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Written by Chris Rauber
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 00:00 |
New Vine Logistics, a Napa-based wine-shipping and distribution company whose saga in recent weeks has transfixed much of the wine business, emailed customers late Wednesday night that it’s “resuming operations.”
The message, signed by “The New Vine Team,” said the company would begin shipping orders on June 11, thanks to funding lined up late last week from Inertia Beverage Group.
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Written by Kevin McCallum
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 01:50 |
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Europeans, who have long chafed at California wineries using geographic terms like Champagne and Chablis to describe their wines, have banned the importation of some U.S. wines using such terms as ''clos'' and ''chateau'' on wine labels.
Those French words, along with other terms like ''classic,'' ''tawny,'' ''noble,'' ''ruby'' and ''vintage,'' are all strictly regulated wine terms in Europe, with specific rules for who gets to use them and when.
Now, the European Union is contending that U.S. vintners must adhere to the same EU rules for wines using terms regarded as ''traditional expressions'' in order to avoid confusion.
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Written by Jane Firstenfeld
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 00:00 |
Mexico, D.F., Mexico -- Since 2006, U.S.-produced wine has entered Mexico without tariffs, but that changed today, when the fee was raised to 20%. Another 90-odd products faced import taxes of 10 to 45%. In 2008, the United States wine industry sold $23 million in Mexico, its 10th largest market, according to recent Wine Institute figures. About 90% of exports by volume came from California. According to Joseph Rollo, WI export director, about 100 California wineries have been exporting to Mexico.
Observers said the tariff hike is retaliation for the United States' 2009 budget, which eliminated a test program allowing Mexican trucks to deliver cargo beyond the U.S./Mexican border zone. Removing the tariff is an issue that can now only be resolved by Congress or negotiated by the new Secretary of Commerce, when he is approved, Rollo told Wines & Vines. Today, the Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to support the nomination of former Washington state Governor Gary Locke to that cabinet position.
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Written by Daily Wine News
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Monday, 02 March 2009 23:30 |
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) extends its sympathy to all those that have suffered loss as a result of the devastating bushfires that have ravaged the State of Victoria since February 7th. This is a profoundly sad episode for the state of Victoria and the country, but equally, it is the confronting reality of Australian rural and agricultural life. The full impact and consequences are not yet known and will take some time to be completely understood.
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Written by Jerry Hirsch
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Monday, 02 March 2009 23:26 |
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The amount of the fruit squeezed in the fall is down about 6% from the previous year, a government report says. That should help keep inventories down and reduce pressure to slash prices. February 11, 2009
Mother Nature gave California's winemakers a break last fall.
The state's wine industry, already struggling with slowing sales because of the poor economy, won't be dealing with a glut of grapes from last year's harvest, according to a report released Tuesday.
California wineries squeezed about 3 million tons of wine grapes during the harvest, down about 6% from the previous year, according to the annual grape crush report from the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
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