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A French winemaker has a novel way to save part of France’s viticultural history. A Languedoc wine producer hopes to use crowdfunding to revive 10 traditional varieties in the region that have fallen into obscurity. Frantz Venes, whose family’s Minervois wine – Domus Maximus – was named the best French red wine by the International Wine Challenge in 2005, aims to plant traditional varieties in the region, including Grand Noir, Calmette and Picpoul Noir on an eight-hectare (19.7-acre) plot. The vines…

Winesandvines.com/.- Napa, Calif.—The Michael Mondavi family’s wine company has sold its winery facility, vineyard and tasting room in the Carneros district of Napa Valley to Kieu Hoang Winery Napa Valley, owned by Vietnamese-born American businessman Kieu Hoang. The deal includes 13 acres of vineyard adjacent to the winery. It does not include brands or other family-owned vineyard property. (The family owns a number of vineyards including Animo Vineyard in the Atlas Peak AVA and Oso Vineyard in Pope Valley.) Financial…

Pressdemocrat.com/.- Artesa Vineyards and Winery of Napa has shelved its hotly disputed plans to plant a vineyard on forest land near Annapolis and has put the 324-acre property on the market for $1.5 million, the company announced Tuesday. The decision was hailed by environmentalists, who last year persuaded a Sonoma County judge to rule that the vineyard project’s environmental studies were flawed. “For us and the forest, it’s great news,” Friends of the Gualala River President Chris Poehlmann said of…

La asociación gremial Vinos de Chile ha informado que en el cuarto mes del año las exportaciones de vino embotellado se presentan con un sólido crecimiento de 31% en facturación, marcando así un primer cuatrimestre en línea con nuestro plan estratégico, logrando un incremento del 13% en valor, 10% en volumen y 3% en precio promedio, alcanzando US$ 30,3/caja FOB. Destacable es el crecimiento que están experimentando los vinos finos. El segmento de vino embotellado sobre US$40/caja presenta un crecimiento…