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Fire breaks out near Sonoma, huge cloud of smoke seen across Wine Country
A fire broke out in the grass and oak woodlands of Sonoma County Wednesday afternoon, sending a huge cloud of smoke into the sky above California’s Wine Country. The Fremont Fire broke out in the 4200 block of Napa Road near Fremont Drive in Schellville, officials said. That’s just five miles from the Sonoma Square […]
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Why the French wine industry is running out of wooden cases, boxes and glass bottles
Members of the French wine industry have not even begun to think about the inevitable increase in the price of their wines due to the small 2021 crop, and already they have to contend with the headache of surging prices of dry materials. In recent months, supplies across-the-board seem to have become scarce, with price […]
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Blog: Mystery on the bottling line
Two weeks after David Vergari bottled his wines, funny things started happening. Wines that weren’t supposed to be fizzy had fizz in them. Some of the tops wouldn’t stay down. And there was a decidedly off odour when he took the tops off to investigate.
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What to do about fortified wines’ straitened market?
Jacopo Mazzeo looks at what regions such as the Douro and Jerez are doing to survive in a market increasingly hostile to fortified wines and explores whether these efforts are effective. Port, for instance, is heading in two diametrically opposed directions: simplification and (extra) premiumisation, with new categories that span from youth-friendly RTDs to Tawny […]
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Not what you thought
Robert Joseph considers the export competition between South Africa’s raisins, grapes and wine – and the surprisingly low average price of wine in the UK.
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Otago Polytechnic introducing wine industry programme
Otago Polytechnic’s proven nose for innovation will see its Cromwell Campus roll out a programme specialising in commercial wine cellar operations early next year. Based in the heart of one of the most-renowned wine-making regions of New Zealand, the New Zealand Certificate in Cellar Operations (Level-3) is designed for people either working in a winery […]
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SA vineyards fly the flag for Aussies on global top-50 destinations list
Three South Australian vineyards – Penfolds Magill Estate, Henschke, and d’Arenberg – are on the world’s top-50 wine tourism destinations list, The Australian reports. The World’s Best Vineyards list aims to highlight the sheer diversity across both established and emerging wine tourism destinations. It is voted by 600 global wine and travel experts and published […]
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Lodi vineyards transition to biodynamic practices
Over the past three years, Vino Farms, Inc. based in Lodi, California has been converting select vineyards to biodynamic (BD) farming practices. Pending approval of its certification application, expected to be submitted to Demeter USA before the end of 2021, Vino Farms will have nearly 40 vineyard acres certified to BD standards.
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US: DoorDash jumps into a booming, under-regulated alcohol delivery market
In a new development in the battle to control on-demand alcohol delivery services, DoorDash is now facilitating the delivery of beer, wine, and spirits in 20 states and Washington, D.C., as well as in Canada and Australia. According to DoorDash, this is the next step in a “multi-year journey of fulfilling alcohol on-demand delivery for […]
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Candles save France’s grand cru Chablis from frost ravages
As harvest gets underway, winemaker Laurent Pinson looks at one of his top range grand cru vineyards with relief: by burning large ‘candles’ he protected the vines from sharp spring frosts that ravaged other parts of his estate.
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South African winegrape producers adapt for sustainability
The South African wine industry has been under great financial pressure since the start of COVID-19 due to the previous and current restrictions on liquor sales and wine tourism, as well as the resulting carry-over stock that have an effect on price points. But, says Christo Conradie of Vinpro, now is the time to focus […]
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US: Autumn in the vineyard brings harvest and high hopes
After winter dormancy, spring rebirth and summer growth comes autumn, or harvest in the vineyard. Winemakers treasure this time, which represents hope and a year’s worth of work. From grape ripening and picking to monitoring inclement weather and vine health, autumn keeps vintners active.
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Farming one of the largest organic mountain grown vineyards
What’s the key to taking a one-thousand-acre mountain vineyard that’s been conventionally farmed and converting it to all-organic farming? In the case of Shannon Family of Wines, it’s the sheep.
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How your levies are being invested in 2021–22
RD&A investments encompass projects across a range of priority areas and different types of research, vary in length from under two years to more than four years in duration, and are of different risk categories; low-risk applied R&D, and medium- and higher-risk blue-sky research, where success is less assured but, if it were successful, the […]
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NZ: Organic Wine Sector Report 2021
This week marks the first report to be distributed on the organic wine sector in Aotearoa, NZ, as announced by BioGro NZ. Certifying over 98% of the organic wine sector, they highlight exponential growth over the past two decades, with an increase of 300% over the past 10 years.
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Europe forecasts historically low wine harvest
Challenging climatic conditions in southern Europe are expected to lead to a significantly low wine harvest. Spring frosts decimated around 30 per cent of the cultivations in France and northern Italy, while hail, droughts and diseases have further accumulated losses.
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