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Posted: August 24, 2005
Time appears to be running out for Louisiana's six wineries, as the state's Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control has given them 90 days from the signing of the bill to find distributors to sell their wines.
Changes could give consumers more information about what's in the bottle
Posted: August 15, 2005
In an effort to supply consumers with more detail about the contents of the wines they buy, the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is considering a number of changes to wine-labeling laws.
Wine Institute offers ChoicePoint for age verification of potential customers
Posted: August 12, 2005
In another winery-industry effort to make sure minors don't receive direct shipments of alcohol, the San Francisco-based Wine Institute has launched a trial of an age-verification system for wineries selling their products over the phone and the Internet.
Rathbone family acquires public Margaret River winery for around $20 million
Posted: August 11, 2005
The Australian wine company that owns Yering Station, Parker Coonawarra Estate and Mount Langi Ghiran is adding Xanadu, a troubled, publicly held Margaret River winery, to its roster this month. Xanadu shareholders, whose stock had lost 98 percent of its value in four years, voted on Aug.
Posted: August 8, 2005
The barriers to ordering wine online or by mail continue to crumble, as a federal court ruled on Aug. 5 that Florida's ban on interstate shipments of wine is unconstitutional. The decision, which comes only weeks after another court prevented Ohio from enforcing its ban on direct-to-consumer shipments, could make Florida the fourth state, following Connecticut and New York , to loosen its restrictions since the U.
Reciprocity statute opens lanes between consumers and wineries in several other states
Posted: August 8, 2005
As of Aug. 1, consumers and wineries in North Dakota have more freedom when it comes to ordering wines from and shipping wines to several other states. North Dakota has become the 14th state to allow direct-to-consumer wine shipments through what is known as a reciprocal system.
As its former parent company changes hands, the Temecula region's largest winery may get a new start
Posted: August 8, 2005
After several years of turmoil and misfortune, Callaway Vineyards and Winery in Southern California is being sold by its parent company to a private investment partnership based in Del Mar, Calif. Though Callaway has been the lynchpin of the Temecula appellation's wine tourism, it made up only a minor portion of the wine business for Allied Domecq, formerly one of the world's largest alcohol-beverage companies.
Villa Maria will keep the Marlborough producer's staff, plans to build brand in export markets
Posted: July 26, 2005
New Zealand's largest family-owned winery, Villa Maria, has bought small Marlborough producer Thornbury Wines. The two private companies, which are best known in the U.S. for their Sauvignon Blancs, declined to disclose the sale price.
Posted: July 20, 2005 By Eric Arnold, Dana Nigro
In a prompt response to the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on direct-to-consumer wine shipping, a federal district court has ruled that Ohio regulations that prevent adult residents from receiving orders from out-of-state wineries are unconstitutional.
A Gallup poll on alcoholic beverages found that beer's popularity is fading
Posted: July 20, 2005
Welcome to wine country. Wine is America's favorite alcoholic beverage, according to a new poll from Gallup, tying beer in a statistical dead heat and easily beating liquor. Wine took the lead largely because it's being increasingly enjoyed by men, drinkers ages 30 to 49 and minorities.
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