Overnight drop in water price of 13% The price of temporary water on the Murray and Murrumbidgee water market has experienced an overnight decrease of 13%, with the average price dropping from approximately $345/ML to now just short of $300/ML.
15 October 2008 An evening to everyone's taste Nelson wineries will be putting their wares up for inspection next week, offering locals a chance to get to know more about the burgeoning industry in their midst.
Palate poser as wine quiz returns Chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, or pinot noir just hazard a guess and have fun, says Wine Marlborough marketing manager Marcus Pickens.
Portuguese prisoners locked up with award winning wine Shears in hand, proudly tasting this year's award winning grapes, Joao Manuel is no ordinary oenologist. He is a second term prisoner at Alcoentre penitentiary in the middle of one of Portugal's prime wine-making regions.
Report supports off-licence application Ms Lynskey, managing director of wine company Floravin, sought the off-licence for her Solway Dr home to allow for mail and internet order wine sales.
Wine collectors eye cellars for liquidity Wine cellars have been taking a hit from the global credit crisis and it isn't because the owners of rare bottles are drinking more - it's because they have been selling to raise cash.
Winery Established in Bali to Bypass High Import Duties Wines from Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Europe and the United States are available in supermarkets, restaurants and bars across the Indonesian resort island, but with import taxes exceeding 300 percent, they are prohibitively expensive.
16 October 2008 Gold for Gladstone Pinot Wairarapa's Gladstone Vineyard has won yet more accolades for its Pinot Noir, bringing the total gold medal haul to six in four successive years.
Latour Agencies launches UK website The website features information on the entire Louis Latour Agencies UK portfolio of wines, which features Burgundy and a range of family-owned wineries from regions as diverse as Western Australia and New Zealand to the Rhone and Loire in France.
15 October 2008 Arniston Bay goes for gold at Veritas Awards The newly launched Arniston Bay Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2008 clinched a gold medal at the prestigious 2008 Veritas Awards over the weekend.
Constellation creates agency roster Drinks company Constellation Brands has appointed three agencies to its first integrated marketing roster following a pitch handled by Creative Brief.
New board to oversee grape and wine R&D A new board has been appointed to oversee strategic investment in research and development for the Australian grape and wine industry.
Wine Institute hires international marketing executive It's a new position at the San Francisco-based Wine Institute, created because Joseph Rollo, head of the institute's international department for 20 years, had seen his work increase dramatically.
14 October 2008 Asda is 'fastest-growing' wine retailer Asda is the fastest-growing wine retailer in the UK, with the latest TNS data showing sales in the supermarket giant growing by a massive 49% year on year to September 7.
Business as usual as the AWRI moves house The Australian Wine Research Institute is always a busy place, but 'busy' turned to 'hectic', 'chaotic' and 'crazy' late last week.
Private bin: finding diamonds in the rough, two stocks shine above But there are a couple of non-conformists. One such is Oyster Bay Marlborough, a vineyard majority-owned by wine company Delegat's.
Since March its shares have risen by 19%, from $2.60 to a 52-week high of $3.10.
Wine Australia seeks Euro supremo Wine Australia is recruiting a director for UK, Ireland and Europe as part of a reorganisation of its export structure.
16 October 2008 Casella plots European expansion for Yellow Tail Casella Wines, makers of the popular Yellow Tail brand, has appointed a specialist wine sales and marketing agency in a bid to expand the volume of the brand's European sales.
06 October 2008 Jacob's Creek launches drama with Mail on Sunday Jacob's Creek will feature within the print campaign and on the microsite via sponsorship and product placement within the drama itself.
03 October 2008 A Look at the Controversial Practice of Scoring Wine I am on the email lists of quite a few wine sellers, so my inbox is regularly filled with offers for 'must buy' bottles. The vast majority of these advertisements include wine critics' ratings, as in: Joe Schmo's Cabernet - 732 points - don't miss out!
02 October 2008 Four wine dealers imprisoned for fraud Four wine dealers who targeted American investors and conned them out of over 1m GBP were found guilty of fraud yesterday.
25 September 2008 French winemaker takes the piss Publicising a new wine in France is now so difficult that one producer has, successfully, turned to self-mockery and derision by christening his latest 2007 Languedoc release 'Vin de Merde' ('shit wine').
