January 9, 2007

Wine News 1/9/2007

Wine: Savoring a 19th-century legacy - International Herald Tribune

9 Jan 2007 at 9:46am

Wine : Savoring a 19th-century legacy
International Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour ago
Scientists know that the gradual interaction between a fine wine and small amounts of oxygen results in what we call aging. ….

South Africa: Wine industry and environmentalists eye government … - Checkb…

9 Jan 2007 at 8:59am

South Africa: Wine industry and environmentalists eye government ….
Checkbiotech.org (press release), Switzerland - 1 hour ago
The government is being watched like a hawk by the wine industry and environmentalists as it prepares to make two key decisions on the use of genetically ….

Wegmans Plans New Wine and Liquor Store, Culinary Center (Progressive Grocer)

9 Jan 2007 at 10:02am

JANUARY 09, 2007 — ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets Inc. here said late last week it was seeking approval for two innovative projects in its hometown stomping grounds: a 19,000-square-foot venue in Pittsford, N.Y. that would sell wine and liquor; and a $28 million "culinary innovation center" in Chili, N.Y., which would operate as a corporate research and development facility and contain …

Bacheller: Wine tasting benefits school?s ?ne arts (Northwest Herald)

9 Jan 2007 at 4:47am

The Huntley Fine Arts Boosters will hold an evening of wine tasting from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 20 at Village Vintner Winery, 2273 Randall Road, Carpentersville.

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January 8, 2007

Wine News 1/8/2007

Rivers of wine flow overseas - NEWS.com.au

8 Jan 2007 at 3:56pm

Rivers of wine flow overseas
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 3 hours ago
THE nation's winemakers are shipping cheaper wine overseas, fuelling record exports last year, with Americans poised to overtake the British as the biggest ….
Australian Wine Hits Record Sales In 2006 All Headline News
Australian wine exports at record levels in 2006 People's Daily Online
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Wine store proposed in Wash Park area - Bizjournals.com

8 Jan 2007 at 6:27pm

Wine store proposed in Wash Park area
Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
Denver businessman Jonathan Power wants to open a wine store in the old Twist & Shout space at 300 E. Alameda Ave. in Denver, but a neighborhood association ….

Cemetery vines to holy wine (Los Angeles Times)

8 Jan 2007 at 4:41pm

HAYWARD, CALIF. ? A graveyard vineyard in this East Bay city could yield some wholly delightful results for Catholic cemetery officials who are growing vines on surplus land in hopes of making sacramental wine.

Wine exports hit new highs in 2006 (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance)

8 Jan 2007 at 5:18pm

The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation says records were set for both the value and volume of wine exports last year.

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January 6, 2007

Wine News 1/6/2007

Drought reduces wine glut - Melbourne Herald Sun

5 Jan 2007 at 9:05am

nwitimes.com Drought reduces wine glut
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Jan 5, 2007
UNITED States beverage group Constellation Brands believes the drought in Australia will reduce the wine grape harvest by 15 to 25 per cent this year. ….
UK wine battle hits Constellation earnings Beverage Daily
Wine Producer Misses Forecast, and Shares Dive New York Times
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A toast to old wine - Financial Express

6 Jan 2007 at 2:48pm

A toast to old wine
Financial Express, India - 3 hours ago
You see, I wonder if in the coming year I will be able to drink as much good wine as I did in the year gone by? Will the new year keep the gravitas of a ….

'Desperate' farmers feed cattle wine industry leftovers (ABC via Yahoo!7 Fina…

6 Jan 2007 at 4:41pm

A growing number of South Australian cattle farmers are using the wine industry's leftovers to feed stock, because of a shortage of more traditional types of food.

Moldovan wine could appear in Russia in Jan.-Feb. - chief doctor (Russian Inf…

6 Jan 2007 at 12:20pm

MOSCOW, January 6 (RIA Novosti) - Moldovan wine could appear in Russia in January-February, Russia's chief doctor said Saturday. "I think the first batches of [Moldovan] wine could be delivered in January or February," Gennady Onishchenko told Ekho Moskvy radio.

