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December 04, 2007
Headline:
Research on Post Bottling Chemistry Focuses on Oxygen Ingress Rates for Particular Varietals Styles •
Napa Vintners Say Treasury Rulemaking Threatens Industry •
AVA Concept Floated at San Joaquin Valley Wine & Grape Symposium •
Dominique Lafon to Produce High End Oregon Pinot Noir •
SVVGF Distributes $904,050 to Local Charities •
People
November 26, 2007
Headline:
Changes Proposed for AVA Applications •
Retail Wine Sales Up 9 Percent in August •
$12.5 Million Gift to Support UC Davis Wine Program •
New Software Tracks What Consumers Say About Your Brand •
2006 St-Emilion Classification Reinstated •
Nomacorc Opens First Synthetic Wine Closure Facility in China •
U.K.: Octavian Launches Premium Storage Service •
People
November 06, 2007
Headline:
A Six-Year Synthetic Closure: Nomacorc Says Breakthrough Technology Sets New Standard In Oxygen Permeation Management •
Newman's Network to Leverage Retailer Buying Power •
Italy's Cavit Ends its Agreement with Gallo to Supply Ecco Domani Wines •
Peter Posert Launches Elevation & Slope, Inc. •
G3 Adds Mobile Bottling Services •
Rottiers Forms New Winery Equipment Firm •
Terlato Wine Group Purchases Sanford & Benedict Vineyard in Santa Rita Hills •
ShipCompliant Hosts Fourth Successful Direct Shipping Seminar •
Institute of Masters of Wine Awards •
People
October 29, 2007
Headline:
Italian Producers Holding Tight on Price •
Michael-David Winery Wins Jury Trial •
SWRA Hails Michigan Ruling On Retailers And Wine Shipping •
New Wines Dominate Growth: IRI Wine Analysis Shows Growth Segments •
U.K.: Serious Fraud Office Continues to Pursue Drinks Scams •
Portugal: Fladgate Partnership Buys New Estate •
New Releases: Roadster Red and Woody White •
People
September 25, 2007
September 19, 2007
Headline:
TTB Auditors Check Small Producer Tax Credits •
Optimistic Wine Industry to Unveil New Wines, Survey Finds •
Martha Stewart, E&J Gallo Winery Announce Release Of New Brand: "Martha Stewart Vintage™" •
Bacchus Fulfillment Announces New Name and Facility •
Cork Supply Group Now Selling Labels •
Peju Province Winery's Rutherford Vineyard Receives Organic Certification •
ETS Laboratories Receives Additional Accreditation for Satellite Facilities •
International Wine Challenge Awards 2007: Planet Earth Awards •
People
September 11, 2007
Headline:
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Creating Light Brown Apple Moth Program •
PD/GWSS Board to Refocus Research Efforts •
Vintage Wine Trust Buys Vineyard in Washington State •
Oregon Wineries Continue to Forge Ahead with the Governor's Carbon Neutral Challenge •
Napa: Folio Fine Wine Partners New Oxbow Tenant •
France's Robert Skalli Launches U.S. Import Company •
The Sorting Table Adds HdV to its Portfolio •
Staglin Family Music Festival for Mental Health in Napa Raises Over $4 Million •
Chinese Bottle Supplier Confirms Lead Safety Compliance •
New Zealand: Villa Maria Buys Three Vineyards •
New Zealand: Geisen Wines Up For Sale •
Louis Roederer Awards 2007 •
Dead Heat at Decanter World Wine Awards 2007 •
People
September 05, 2007
Headline:
Yields Down Amid Early California Harvest •
Restraining Order Temporarily Blocks No-Match Rule •
SB 180 Goes to Governor's Desk •
Goelet Wine Estates Combines Resources •
Castel Plans Europe's Largest Bottling Plant in the Loire •
Bordeaux: The Cellaret: £350,000 En Primeur Money Not Paid •
WSTA Launches New Logistics Group •
People
July 16, 2007
Headline:
Breaking Down Barriers: IBG Introducing Free Winery Direct Compliance Tool •
Extending Southern's Coverage to 15 Control Jurisdictions •
New Supplier Provides Asian Wine Bottles •
Sales to U.S. Market Up Slightly as Exports of Bordeaux Rise in 2006 •
U.K. Agents' Compensation Clarified •