22 September 2008 After a Decade, Gallo Returns To TV for 'Fighting Varietals' Advertising wine on TV was almost unheard of before Ernest and Julio Gallo hit the airwaves in the 50's.
Today, as the famous California winery celebrates its 75th anniversary, Gallo Family Vineyards is going back to its roots with its first TV campaign in a decade.
19 September 2008 Confusion reigns over wine ads in France Confusion over the legality of wine advertising in France is driving more and more organisations to self-censorship.
The internet was not included in a specific list of allowable advertising mediums in the 1991 Evin Law, and so it is by omission illegal to advertise wine online in France.
17 September 2008 Halewood unveils Christmas support Lambrini is to receive a major marketing investment in the run-up to Christmas as part of what Halewood International describes as its 'biggest ever push' behind its leading brands.
12 September 2008 Cartoon wine critic Shizuku Kanzaki boosts Japanese sales Entire 20,000-bottle shipments of burgundy sell out within hours in Tokyo if he so much as looks at a glass, South Korea's biggest film star is lined-up to play him in a TV drama and he has converted thousands of Asian women into the most discerning oenophiles.
30 September 2008 Vintage Whine FAMED wine critic Robert Parker has called for a boycott of restaurants that unfairly jack up their wine prices.
29 September 2008 Rieslings continues to gain popularity in America Research by the ACNielsen Co. shows that for each of the last three years, riesling has been the fastest growing white wine grape sold in the country.
19 September 2008 Spain grapples with high alcohol wines If the burgeoning trend toward a return to lower-alcohol wine is confirmed by market behaviour over the next few years, Spain will be in trouble.
10 September 2008 Domestic wine sales show signs of recovery The trend estimate for domestic sales of Australian produced wine was 36.7 million litres in July 2008, an increase of 1.3pc from June 2008, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
08 September 2008 German Wine Producers Discover the Art of PR After years of being thought of as cheap and sugary, German wine is enjoying huge international success. It owes its success to producers who are adapting to accommodate a new generation of consumers.
07 August 2008 US consumers buy fewer drinks out of home Consumers in the US are watching their wallets by staying at home rather than going out for dinner or drinks.
Research from the Nielsen Company and Bevinco shows that the declining US economy has considerably impacted on-trade sales of alcoholic beverages.
31 July 2008 'British pint loses its attraction', warns wine body Wine is replacing beer as the traditional British pint loses its attraction, according to training group the Academy of Food & Wine .
And value-for-money wines are doing particularly well, it says
Survey: Beer gaining popularity over wine Beer's lead over wine and spirits has returned to double-digits for the first time since 2002, particularly among adults between the ages of 30 and 49 who tried wine for a few years then switched back to beer, according to a new Gallup poll.
30 July 2008 Hardys goes large on half bottles The introduction of smaller bottles comes on the back of Constellation's Wine Nation consumer research, which revealed that while consumers want to treat themselves to a glass of wine at home, ' they won't allow themselves to open a full bottle and 'waste it' ', according to a spokeswoman.
29 July 2008 Wine Sales Continue to Climb in US America's on track to become the world's biggest consumer of wines - passing France, Italy and Spain.
Though good news for vineyards, distillers of hard liquor aren't that happy to see drinking habits change - unless, of course they happen to also sell wines with their hard stuff.
16 October 2008 Bumper grape yields reported in Wairarapa The Wairarapa grape harvest outstripped last year's vintage by 111 per cent, despite a drought.
A total of 4100 tonnes of fruit was picked, compared with 1950 tonnes in 2007.
14 October 2008 A harvest to raise a glass to at last The Wairarapa grape harvest outstripped last year's vintage by 111 per cent despite a drought.
A total of 4100 tonnes of fruit was picked, compared with 1950 tonnes in 2007.
07 October 2008 Harvest caps challenging year for California vintners California vintners are bringing in the grape harvest this month after a challenging year that started with unusually sharp frosts and moved on to smoky summer wildfires.
29 September 2008 Good vintage despite conditions Tasmania's wine industry is celebrating a record vintage, despite the continuing dry conditions over much of the state.
Muscadet hit in Loire 08 vintage Muscadet in the Loire has been hit even harder than expected as growers report the crop is around one third its usual size.