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January 5, 2007

Wine News 1/5/2007

Drought reduces wine glut - Melbourne Herald Sun

5 Jan 2007 at 9:05am

Carlisle Sentinel Drought reduces wine glut
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 6 hours ago
UNITED States beverage group Constellation Brands believes the drought in Australia will reduce the wine grape harvest by 15 to 25 per cent this year. ….
UK wine battle hits Constellation earnings Beverage Daily
Wine Producer Misses Forecast, and Shares Dive New York Times
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Cemetery vines to holy wine - Los Angeles Times

5 Jan 2007 at 3:03am

Cemetery vines to holy wine
Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 hours ago
Zinfandel and cemeteries might seem an unlikely pairing, but there's an ancient link between wine and the church ? for example, the water-into- wine miracle ….
Diocese plots uses for cemetery vineyard Columbia Daily Tribune
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Picture a dinner table in a very red state — some wine, words (San Francisco…

5 Jan 2007 at 6:45am

So I'm up in the Idaho hinterlands at the family getaway lake house over the holiday break, and I'm sitting at a nice dinner party with some family friends, and the wine is flowing and the friends are lovely and the conversation seems relatively open, and…

Wine lovers fear LCB shakeup means quality will wither (The Philadelphia Inqu…

5 Jan 2007 at 3:38am

What's the state of wine in the state of Pennsylvania, following the abrupt departure of Jonathan H. Newman as chairman of the Liquor Control Board?

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January 4, 2007

Wine News 1/4/2007

Drought 'reducing wine grape harvest' - Sydney Morning Herald

4 Jan 2007 at 8:14pm

nwitimes.com Drought 'reducing wine grape harvest'
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 29 minutes ago
United States beverage group Constellation Brands believes the drought in Australia will reduce the wine grape harvest by 15 to 25 per cent this year. ….
Wine Maker Constellation Cuts Wall Street Journal (subscription)
Constellation Brands gets a lift from branded wine sales Globe and Mail
Constellation Brands Profit Declines on Slower Wine Sales Bloomberg
Bloomberg - Newsday
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Lawmakers see support for wine distribution bill - Culpeper Star Exponent

4 Jan 2007 at 1:24pm

The Free Lance-Star Lawmakers see support for wine distribution bill
Culpeper Star Exponent, VA - 7 hours ago
Winery owners and wine retailers, who appeared at a news conference in Richmond yesterday, described how the loss of self-distribution rights have hurt ….
Wine bills could aid small outfits Staunton News Leader
MAKING A CASE Small wineries seek state's help The Free Lance-Star
The Virginia wine industry hopes this year?s bill won?t get killed Daily Press
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Drought 'reducing wine grape harvest' (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

4 Jan 2007 at 8:03pm

United States beverage group Constellation Brands believes the drought in Australia will reduce the wine grape harvest by 15 to 25 per cent this year.

Constellation Brands Profit Drops on U.K. Wine Sales (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

4 Jan 2007 at 9:39am

Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — Constellation Brands Inc., the world's largest winemaker, said third-quarter profit fell, missing some analysts' estimates, on lower wine sales in the U.K. The company lowered its annual earnings forecast.

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January 3, 2007

Wine News 1/3/2007

Daniel: Great wine buys that won't bust your budget - San Jose Mercury News

3 Jan 2007 at 6:01am

Daniel: Great wine buys that won't bust your budget
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 7 hours ago
By Laurie Daniel. With budgets stretched thin after the holidays, it's helpful to find some good wine values. Luckily, I've tasted ….
Oregon wine isn't ordinary Orlando Sentinel
LOCAL WINE PICKS; Poultry or seafood pairs nicely with three local …. San Luis Obispo Tribune
Spectator is nuts Canton Repository (subscription)
Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Not a nice drop in wine takeover - The Australian

