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NEWS ABOUT: wineries

wineries stories: 19 news summaries

 Cheap—and Good— 
 Wine Websites 

Wineries, buyers both benefit from direct sales

Jul 8, 09 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - With wine sales plateauing, wineries are embracing direct, discounted sales in what amounts to a win-win situation for sellers and buyers. The Los Angeles Times singles out the top discount websites:
  • winestilsoldout.com sells one wine at a time until it’s gone. The site usually offers two or
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wine • sales • wineries • Internet sales • online sales • winery • Jay-ZTV • winestilsoldout.com • thewineliquidator.com • winewoot.com




 Mais Non! French Ditch 
 the Champagne Cork 

Don't fret: new metal cork will still create pop and fizz

Apr 17, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fed up with imperfect corks tainting its high-end Champagne, one French winemaker is tossing tradition aside in favor of a—gasp!—aluminum cork. BBC reports. Before you faint in horror, Duval-Leroy stresses that this is no screw-top cap: the new plug will make the same pop and spray a... More »

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France • champagne • wineries • cork • Duval-Leroy

Winemakers Hope Obamas Help Rekindle Sales

Domestic producers expect Obamas will continue to drive sales

Jan 20, 09 8:40 PM CST
(Newser) - President Barack Obama’s affinity for wine is the toast of American winemakers, hopeful that after eight years of teetotalling rule, the new first family will boost domestic sales, Reuters reports. Obama reportedly has a 1,000-bottle cellar in his new $1.65 million Chicago home, drawing raves from oenophiles.... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • wine • wineries • wine industry • President Obama

 Budget Bubbles for New Year's 

Quality rivals mean champagne prices shouldn't take the bubbles out of festive drinking

Dec 27, 08 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Champagne may feel like a vestige of a world without a credit crisis, but there's no need to go without bubbly on New Year's Eve. Slate offers some moderately priced options:
  • Cava is Spain's answer to champagne, made by the same method. A thrifty seeker of festive spirits can
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alcohol • wine • champagne • wineries • New Year's Eve • sparkling wine

GLOSSIES

 Meet Vintners of Sideways Fame 

Hitching Post II owner makes famed wines with ex-fisherman colleague

Sep 18, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you’ve seen the movie Sideways, you likely remember the Hitching Post II: the Santa Barbara County restaurant where Paul Giamatti nervously meets his future love. But even the most dedicated oenophile may not know that Hitching Post owner Frank Ostini and colleague Gray Hartley have been making wine... More »

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wine • restaurant • wineries • pinot noir • restaurateurs • Sideways • merlot • Santa Barbara County • Hitching Post II

 In Vino, Cash: 
 Amazon to Sell Wine 

Firms has partnered with nonprofit association of vintners

Sep 11, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Online shopping got a little more intoxicating today as Amazon announced it will start selling wine in the US starting in October, Reuters reports. The retailer —looking for a chunk of the $30 billion-plus US wine market —has partnered with Napa Valley Vintners, which will supply vino from... More »

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alcohol • wine • Napa Valley • wineries • wine industry • Amazon.com • Amazon

 Philosophical Vintner 
 Rethinks Wine 

The bizarre techniques behind the Scholium Project

Aug 8, 08 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abe Schoener is reinvigorating California wines with a decidely unorthodox, almost experimental, approach, writes Jon Bonne in the San Francisco Chronicle. Schoener, who lacks formal training, eschews the traditional do's and don’ts of the craft with his Scholium Project winery. His wines "are bizarre, ingenious and polarizing—quite... More »

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California • wine • plants • biology • grapes • wineries • organic wine • experimental wine

 French Winemakers
 Turn to Terror

Wine growers battling cheap imports launch commando attacks

Aug 2, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tough times have turned some wine-growers in southwestern France to "wine terrorism," Time reports. Guerrilla grape-growers have bombed supermarkets and government buildings, hijacked trucks carrying foreign wine, and drained tanks. The growers want the French government to protect them from the cheap imports they say are threatening their... More »

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terrorism • France • wine • protests • wineries • wine industry

 Prosecco Targets
 Champagne Crown 

Italian bubbly makers hope to edge out pricey champagne

Jul 22, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sales of Italy's answer to champagne have been bubbling up for years, Reuters writes, but prosecco producers plan to boost output to 250 million bottles next year, with an eye on someday overtaking champagne as the world's favorite sparkling wine. The bubbly is cheaper to make than its French rival,... More »

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Italy • wine • champagne • wineries • sparkling wine • wine industry

France Eases Wine Laws
to Cork Competition

Old rules to go as France tries to catch up with New World wines

May 30, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - France is ditching some long-cherished wine rules to compete with upstart New World wines, the London Times reports. The country, which sees itself as the center of the wine world, has been steadily losing market share to wines from places like Australia and California. A new class of French wine... More »

