Thedrinksbusiness.com/.- British men enjoy drinking wine at home but avoid ordering it in a pub in case their friends make fun of them, a recent survey has claimed. A study of 1,500 adults, commissioned Côtes du Rhône wines, found that nine out of ten men would drink the odd bottle of wine in their own home, but just one in four would drink wine while on a night out with male friends for fear of being made fun of. A…
Winespectator.com/.- As sales grow, investors are seeing potential and buying into Kiwi wineries. Wine lovers in the United States are drinking more New Zealand wines than ever, with double-digit annual percentage increases in the value of imports for the past five straight years. As demand increases, investors are also developing a taste for Kiwi wine. Recent acquisitions in the New Zealand wine market by two U.S.-based major players—Foley Family Wines and Terroir Selections—signal an increasing confidence in the wines’ future. New…
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.…