Marketing and Sales Firm Vintage Point Signs New Clients; Adds Sales Personnel •
People
June 25, 2007
June 18, 2007
Headline:
Barra Family Completes Purchase of Redwood Valley Cellars •
ASEV Elects to Discontinue Trade Show Portion as of 2009 •
Robert Parker Tops Decanter Power List 2007 •
Further Drama with Evans & Tate Refinancing Deal •
Threshers Sold Twice •
Christie's to Run Hospices de Beaune Auction to 2010 •
Washington: Patit Creek Winery for Sale •
People
June 12, 2007
Headline:
California Wine Shipments Down 13 Percent in March •
Vintage Wine Trust to Explore Strategic Alternatives •
Brunton's Purchase of Jerico Didn't Happen •
Wines and Spirits to Separate in London •
Australia: Weather Brings Big Loss for McGuigan Simeon •
Heritage Fine Wines Auction •
E.U.-Australia Agreement on Names •
Ex-President Chirac's Wine Cellar Sold •
New Home for English Wine Festival •
People
June 04, 2007
Headline:
Premium Growth of California Wine Continues •
Nielsen-Tracked Wine Sales Rose 8 Percent in April •
Gallo Buys 182 Acres in Chiles Valley •
Demeter Facilitates Sale of Darien Vineyard •
Wine Labels: Fort Dearborn Acquires Renaissance Mark •
Office of Champagne, USA Unveils New Advertising Campaign •
New Awards Dinner and Auction for Mendocino •
More News from London Wine & Spirit Trade Fair •
People
May 21, 2007
Headline:
U.K.: Business-to-Business Drinks Journal Harpers Re-launched •
France: Death Threats from CRAV •
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Growth •
Yarraman Winery, Inc. in Profits Warning •
Yeatman Hotel for 2009 •
2006 English and Welsh Wine Production •
Glenfiddich Awards 2007 •
WITS Announces Panels For July 17 Conference •
People
May 14, 2007
Headline:
New York: Snags Delay Southern-Ebert Merger •
Study Finds North Olympic Peninsula Suitable to Grow Unique Grape Varieties •
Russian River Wine Roads Donates $30k to Local Food Bank •
Raymond Repositioning •
Record Australian Exports 2006-2007 •
Evans & Tate in Restructuring Deal With Its Bank •
Top 100 Most Powerful Wine and Spirits Brands of 2007 •
Launch of U.K. On-trade Sector Magazine, imbibe •
People
May 07, 2007
Headline:
Direct Sales Grow Three Times as Fast as the Industry •
Wine Sales Up 5 Percent in March •
Francis Ford Coppola Unveils New Winery's Name •
Australians Aim for $AU30 Billion Sales Target •
Thienot Invests in CVBG Dourthe Kressmann •
Appellation Coteaux du Langedoc Expands to Appellation Languedoc •
People
April 30, 2007
Headline:
New Custom Crush Wine Production Facility for Santa Ynez •
Brown-Forman Eliminates 24 Positions: to Sell Paso Robles Facility •
Republic, NDC Complete Merger •
PD/GWSS Update: Board Approves Funding for New Research Proposals •
Slow Rise in World Wine Consumption •
Growers, Vintners Plan Investments in Vineyard Technology •
Torres Moving into Rioja •
Roza Hills Vineyards Completes Purchase Of Winery from Constellation •
Caymus Buys a Vineyard •
Roney Buys Hedin Vineyard •
People
April 24, 2007
Headline:
Spring Freeze Has Grape Growers Worried •
Hospices of Sonoma Barrel Auction Raises $450,000 for Charity •
Martha Trademarks "Martha Stewart Vintage" •
WSTA launches European Wine Plan •
St. Emilion Classification Suspension Confirmed •
Legal Challenge to Vin de Pays Vignobles de France •
More Unrest in France •
Novidéo 2007 •
New Summer Promotion in U.K. for Piper-Heidsieck Champagne •
U.K.: Thirst - Waitrose Drinks Magazine •
People
April 16, 2007
Headline:
California Wine Grape Acreage Up Just One Percent •
Retail Sales: Three-Liter Boxed Wine Sales an Emerging Category •
New Wine Company for the Central Coast •
Premier Pacific Launches Vineyard Sourcing Program •
Vintner Bill Foley Buys Santa Rita Hills Vineyard •
The Sorting Table to Distribute Wines of Piedmont's Aldo Conterno •