Many producers in the region have already finished bringing in the grapes. The April frost, reported on decanter.com earlier this year, has reduced the crop to about a third of its normal size - even lower than originally predicted.
26 September 2008 Bordeaux: Semillon harvest begins, Merlot next week As the sunshine continues in Bordeaux, the Semillon harvest in Pessac Leognan is underway - around 10 days later than average.
Chateau Carbonnieux brought in its first Semillon at the end of last week, while Chateau Latour Martillac began picking two days ago on September 23. The sugar levels are for 12-13 potential alcohol.
22 September 2008 Canadian harvest begins Canadian wineries picked the first fruit of the 2008 vintage this week and winemakers appear more than satisfied with quality.
18 September 2008 Bordeaux puts first gloss on 2008 Putting a brave face on predictions for the harvest the Bordeaux wine bureau (CIVB) is comparing 2008 to 1988 - 'a drier than usual year'.
Yields are down on 2007, and a rainy start to September further disrupted what has been a difficult growing season.
Champagne harvest looks to be lower Harvesting in the Champagne area of France began on 12 September, with the expectation that 2008 yields will be lower than last year, due in part to lower Chardonnay volumes.
15 September 2008 Upcoming vintage looking good In Germany, the main wine harvest for 2008 has already begun, or is due to start in the next few days. So far there are no dramatic developments, the first volume estimates are assuming an average-sized harvest.
07 October 2008 Wine Spectator Announces New Mobile Platform WineSpectator.com has announced the release of a new mobile platform, Wine Spectator Mobile, an optimized version of its Web site, tailored specifically for wine-buying information on the go.
16 September 2008 Put a Cork in Online Wine Jeff Bezos seems to be running out of retail categories to move Amazon.com into. (What's next? Puppies? Frozen steaks? Escort services?), In its latest expansion, the web's largest retailer will become another place for you to not buy wine from online.
21 August 2008 Wine tasting gets the Twitter treatment Retailer Bin End Wines has teamed up with Hugel & Fils wines to organise the live event, which its organisers says is anticipated to attract an audience of more than 2000 'followers' on Twitter.
17 July 2008 Marketer of Premium Bulgarian Wines Tops $1 Million in Internet Wine Sales BulgarianWine.com, America's leading importer of premium Bulgarian wines has surpassed the $1 million dollar milestone in Internet sales of Bulgarian wines. This achievement illustrates the vastly improved quality of Bulgarian wines over the past decade, as well as the attraction to value-priced high quality wines. BulgarianWine.com accomplished this in a short time, indicating an unfolding trend in wine marketing. This niche-market website is among the highest-rated wine retail websites in the country.
Roederer champagne launches new interactive website Louis Roederer champagne house has launched the English version of its new website, www.louis-roederer.com.
Designed by Paris-based French interactive agency Duke, the new site aims to move away from the traditional static content model for champagne house websites.
15 July 2008 CorkSavvy.com Launches Smart Phone Wine Application In three simple steps, wine lovers can snap, log, and view their favorite wines with CorkSavvy.com's newest application for camera phones.
Never again will you forget the delicious bottle of wine you had with dinner. CorkSavvy.com's free virtual cellar helps create personalized wine collections.
09 July 2008 eWinery Solutions and ShipCompliant complete real-time integration eWinery Solutions, a market leading e-commerce software company dedicated exclusively to the wine industry and ShipCompliant announced today the launch of eWinery's real-time integration with ShipCompliant's compliance engine.
03 July 2008 New Camera Phone Application from CorkSavvy.com Puts the Wine Journal Online In three simply steps, wine lovers can snap, log, and view their favorite wines with CorkSavvy.com's newest application for camera phones. Never again will you forget the delicious bottle of wine you had with dinner. CorkSavvy.com's free virtual cellar helps create personalized wine collections.
15 October 2008 Long Road Ahead to US and European Markets Moreover, consultations are underway about a free trade agreement between the US and Georgia. Georgia's wine export may also get a boost if it is accepted into the World Wine Trading Group, which has the following countries as its members: USA, Canada, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
14 October 2008 Slumping exchange rates shelter farmer incomes Export volumes for wine rose to a record 88.8 million litres for the year to August, up 11 per cent or 8.8 million litres on last year.
