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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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wine industry stories: 32 news summaries

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 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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 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

Opinion

Wine Reviews: Taste the Pretension

Dry notes make
snobs too boring
to mock—almost

Jun 13, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - When wine lovers say they taste notes of cherries or hints of tobacco, “usually all I can detect is a whole lot of jackass,” Joel Stein writes in the LA Times . Wine dialogue has devolved into a meaningless string of obscure scents, Stein says. It’s boring—... More »

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wine • reviews • taste • 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

 Wine Whiz
 Mondavi Dead at 94 

Dapper vintner proved California grapes could rival Europe's

May 16, 08 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - California wine master Robert Mondavi died peacefully today in his Napa Valley home at age 94, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Disciples and critics alike have praised the vintner for elevating West Coast wine from jug juice to world-class vino. "His legacy and his vision for what California could... More »

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California • wine • obituary • innovation • Napa Valley • wine industry • Robert Mondavi • vineyard • public figure

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

 In Veritas, Vino 
 Wins Over Shanghai 

Wine's popularity booms in China

Apr 3, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wine scene, long dormant in China, is booming in Shanghai, reports Portfolio. Chinese consumers were traditionally more passionate about spirits; if anything, only red wine was taken seriously. Not anymore: Shanghai's three premium-wine importers have multiplied to more than 100 since 1999, and wine bars abound. It's a trend... More »

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China • wine • Shanghai • wine industry

 Sonoma-Napa Rivalry Escalates 

Larger Sonoma frowns upon high-end Valley

Mar 26, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The friendly rivalry between California’s two leading wine regions has evolved into an out-and-out marketing duel, reports Reuters. Sonoma winemakers frown upon the more famous—and much pricier—wine made by their neighbors over the hills. Collectors covet Napa Valley’s exclusive vintages, paying from $400-$1,000 a bottle... More »

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California • wine • rivalry • Napa Valley • Sonoma • wine industry

 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

UK Docs
Call for Smaller Wine Bottle

Medical journal
weighs in with plan
to curb Brits' boozing

Feb 29, 08 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Britons are downing too much wine, the British Medical Journal concludes, and it has a solution: smaller bottles. “Once two of us have had a glass each, it’s all too tempting to finish the bottle then and there,” wrote one doctor of the standard 750-mililiter size. One... More »

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health • alcohol • France • wine • Britain • wine industry • Waitrose

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

Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens

The beer class is
finally embracing the grape, Slate says

May 31, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American middle class has become connoisseurs of everything—coffee, '80s Japanese garage-rock bands, environmentalist toilet paper, and now wine, writes Slate's Field Maloney. Fermented grape juice doubled its audience in the past decade, while consumption of lower-brow beer stagnated. And for the first time in history, Americans pollees prefer... More »

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food • alcohol • wine • beer • pastoral chic • middle class • drink • drinking • Americans • wine industry

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