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France • wine • wineries • wine industry

French Wine Goes Pop

Wineries try 'New World'-style screw
caps, snazzy labels
to revive sales

Apr 27, 08 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A screw-top Bordeaux? The once-laughable notion is bubbling up in France these days as wine makers try to reverse decades of sour sales, the AP reports. Even snazzy labels and boxed-wine-with-a-straw are fair game, after French wineries exported a record $15 billion last year with "New World"-style packaging. More »

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France • wine • red wine • wineries • wine industry • cork

OPINION

 Germany's Dry
 Rieslings Go Down Sweetly 

Quality has flourished over the past decade, Times wine critic says

Apr 24, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The dry rieslings Eric Asimov sampled a decade ago in Germany were “tart and shrill,” he writes in the New York Times. So "how did they get so good" since? Lower-quality wines aren’t shipped to America, hypothesizes one wine importer, who nevertheless concedes that the... More »

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Germany • wine • drinking • wineries • riesling

 Oregon's Having a Grape Year

Good weather, high pinot demand have growers toasting bumper crop, again

Mar 19, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to good weather and rising demand, Oregon crushed a record number of grapes in 2007—good news for its 370 wineries. And despite selling 1.7 million cases worth $208 million last year, the state hasn't quenched thirst for its wine, the AP reports. "Fussy superstar" pinot noir... More »

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agriculture • wine • Oregon • grapes • wineries • wine industry • pinot noir • pinot gris • cabernet sauvignon

OPINION

Pairing Leaves Writer Red-Faced

Times oenophile comes out of shell, tries vin rouge with his oysters — and lives!

Feb 29, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Oysters and red wine? "Why not?" asks Eric Asimov in the New York Times. Wine pairing as a science can drain a meal of its pleasure, while instincts and taste-testing add adventure. After Parisian waiters twice recommended red with a foodie blogger's oysters, Asimov traded the usual suspects (muscadet,... More »

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food • wine • drinking • seafood • red wine • wineries • Champagne • oysters • pairing • muscadet • Chablis • Guinness • Dorie Greenspan • Arbois trousseau • Jacques Puffeney • Morgon • Marcel Lapierre • Chinon Les Picasses • Olga Riffault • Givry • Chofflet-Valdenaire

A Vintage Year for Wine Exports

California vintners take advantage of a weak dollar to expand overseas market

Feb 29, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The dollar’s decline is a boon for California winemakers, who’ve turned the greenback’s challenges into opportunities, expanding exports of everything from top vintages to bulk table wines, reports the Los Angeles Times. California wine exports, 95% of the wine the US sends overseas, jumped 9% to nearly... More »

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California • wine • US dollar • Gallo • wineries • US exports • weak dollar • wine industry • Wine Institute • Engand • Charles Shaw • One-Buck Chuck

Winemakers Battle Climate Threat

Vineyard owners, scientists gather to share new strategies

Feb 12, 08 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - For vineyards, global warming isn’t a distant, theoretical problem—it’s hurting their products now. That’s why winemakers and scientists are gathering in Barcelona this week to hash out ideas for combating changing temperatures and harsher sunlight, NPR reports. Recent studies have shown that grapes are ripening faster... More »

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climate change • global warming • wine • grapes • wineries

Wineries Tell Drunken Tasters to Put a Cork in It

They're cracking down on out-of-control limo and bus tourists

Feb 2, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - American wineries are getting fed up with loud, obnoxious, inebriated tasting groups brought in by buses and stretch limos, the Los Angeles Times reports. Worried about bachelorette parties upsetting the vibe of thoughtful sipping, wineries from California to New York have taken to posting "no limos" signs and even... More »

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California • wine • alcohol abuse • Napa Valley • wineries • wine tours • Finger Lakes wineries • Temecula Valley

 Sour Grapes Over Napa Bubbly

Lawsuit divides members of top wine-making family

Jan 19, 08 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - A feud between members of the family that produces one of the top sparkling wines in the US is making California's Napa Valley the setting for a real-life soap opera, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Hedge-fund manager John Davies is battling for his stake in Schramsberg Vineyards, charging that his... More »

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wine • lawsuit • trusts • Napa Valley • wineries • Schramsberg Vineyards • Davies family • Jack Davies • Jamie Davies • John Davies • Hugh Davies • sparkling wine • Champagne • sibling rivalry

More Bubbly? French Farmers Are in Uproar

Champagne country expansion will enrich some, snub others

Dec 26, 07 6:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Champagne drinkers may soon taste the fruits of of a French government initiative to welcome new farmers into the exclusive club of those allowed to call their sparkling white wines Champagne, with a capital C. As demand skyrockets, a list has been drawn up of 40 communities that might be... More »

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France • wine • champagne • grapes • wineries

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