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Heraldsun.com.-/ WINE drinkers could pay more for their favourite tipple after frost damaged the 2014 harvest. Winemaker Australian Vintage, whose brands include McGuigan, Passion Pop and Tempus Two, says the amount of grapes it crushed for the 2014 vintage fell by nearly a fifth as a result of frost late last year. And it expects the 2014 crush for the whole industry will be down on 2013 because of the damaging frost. “Whilst this will help the industry’s supply and demand…

Wine-searcher.com/ AFP.-/ Court rules in favor of woman hospitalized after being exposed to pesticides while working in vineyard. In a first for vineyard workers, a winery has been found guilty of failing to protect its workers from the harmful health effects of pesticides. Château Monestier La Tour, in southwest France’s Bergerac region, was convicted of “inexcusable misconduct” for failing to protect an employee against exposure to pesticides used in the vineyard, after court action dragged on for almost three years.…

Gazettetimes.com./-  Many times over the last five years or so, David Baker and his colleagues laboring on a documentary film about wine have had opportunities to ponder the similarities between winemaking and filmmaking. Winemaking, said Baker, is “definitely a labor of love, and it takes a long time.” Often, it takes many years after vines are planted before you start to see results. “Kind of like making a documentary,” he said. For Baker, Justin Smith and their colleagues who labored…

El presidente de la Cámara de Diputados de Argentina, Julián Domínguez, confirmó que le alcanzó una propuesta de bodegueros mendocinos al Papa. “Los mil productores y las mil bodegas le ofrecieron a su santidad proveerle el vino para las misas”, explicó Domínguez, relatando cómo fue su encuentro con Francisco del domingo pasado. El presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, dijo además que la reacción de Francisco ante la propuesta que le hizo llegar, fue en sus propias palabras “uy qué vamos…