13 October 2008 Global Financial Woes Could Put Squeeze on Wine Exports The sales and marketing director at Angove's Family Winemakers says the US credit crisis could potentially deliver a huge blow to wine exports from South Australia's Riverland.
01 October 2008 NZ exports set to suffer New Zealand wine exports are just some of the exports to the United States that are set to suffer following the financial crisis.
24 September 2008 Export New Zealand welcomes fantastic US FTA news 'Achieving a comprehensive free trade agreement with our second largest export market, the United States, would deliver a fantastic boost to exporters' confidence,' says Export New Zealand chief Bruce Goldsworthy.
US to join NZ in free trade pact Nelson Winegrowers chairman Mike Brown said a dozen Nelson wineries exported to the US but the market had proved more difficult to crack than expected because it was quite complicated, so any moves that would smooth imports of New Zealand wine would be welcome.
15 September 2008 Hunter's wine into Spain & Holland One of New Zealand's most established wineries, Hunter's, today announced it has launched exports into Spain and Holland - lifting the number of its exporting countries to 22.
12 September 2008 Quality over quantity for SA-Russia wine exports South Australia is exporting higher quality wines to Russia.
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation says while the volume of wine being shipped to Russia fell in the year ending August 2008, the average price has gone up.
05 September 2008 Australia intensified cooperation with China wine industry AWBC and Austrade declared to be partners in order to intensify and coordinate Australian exports to China and promote Australian wines to large extent. In addition, they will help and support the distribution of Australian bottled wines in China.
16 October 2008 Dr. Frank Fast Tracks a Riesling Clone Dr. Frank's Vinifera Wine Cellars celebrated the official release of the Riesling clone N90 on Oct. 9, culminating in an unusually rapid deployment of an imported grapevine valued for its winter hardiness and aromatics.
Midwest Wine Industry Needs New Herbicide-resistant Grape An herbicide that effectively kills broadleaf weeds in corn, but also has wiped out most of the grapes in Illinois and other Midwestern states, may finally have met a grape it cannot kill.
14 October 2008 WSU researchers get specialty crop grants Professor Joan Davenport, food scientist Kerry Ringer and viticulture extension specialist Mercy Olmstead will receive $79,500 to study how to optimize white wine quality through managing plant nutrients.
09 October 2008 Australians Map Wine Yeast Code Australian wine researchers have become the first in the world to map the genetic code for wine yeast.
Researchers from the Australian Wine Research Institute started work on the code this year, after a four-year head start for their northern hemisphere counterparts.
08 October 2008 New yeast can make wine healthier and tastier Microbiologists at the Argoscope federal research centre have discovered a certain type of yeast can make wine healthier while boosting its quality.
25 September 2008 Wine ingredient protects against radiation A natural antioxidant commonly found in red wine and fruit may protect against radiation exposure, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
24 September 2008 Wine Industry Intent on Truly Going Green The wine industry is making a concerted effort to adopt environmentally responsible practices but sees a need for better education among both consumers and professionals on many 'green' issues, according to two surveys of wine industry professionals and executives conducted by Robert Smiley, professor and director of wine studies in the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.
15 September 2008 Vintners want Ottawa to kick in $5M a year for industry research Like many industry groups, the Canadian Vintners Association, a national membership-driven organization based in Ottawa, is compiling its wish list on behalf of the country's wineries.
19 June 2008 Screwcaps are best: Decanter verdict It's official: screwcap is the best closure for the vast majority of wines, both red and white.
This is the opinion of Decanter magazine's most senior contributors, from Steven Spurrier to Linda Murphy in California and Huon Hooke in Australia, tastings director Christelle Guibert and restaurant critic Brian St Pierre.
18 June 2008 Private equity backs Guala's euro's600m MBO Guala, the Italian maker of spirit and wine bottle tops, will announce on Tuesday a 600m euros($928m) management buy-out backed by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, the private equity arm of Credit Suisse, and Banca Intesa, the Italian lender.
17 June 2008 Kidney Kids project saves lives As well as pull-tabs, wine and other bottle tops made of aluminium are collected, then sold for the metal content.
