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Massive fire damages Wines Central storage facility in Vallejo
Posted: October 13, 2005
Millions of dollars of wine were lost in a spectacular blaze at a Northern California wine storage facility yesterday. Wines Central warehouse in Vallejo, which is just north of San Francisco, stored wine in barrels and case lots for clients that included wineries and collectors.
Larger labels lead growth in sales to 270 million cases in 2004
Posted: October 3, 2005
Americans are drinking more wine than ever these days. The United States' total wine consumption increased more than 4 percent last year to 270 million cases, according to the just-released 2005 edition of The U.
Vincor, owner of brands such as Inniskillin and Hogue, turns down $1.2 billion offer as insufficient
Posted: September 29, 2005 By Tim Fish, Konrad Ejbich, Dana Nigro
Now that Constellation Brands has finished swallowing the Robert Mondavi Corp., the world's largest wine marketer is ready for its next meal. Last week it made an appetizer of Hahn Estate's Rex Goliath line of California wines.
Posted: September 16, 2005
After 22 years, wine trade talks between the United States and Europe seem to have finally borne some fruit, with the announcement of a tentative agreement on a number of complex issues. Among the long-standing sticking points addressed in the deal, which still requires official approval by the respective governments, are American vintners' use of European appellation names, such as Chablis and Burgundy, on their wines.
Legislation quickly follows judge's order to allow wine shipments, but passage is uncertain
Posted: September 13, 2005
Less than two months after a federal judge ruled that Ohio's laws did not comply with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on direct shipping of wine, Ohio Sen. Eric Fingerhut (D) has introduced a measure, Senate Bill 179, to allow consumers to order wine from any producer and have it sent to their homes.
Posted: September 9, 2005
Tom Selfridge, who spent seven years at the helm of the Chalone Wine Group before it was purchased earlier this year by global spirits giant Diageo, has been hired as the new president of The Hess Collection winery in Napa Valley.
Posted: September 9, 2005
After weeks of outcry from Michigan wine lovers triggered by the introduction of a bill that would have banned all direct-to-consumer wine shipments, the state's House of Representatives has passed a compromise version of a new bill that would allow limited shipments from wineries.
French authorities investigate why grapes were improperly mixed in tanks
Posted: August 31, 2005
More than 58,000 gallons of red wine and Georges Duboeuf's reputation are in limbo as a French prosecutor investigates a case of improper blending at one of the Beaujolais giant's winemaking facilities.
Meanwhile, market consolidation accelerates
Posted: August 29, 2005
How much wine does the world drink? About 2.56 billion 9-liter cases, as of 2004, and that number is growing slowly, according to the current edition of The Global Drinks Market: Impact Databank Review and Forecast.
Posted: August 25, 2005
Mass-market producer Bronco Wine Co. has come down to one final, long-odds throw in its five-year legal battle with California authorities and the Napa Valley Vintners, a marketing organization of 270 wineries.
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