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| United Kingdom, May 17th 2012 |
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A provocative look at the future of wine
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By William Langley at The Daily Telegraph
For a business that has been around for more than 8,000 years, the wine trade still manages to evolve at an impressive speed. Money, politics, climate, fashion and science are remaking that glass in your hand in ways both discreet and radical, and the speed of innovation is increasing as never before. In this changing world, power is on the move, consumers decide what goes, and the old aristocracies of Bordeaux, Burgundy, Piedmont and California are scrambling to adapt. |
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| Chile, May 16th 2012 |
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Bumper wine crop predicted in Chile
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From The Times of Malta
After a disappointing 2011 in which yields were down 15% on the preceding year, Chile is hoping for a bumper crop from its vital wine-making industry this time around. |
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| China, May 15th 2012 |
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Baccarat launches new wine glasses
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By Cathy Yang for Reuters
Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savouring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine? That's the hope of French luxury crystal glassmaker Baccarat, which recently began sales of its new line of glasses in Hong Kong, where wine imports have remained strong on the back of strong demand from mainland Chinese buyers even amid global economic uncertainty. |
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| China, May 15th 2012 |
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Chinese wine makers determined to capture market share
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From NYDailynews.com
While China's wine lovers continue their obsession with French vintages, a number of local labels are determined to lead the charge to convince them that Chinese winemakers can compete with the very best there is.
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| USA, May 14th 2012 |
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Wines targeting women are short on flavour
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By Elin McCoy at Bloomberg.com
In the past few years the wine world has finally discovered that women drinkers are a coveted customer niche. Which is why there are so many companies are starting up lines of wines for chicks. Most are targeting women 21 to 34, but their marketing efforts often treat this audience as if it had no more sophistication than a bevy of sorority sisters on spring break. |
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| USA, May 13th 2012 |
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The Rudy Kurniawan investment scam story
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By Benjamin Wallace at New York
Rare-wine collectors are savvy, competitive guys with a taste for impossible finds. The biggest hoax in history took place right under their noses. |
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| China, May 11th 2012 |
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Wine imports into China are slowing
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By Jim Boyce for Meininger's Wine Business International
According to data from China Customs, the bottled wine import market slowed in the first quarter of this year.
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| USA, May 11th 2012 |
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Are celebrity wines worth the price?
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By Edward Deitch at Vint-ed.com
There is one overriding reason people will consider buying the new white wine with the big “B” on the label, and it can be summed up by the name above it: Barrymore. Drew Barrymore has gone into the wine business, and her first release is not from California, where so many Hollywood and other celebrities have dabbled in wine, but from Italy. |
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| Japan, May 11th 2012 |
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The transformation of Japanese wine
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By Jo Burzynska at The New Zealand Herald
Sake is the most obvious drink that comes to mind when thinking of alcoholic drinks from Japan. However, the country's wine industry is currently undergoing a radical transformation, with a major project focusing on the local koshu grape. |
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| Australia, May 11th 2012 |
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Investment turns sour for De Bortoli winemakers
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By Ian McIlwraith at The Sydney Morning Herald
De Bortoli Wines has more than $30 million of investment and superannuation money at risk in teetering base metals miner Kagara. It is the second time that the Griffith-based family wine group has been caught with multimillion dollar shareholdings in a public company placed into the hands of insolvency practitioners.
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