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| Australia, June 13th 2013 |
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Cellar door experience key to wine sales |
From The Daily Advertiser
Speaking at the Innovative Directions for the Australian Wine Industry conference held at Charles Sturt University (CSU) yesterday, Mr Lowe said in the future customers would be buying from the vineyard, rather then at bottle shops, with a greater focus on wine tourism. |
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| France, June 13th 2013 |
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Bollinger names new chef de cave |
By Caroline Henry at wine-searcher.com
Bollinger has announced that its new chef de cave, or cellar master, will be Gilles Descotes, the Champagne house's former technical director. Descotes took over as acting chef de cave after the sudden departure of Matthieu Kaufmann in April. |
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| France, June 12th 2013 |
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'Terminally stagnant' France won't want wine war |
By Ben Bouckly at Beveragedaily.com
The EU is likely to backtrack rapidly on sanctions to stop cheap Chinese solar panel ‘dumping’ in the bloc, given alarms that possible tariffs on wine exports would hurt a ‘terminally stagnant’ French economy. |
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| USA, June 11th 2013 |
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Naked Wines hires new chief winemaker |
By Martin Green at Off Licence News
Matt Parish, former vice president and chief winemaker for the Americas at Treasury Wine Estates, will advise the growing number of International winemakers funded by Naked Wines and will have responsibility over their new customer-funded winery in Sonoma. |
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| France, June 11th 2013 |
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Will France embrace wine in a can? |
From France24.com
Canned wine has been proven to work in markets like Japan and Germany. A French start-up wants to replicate this success in France, a country where tinned wine is virtually unheard-of. |
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| Australia, June 10th 2013 |
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Falling dollar has Casella jumping for joy |
By Eli Greenblatt at The Sydney Morning Herald
The retreat by the Australian dollar since May has provided comfort to Casella Wines' bank lender, National Australia Bank, with a deal to restructure the winemakers' debt facilities expected to be signed by the end of the financial year.
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| USA, June 10th 2013 |
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Chinese customers keep trophy wines on menus |
By John Mariani at Bloomberg.com
While perusing the 1,800-selection wine list at New York’s Aureole restaurant, my wife nudged me at about number 785 and said, “Pssst. I’m still here.” |
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| South Africa, June 7th 2013 |
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South Africa harvest report |
By James Molesworth at The Wine Spectator
South African grapegrowers enjoyed a wet winter, meaning healthy yields, followed by a dry, warm summer. But rain during harvest made picking anxious at times. |
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| USA, June 6th 2013 |
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The real issues behind wine labels |
By Jon Bonné at sfgate.com
Alcohol labeling in the US has been a mess ever since Prohibition was repealed. The government’s latest decision will allow alcoholic beverages to voluntarily include nutrition information — and winemakers are none too happy about it. |
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| Ireland, June 6th 2013 |
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Irish politician to clear government cellar |
From Fiach Kelly at The Irish Independent
Visiting dignitaries to Dublin will have to get used to a more modest selection of wines when they call into the Department of Foreign Affairs. |
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