the impacts of climate change.
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Blog: How one COVID nurse found respite in winemaking
In a normal year, days are long and hard for Jane Khoury who doubles as a winemaker for her family’s Elkfield Wines and as an Intensive Care Unit nurse at Adventist Health, Ukiah Valley. But life since the pandemic began has been anything but normal, with COVID-19 putting extra strain on the tight-rope she walks […]
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O-I Glass unveils $680m growth investment plans
O-I Glass has announced plans for global investments worth up to $680 million, as it looks to expand its glass packaging capacity. The company plans to add up to 700,000 tons of extra glass packaging capacity and to focus on its expansion of premium products across the US and UK.
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Vintage Wine Estates enhances DtC platform
Vintage Wine Estates has announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Vinesse, LLC, a direct to consumer platform company specialising in wine clubs with over 60,000 members. Founded in 1993, Vinesse has developed a long-time following by offering interesting boutique wines to a broader audience and making wine accessible and easy to […]
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US wine sales looking up
It’s been a rocky year, but the signs are promising in the US wine market. Restaurants are back, French rosés are back, and old people are more important to the wine industry than ever.
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Sustainability and worker compensation in the wine business
Why should the concept of sustainability apply only to environmental concerns? This question is raised in a particularly helpful way by Jono Le Feuvre in his essay “The Human Factor”. He argues that sustainability should apply to working conditions and worker compensation as well.
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