3 Jan 2007 at 9:51am

Not a nice drop in wine takeover
The Australian, Australia - 3 hours ago
YARRAMAN Wines has slashed more than 40 per cent from the value of scrip it will offer Evans &Tate shareholders in a takeover proposal as it emerged that a key ….
E&T bidder denies any link to previous scheme Sydney Morning Herald
Yarraman Winery eyes global expansion The Age
Vision blurred in ETW wine war The Australian
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Majestic Wine Holiday Revenue Advances on Champagne (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

3 Jan 2007 at 4:17am

Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Majestic Wine Plc, the U.K.'s largest chain of wine warehouses, said nine-week sales increased as customers bought more champagne and vintages for the holiday.

Festive sparkle for Majestic Wine (BBC News)

3 Jan 2007 at 2:34am

Majestic Wine says its sales over the Christmas period were 4.4% higher than the year before.

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Making 2007 a good year for wine ? and wine lovers - Seattle Times

3 Jan 2007 at 3:17am

Making 2007 a good year for wine ? and wine lovers
Seattle Times, United States - 1 hour ago
As long as you're making resolutions ? or good intentions dressed up in pithy packages called affirmations ? why not toss a few wine -related resolutions ….
Brindco set to buy 20% in Grover Vineyards Economic Times
INDIA: Grover Vineyards closes in on distribution deal just-drinks.com (subscription)
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Majestic Wine Holiday Revenue Advances on Champagne (Update2) - Bloomberg

3 Jan 2007 at 4:09am

BBC News Majestic Wine Holiday Revenue Advances on Champagne (Update2)
Bloomberg - 37 minutes ago
…. 3 (Bloomberg) — Majestic Wine Plc, the UK's largest chain of wine warehouses, said nine-week sales increased as customers bought more champagne and vintages ….
Festive sparkle for Majestic Wine BBC News
Sharp and sweet at Majestic Wine Hemscott
Majestic Wine 9 weeks to Jan 1 like-for-like UK sales rose 4.4 pct Hemscott
ShareCast - Telegraph.co.uk
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Majestic Wine Holiday Revenue Advances on Champagne (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

3 Jan 2007 at 4:17am

Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Majestic Wine Plc, the U.K.'s largest chain of wine warehouses, said nine-week sales increased as customers bought more champagne and vintages for the holiday.

Festive sparkle for Majestic Wine (BBC News)

3 Jan 2007 at 2:34am

Majestic Wine says its sales over the Christmas period were 4.4% higher than the year before.

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January 1, 2007

Wine News 1/1/2007

Not done with that wine? Take it home in '07 - Quad City Times

1 Jan 2007 at 12:24am

Not done with that wine ? Take it home in '07
Quad City Times, IA - 3 hours ago
…. too late for New Year?s Eve revelers, Illinois restaurant patrons soon will have another reason to resist finishing off that bottle of wine before driving ….

2006 diet news brought us fish, veggies, wine, chocolate - WQAD

31 Dec 2006 at 2:38pm

Newsweek 2006 diet news brought us fish, veggies, wine , chocolate
WQAD, IL - 13 hours ago
CHICAGO Order from a menu of vegetables, fish, wine and chocolate, but hold the trans fats and sugary sodas. That might best sum up the diet headlines of 2006. ….
2006 big year for nutrition news San Jose Mercury News
DIET NEWS: 2006 studies pushed a range of theories Winston-Salem Journal (subscription)
2006 diet news brought us fish, wine Chicago Sun-Times
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As asparagus jobs wilt, Dayton reaps wine boom (BizJournals)

1 Jan 2007 at 1:12am

Once known for its asparagus packing plant, the tiny town of Dayton has turned over a new leaf — wine.

New law eases wine transport; several measures take effect Monday (Herald & R…

1 Jan 2007 at 12:58am

SPRINGFIELD - A little too late for New Year's Eve revelers, Illinois restaurant patrons soon will have another reason to resist finishing off that bottle of wine before driving home.

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