Wine Business Wine Industry News Media Kit Wine Industry Publications Contact Us Wine Industry Blogs Wine Industry Classifieds Wine Industry Events Wine News Archives Wine People News Vineyard Weather Wine Jobs
search news archive
  SEARCH NEWS
Search by Keyword:
Browse By Day:
Sep 08   Sep 07   Sep 03   Sep 02   Sep 01   Aug 31   Aug 30   Aug 27   Aug 26   Aug 25  
  Daily News for Wednesday, September 8th
Date
09/08/10
Foster's Receives and Rejects an Offer for its Wine Business

The Melbourne-based company didn't identify the private equity firm that expressed interest, but did disclose the proposal involved a cash consideration of between A$2.3 billion and A$2.7 billion

09/08/10
Anheuser-Busch wins partial victory in Illinois distributor battle
In March, A-B sued the Illinois Liquor Control Commission after regulators said the brewer cannot buy the 70 percent interest it does not already own in City Beverage-Illinois from privately held Soave Enterprises Inc. of Detroit
09/08/10
Off-Premise Wine Sales Increase in August
Off-premise wine sales data increased 4.3 percent from the same period last year in the four weeks ending August 21, according to The Nielsen Company-tracked data. In the 13 weeks ending August 21, sales were up 3.6 percent
09/08/10
People News Recap from 8/30 -- 9/3
Wine industry people on the move from August 30 to September 3.
09/08/10
IBG Buys Call for Wine
a provider of telesales programs and services to wineries for increasing direct-to-consumer sales
09/08/10
WBM Archives: A Tough Economy Calls for Creative Wine Sales Tactics
New companies, including Call for Wine, specialize in using the telephone for direct to consumer sales
09/08/10
Sonoma Harvest Live Auction Raises $511,000
High spirits and beach party theme cap the three-day Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
09/08/10
Rare Lafite library collection in Sotheby's Hong Kong auction
A massive collection of Chateau Lafite dating back to 1869 comes under the hammer at Sotheby's Hong Kong next month.
09/08/10
McGovern resigns as head of Wine Australia UK
Lisa McGovern, the regional director of Wine Australia for the UK, Ireland and Europe, has resigned.
09/08/10
Duckhorn Wine Company to be Featured in GE Capital National Ad Campaign
World-class companies are like great vineyards -- what makes them exceptional is already there, but it takes the right team to bring them to fruition.
09/08/10
Cool wines getting hot
Sometimes it pays to play it cool; just ask President Obama, Lauren Bacall, Johnny Depp and the grape growers and winemakers of Chile's Casablanca Valley.
09/08/10
PA: Liquor price hike expected next year
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board estimates tens of millions of dollars for the Commonwealth. The fee increase will hit liquor wholesalers first. We're waiting for retailers to respond and adjust their prices. So it's not yet clear exactly how much shelf prices will change.
09/08/10
US wine market to mark a value of $33.5 billion by 2013
Wine market in the US has been moving along the path of fast growth pattern and as per research firm RNCOS new report, the market is expected to mark a value of $33.5 billion by 2013.
09/08/10
USA still work in progress for European sparkling wine
The sparkling wine market in the USA is still a "work in progress" for European producers, according to a report by Wine Intelligence.
09/08/10
Why 2009 Was the Best Year for Bordeaux in Decades
Critics are tripping over themselves to heap superlatives on the 2009 Bordeaux vintage. The praise train has been gathering steam since before the harvest last fall, and with the spring pilgrimages to Bordeaux came widespread exaltation.
09/08/10
Supplier News: 'Cork taint' in new barrels
Following an increasing number of observations in various wineries around the world in recent years, it is now clear that, similarly to the well-known phenomenon in corks, there are several sources of unpredictable contamination of oak wood by 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA).
09/08/10
Home Winemakers Warned About Moth
Compliance agreements required for movement of grapes to, from or within quarantine areas
09/08/10
The UK wine market is "in turmoil", Tesco BWS head Dan Jago has said
"None of us in the trade really are very clear about what it is we are doing now and what it we are going to have to do next," he told the Global Wine Conference.
09/08/10
Stewart in counterfeit wine claim
Martha Stewart has been targeted in a new lawsuit over allegations she is sucking profits out of Vampire Vineyards wine company by producing low-quality counterfeits
09/08/10
Rutherford Wine Co. Joins 100% Cork Campaign
Rutherford Wine Company, a leading purveyor of sustainably grown wines, today became the first winery to endorse a rapidly growing movement to educate wine drinkers about the societal, technical and environmental advantages of real cork wine stoppers, 100% Cork announced.
09/08/10
Oregon's pinot gris, in a gray area
let me be a contrarian: If salmon is on the menu, I prefer to reach for Oregon pinot gris
09/08/10
Campaign promotes wine corks over screwcaps
The cork industry has mounted a new campaign called I Love Natural Cork, that invites consumers to pledge to buy more wine sealed with natural cork stoppers
09/08/10
"Jets Uncorked" Cabernet Sauvignon Release Party at Gary's Wine & Marketplace
The Jets created the limited edition wine through a partnership with winemaker Marco DiGiulio
09/08/10
South African Wine Prices Surge at Country's Biggest Auction
South African vintners raised 41 percent more money at the annual Nederburg Auction, the biggest of its kind in the country, as increased bidding reversed a two-year decline.
09/08/10
Clark Smith Column: Astringency And Harmony In Tannins
"What forced me finally to grasp that wine is liquid music was the phenomenon of sweet spots."
09/08/10
NC: Perdue recognizes wine industry
Gov. Bev Perdue has proclaimed September as Wine and Grape Appreciation Month, emphasizing the important role wine-making and grape production play across North Carolina
09/08/10
10 Questions for Christine Lintz of Premier Pacific Vineyards
Christine Lintz got into the wine industry after working for a local tasting room
09/08/10
Foster's Gains After Rejecting $2.5 Billion Wine Bid
Foster's, also Australia's biggest brewer, may spin off its wine business next year after A$2.7 billion of writedowns in the past decade almost halved the unit's book value to about A$3.1 billion amid grape gluts and an appreciating Australian dollar
09/08/10
Welch's Continues Momentum as Gillette Veteran is Appointed to Chief Marketing Officer Role
Wohl joined Welch's on September 1 following a sixteen-year career at Gillette (Proctor & Gamble)
09/08/10
Facts Can't Trump Politics In Immigration Debate
A major national survey has found that the flow of unauthorized immigrants into the U.S. has slowed dramatically over the past five years, leading to the "first significant reversal" of growth in their population in two decades
 FREE DAILY NEWS EMAIL
FREE Wine Business Daily News delivers the industry's top stories emailed to you from our editorial team.
most popular news postings
 MOST POPULAR DAILY NEWS POSTINGS
News links most frequently
visited by winebusiness.com users
LAST 24 HRSLAST 7 DAYSLAST 30 DAYS