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wine industry stories: 32 news summaries

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 French Wines Wither 
 Under Climate Change 

Industry pushes President Sarkozy for carbon emission cut

Sep 6, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A warming world has French winemakers sweating more than a little, experts tell the Financial Times. “Current research suggests that by the end of the 21st century, one summer out of two will be at least as hot as 2003,” the year of a record-breaking heat wave that... More »

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climate change • environment • alcohol • global warming • France • wine • drink • temperature • grapes • wine industry

(Newser) - A falloff in demand and an end to subsidies has tobacco farmers across the country turning to the vino, the Wall Street Journal reports—farming grapes and making wine, that is. “The small-plot tobacco farmer is a thing of the past,” says a North Carolina wine official,... More »

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farming • tobacco • crops • wine industry • vineyard • winery

(Newser) - Angry Italian winemakers say a product that changes water into wine is more insulting than miraculous, Der Spiegel reports. The vintners complain that the "wine powder," made by a Swiss company that caters to hikers, is a "terrible copy" of Italy's Chianti and gives the entire... More »

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Italy • wine • red wine • wine industry • powder

S. African Wines Aim to Put Brakes on 'Burnt Rubber' Rap

Exporters try to cast off a critic's harsh judgment

Jun 29, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - South African is the ninth-largest producer of wine, with several distinctive varietals that should be poised to break into the global marketplace, the New York Times reports. But the country’s wines have been dogged by comments made in 2007 by an influential British wine critic, who said after a... More »

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wine • South Africa • critic • red wine • Britain • wine industry • Jay-ZTV • white wine • Jane MacQuitty

Genetically Altered Yeast Ends Wine Hangovers

But remedy doesn't
sit well with purists

Jun 10, 09 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian scientist has found a genetically modified hangover cure. He distributes an altered yeast, MLo1—which eliminates compounds that cause headaches in red and many white wines—to 40 winemakers in the US and Canada. But some vintners and winos are resisting the genetic alteration of their craft, which... More »

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genetically modified crops • hangover • wine industry

analysis

US' Yellow Tail 
Fever Taints
Aussie Wines

Australia's bargain
reputation hurts
exports of primo stuff

Apr 8, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Droughts, wildfires, and weak currency have hurt Australia's wine exports—but for losing their reputation as premium vintners, the Aussies have no one but themselves to blame. When $7 Yellow Tail flooded US markets three years ago, "Australia made itself synonymous with cut-rate, generic wines," Mike Steinberger writes... More »

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Australia • wine • recession • US imports • wine industry • Yellow Tail

(AP) - Shun that bottle and save your euros: That's what French and Italians are saying as the recession cuts into wine consumption—but only in traditional lands of the vine. New World drinkers are still sipping steadily, with US tippling surpassing Italy's for the first time. After years of non-stop growth,... More »

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wine • wine industry • financial crisis • recession depression

 In Wine Market, 
 a Bubble Has Burst 

Futures sales in trouble after years of spiraling prices

Mar 31, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most serious wine collectors buy their bottles "en primeur"—paying vineyards for futures of wines that haven't been produced yet. Futures prices for wine had spiraled higher and higher in recent years, even for inferior vintages, as a new class of big spenders moved into the market.... More »

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France • wine • recession • wine industry • Bordeaux • falling prices

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

 Rising Star: Washington Syrah 

Syrah hailed the new American ZInfandel

Jan 19, 09 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Heavy-handed treatment of Zinfandel has left American palates lusting for big wines that don't blow you away, Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher write in the Wall Street Journal. Syrahs from Washington state—which has more than 550 wineries—have replaced Zins as "the most exciting red wines being made... More »

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wine • Washington state • wine industry • syrah • zinfandel

BOOK REVIEW

 How-to Guides 
 for New Tipplers 

Five new guides to seasonal cheer

Dec 17, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The holiday season tends to produce a glut of books on wine, and while all primers leave out the most important part—actual bottles—five new reads get a once-over by Eric Asimov in the New York Times.
  • Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course, by Andrew Jefford: a "
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wine • book reviews • wine industry • pinot noir • Eric Asimov

(Newser) - Today is the third Thursday of November, which makes it a holiday of sorts for wine merchants: Beaujolais Day. It's the first day of the year (as dictated by French law) that the first wine of the season—Beaujolais Nouveau, made from Gamay grapes—can be sold worldwide. Wine purists... More »

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France • wine • wine industry

Comic Becomes Bible of Asia's Wine Culture

Wannabe oenophiles takes cues from The Drops of the Gods

Oct 23, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - What do Freddie Mercury and a Jean-François Millet painting have in common? Both have been used to describe wine in The Drops of the Gods, a Japanese comic series that’s quickly becoming the go-to wine literature in Asia, reports the New York Times. Customers tend to ask for... More »

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Asia • wine • pop culture • comics • wine industry • trend

GLOSSIES

 'Oentrepreneurs' Hit Napa 

Rich execs ditch fast-paced careers, look to winemaking

Oct 9, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new breed of winemakers is flowing into Napa Valley, writes Jeffrey O'Brien in a colorful look at the trend in Fortune. Investment bankers, tech entrepreneurs, and other wealthy refugees of the white-collar rat race are buying up vineyards at $400,000 per acre to pursue second careers that let... More »

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wine • Napa Valley • wine industry • second career

 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

OPINION

 Familiar 
 French Red 
 Gets Mod 
 Makeover 

Meet the sleeker,
but still affordable,
Côtes du Rhône

Sep 3, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today's Côtes du Rhône is no longer a middle-of-the-road red, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. France's wine industry is changing, and the region that once churned out bottles that were "light and fruity if you were lucky, more likely tart and harsh," has... More »

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France • red wine • wine industry • Côtes du Rhône

 Wine Drinkers Pick the Pink

Once-tacky rosé shows staying power

Aug 27, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rosé wine has gone from tacky to trendy, with easy-to-swallow prices helping sales bubble up by nearly a third in the past year, compared to just a 5.1% boost for all wines. Both US and European consumers are hooked—in France, rosés are selling faster than whites, reports... More »

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France • wine • wine industry • rosé wine

 Midwest Adding Grapes 
 to Its Grain 

Profit-hungry farmers, vote-hungry politicians nurture unlikely wine industry

Aug 22, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - As farmers seek higher profits and politicians angle for healthier rural economies, vineyards are cropping up across the Midwest, the Economist reports. Michigan and Ohio now have over 100 wineries each, with vintage monikers handily swiped from French-named Midwestern locales like “Marquette” and “Frontenac”—or, less convincingly,... More »

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agriculture • Midwest • wine • wine industry

(Newser) - France’s wine business is stuck in the doldrums, as American wines (and their aggressive marketing campaigns) explode onto the scene. But one Napa Valley girl is working to change that, by introducing stodgy French vintners to the modern concept of marketing. “A lot of what I do is... More »

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France • marketing • wine • Napa Valley • wine industry

 Wash. Vineyards
 Flush With Pot Crop

110K marijuana plants already confiscated this year

Aug 10, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington state is cracking down on drug dealers' latest innovation: Using vineyards to secretly grow marijuana crops, the AP reports. Police have made 22 arrests this year and confiscated 110,000 pot plants from the Yakima Valley alone, worth more than $100 million. But tracking dealers isn't easy: Some are... More »

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wine • Washington • marijuana • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug trade • wine industry • vineyard • Yakima Valley

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