13 June 2008 Italy's Guala gets buyout interest - source Guala, one of the world's biggest makers of closures for wine and spirits bottles, is 15 percent owned by management. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Marco Giovanni owns 12 percent directly and indirectly.
12 June 2008 Giving wine a whole new twist French visitors to the ball were naturally surprised by the quality of the food, but they were also struck by the sight of top-class wines with screwcaps instead of corks. No other country has adopted this alternative to corks as eagerly as New Zealand, which uses it for nearly 90 per cent of its wines.
10 June 2008 New Zealand ahead in the wine-making game New Zealand, coming late to winemaking, has pulled ahead of much of the world in a couple of ways. First, 90 percent of its white wines are in screw-cap bottles, eliminating the problem of wines spoiled, made to taste like wet cardboard, by tainted corks.
09 June 2008 Jean sends regards On the subject of screw caps, he is very positive.
'Everyone should switch to screw caps, which will leave the better corks for us. Wine production has increased hugely over the past decades and cork, a natural product, struggled to keep up.'
05 June 2008 Nomacorc testing closures by style Closure manufacturer Nomacorc is working with winemakers to analyse how different oxygen transfer rates affect different wine styles.
The company is working with the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique at Montpellier to test how different OTRs affect different styles of red and rose Grenache wine, and with the Australian Wine Research Institute to look at the best OTRs for Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc wines.
04 June 2008 Corker of a problem: How to recycle corks It's hard to imagine itty-bitty wine corks making much of a contribution to the world's mass of trash. But Roger Archey is heading a new effort to recycle wine corks - and he has already collected more than 300,000 of them.
Archey is running ReCork America, a recycling program created by Amorim, a Portuguese company that manufactures a quarter of the world's 13 billion wine corks.
04 July 2008 Fairhills launches 1-litre bag-in-box Leading Fairtrade wine producer, Fairhills, is launching an environmentally friendly addition to its South African wine range - a 100% recyclable bag-in-box. Refreshing and convenient, the Fairhills bag-in-box is the perfect addition to summer barbecues, parties and picnics.
17 June 2008 Sainsbury's launches first new-look own-label wine Sainsbury's is launching its first new wine in its repackaged own-label range - a Hungarian Pinot Grigio - this week.
The redesign aims to give the range a consistent, more premium, look, as well as making labels clearer and easier to understand.
30 May 2008 Packager toasts Euro PET wine potential Plasmax, a manufacturer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle coatings, says that while it has not yet made its latest size applications available in Europe, it expects growing potential for the product within the bloc.
28 May 2008 Wine bottle programme cuts CO2 Next time you sit down to enjoy a cold glass of Pinot, you can congratulate yourself that you are helping to cut CO2 emissions.
23 May 2008 Changyu's wine glass bottles entered international market Changyu produced all kinds of wine bottles which exported to America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other wine producing countries. In 2007, the exports of ChangYu's wine glass bottles were 50 million yuan.
22 May 2008 Consumers give glass green light Harpers reveals exclusive research into consumers' green concerns.
UK consumers see glass bottles as by far the most environmentally friendly form of wine packaging, according to new Wine Intelligence research that will be revealed at today's Harpers Debate at the London International Wine Fair (LIWF).
New Trays Offer an Economical 'Green' Alternative to Styrofoam Unisource Worldwide, Inc., one of the leading distributors of paper, packaging and facility supplies in North America, is introducing the first fully compostable, clam-shell wine shipper trays to help vintners and purveyors of wine meet their green needs.
RFID and Covert Ink used to Authenticate Fine Wines InkSure Technologies Inc. a leading provider of covert machine-readable security solutions ('CMRT') for the detection of counterfeiting, fraud and diversion, today announced that it has signed an agreement with eProvenance LLC for exclusive distribution of InkSure's authentication solution into the fine wine market in major wine producing countries in the world.
21 May 2008 Wine and Mash on top of the awards menu A 3D photo wine label has scored Adelaide design team Mash one of the creative industry's most coveted international prizes.
19 May 2008 Wine in popper packs last straw for purists PURISTS are spluttering over their decanters after a maker of fine wines announced plans for drinkers to sip their wine through a straw from small plastic cartons.