2006 Results for the Boizel Chanoine Champagne Group •
People
April 02, 2007
March 26, 2007
Headline:
New Crush Capacity for Mendocino Amid Ownership Changes at Redwood Valley Cellars •
Big Changes at Oregon's Anne Amie Vineyards •
Sonoma's Nicholas Turkey Farm Sold •
Brunton Vineyards to Buy Jeriko Vineyards & Winery •
eSkye Buys Modular Information Systems •
Barclays Bank Wins Appeal Against Architects of Wine •
Prowein Hosts 32,000 Visitors •
Tesco Fresh 'n' Easy Gears for U.S. Invasion in Southern California •
Twin Fin Launches new Sunset Rosé •
People
March 20, 2007
Headline:
Defining Paso Robles Wine: New Appellations, Master Plan Proposed •
Wine Institute Approves New Dues Structure •
Australia: Evans & Tate Pull Plug on Yarraman Bid •
Halsey Bottling Doubles Capacity with North Coast Bottling Purchase •
Businessman Charged in Fire that Burned California Wine Warehouse •
People
March 12, 2007
Headline:
Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir Top Wine & Spirits Restaurant Poll •
MKF Research Executive Wine Summit •
Blakeslee & Crain Move Vineyard Advisor Service to Sonoma •
Scott Street Portfolio to Become Avanti Fine Wine Selections •
Duckhorn Wine Company Explores Options •
McManis Family Vineyards Buys Cabernet Vineyard •
Australian Exports: Volume Up but Value Down •
People
February 26, 2007
February 13, 2007
Headline:
Regional Wholesaler Consolidation in New York Continues by Southern Wine & Spirits •
CAWG Selects Weber Shandwick to Promote California Wines •
New Marketing Firm Offers Brand Building for Independent Wineries •
Noreen Evans Meets with 17-20 Virtuals Wineries •
Salon des Vins de Loire: Sauvignon Blanc star of 2006 Loire Vintage •
Rioja Widens Permitted Grape Varieties •
People
February 05, 2007
Headline:
Rosé, Single-Serve Segments Picking Up •
Evans to Define 17-20 Virtuals the Right to Donate and Pour Wine •
Estimated 9,000 People Celebrate ZAP's 16th Tasting & Festival •
Pernod-Ricard Launches Three Vines •
Yarraman Improves Offer •
Antonin Rodet Acquires Maison Dufouleur Père et Fils •
People
January 29, 2007
Headline:
Core Wine Drinkers Outnumber Marginal Consumers for First Time •
World-Record $18.3 Million Raised at Naples Winter Wine Festival •
PD/GWSS Update: Board Elects New Officers, Focuses on Research Program •
Single Labeling Requirements for WWTG •
2003 Cru Bourgeois Classification to be Annulled? •
Vranken-Pommery 2006 Results •
Silver Oak Confirms Roshambo Facility Purchase •
People
January 23, 2007
Headline:
MKF's National Study Released: Wine, Grapes and Grape Products Contribute $162 Billion to U.S. Economy •
Pest Update: Vine Mealybug in 17 Counties •
New French Wine Category Awaits Final Approval •
Nautilus Estate Expands •
Europe's Leading Organic Wine Fair •
VNU Changing Name to The Nielsen Company •
New Web Site, American Winery •
Christine Woods Winery Changes Hands •
Top U.K. Restaurants' Wine Service Slammed •
People
January 16, 2007
Headline:
Highest Price Segments Show Strongest Growth •
Vinexpo/IWSR Research: U.S. to Become Top Wine Drinking Country •
Wine Market Council Holding Conferences on U.S. Wine Consumer Trends •
Australia: Evans & Tate Rejects Bid •
Pichon Deal Finalized •
Antonin Rodet Acquires Maison Dufouleur Père et Fils •
People
January 09, 2007
Headline:
Millésima, Europe's Largest Fine Wine Mail Order Company, Now Up and Running in the U.S. •
Connecticut's Mid-State Distributors Changes Name to Winebow •
Evans to Introduce Legislation Concerning Pouring for Charitable Events •
El Dorado Winery Ordinance Raises Concerns, Industry Provides Input •
Pernod-Ricard Launches Pregnancy Warning •
Further Violence South of France •
GE Backer for Yarraman Bid? •
Cazes Buys into Châteauneuf •
French Vine Pull Down •
People
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