18 September 2008 Climate change may prompt need for grapes rethink A viticulture expert says the days of solely growing traditional French varieties in Western Australia's south-west and great southern may be drawing to a close.
11 September 2008 Rodolfo Bastida: Spain's leading wine-maker ? In London last week for the IWC 2008 Awards Dinner, Rodolf Bastida , MD and wine-maker at Bodegas Ramon Bilbao in Haro, Rioja, was presented the TROPHY for BEST SPANISH RED for the sublime MIRTO 2005 DO Rioja
22 August 2008 Reconsidering sulfites On almost every wine label, a challenging subject is concealed behind an opaque, almost nonchalant warning: 'contains sulfites.'
13 August 2008 Japanese Beetles Affect on Finger Lakes Wine An outbreak of Japanese beetles is wreaking havoc in the vineyards of Finger Lakes wine country right now. Vineyard managers say with the help of pesticides they can reduce some of the damage, but many admit the wine will taste a little different this year.
05 August 2008 Winemaking Too Expensive? Local Company Caters To Amateurs A local winery management company announced Monday it is opening a winemaking facility in Temecula that will cater to amateur vintners.
The 33,000-square-foot Virtual Vineyard to Vendor facility, to be opened later this month on Diaz Road, 'will allow small wine makers and growers to create and market their own boutique wines,'
29 July 2008 Taste scale for Riesling on the cards Every bottle of Riesling should carry a taste scale so consumers can see exactly what style of wine they are getting, the International Riesling Foundation has proposed.
18 July 2008 Will smoke taint wines? Now that the smoke has begun to clear from North Coast vineyards, questions are swirling about whether it will linger in the 2008 vintage.
Grape growers and winemakers closest to the wildfires are concerned that the vines may absorb enough of the unsavory smoke compounds to taint the wines.
Wine Institute publishes guide on vineyard water use A guide to help winery owners in the sustainable management of water usage in their vineyards has been published by the Wine Institute and the American Vineyard Association.
16 October 2008 Gisborne Wine & Food Festival 2008 From modest beginnings in 1997 when just 1000 tickets were sold, the Gisborne Wine & Food Festival has grown to a nationally celebrated event that has seen over 4000 tickets snapped up quickly. This year we celebrate the 12th anniversary of this successful East Coast wine event.
Tickets will be available from July 1, 2008. Last year we sold 4000 tickets and we have increased it to 4500 this year.
15 October 2008 'Checking the form' of the Australian Greats. A Melbourne Cup Day Dinner We will look at some of the greatest wines from vintages throughout the 1990's from Australia's top producers - Charles Melton GSM 1996, Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 and Jim Barry The Armagh 1995.
Gisborne Wine & Food Festival 2008 From modest beginnings in 1997 when just 1000 tickets were sold, the Gisborne Wine & Food Festival has grown to a nationally celebrated event that has seen over 4000 tickets snapped up quickly. This year we celebrate the 12th anniversary of this successful East Coast wine event.
13 October 2008 Gisborne Wine & Food Festival 2008 From modest beginnings in 1997 when just 1000 tickets were sold, the Gisborne Wine & Food Festival has grown to a nationally celebrated event that has seen over 4000 tickets snapped up quickly. This year we celebrate the 12th anniversary of this successful East Coast wine event.
Nelson Wines with Gourmet Seafood- Auckland This is your opportunity to meet the winemakers and taste boutique wines from Nelson's leading producers including:
Waimea, Rimu Grove, Richmond Plains, Kahurangi, Seifried, Kaimira, Anchorage, Woollaston, Brightwater, Neudorf , Te Mania, Moutere Hills, Redoubt HIll, Torrent Bay.
10 October 2008 New Zealand Cabernet Merlot Forum Following glowing reviews from Neal Martin, writer for Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate, Hawke's Bay Winegrowers Inc. will hold the first of what is set to be an annual New Zealand Cabernet Merlot forum this year at the Hawke's Bay Opera House on November 6 and 7.
Top chef inspires prestige dinner with Church Road Cuve wines Tetsuya Wakuda, one of the world's most respected chefs, gave his blessing to a prestige dinner where some of his famous dishes will be matched to Church Road's Cuve wines.
The seven-course degustation dinner will be presented to patrons at the Church Road Winery in Taradale, Hawke's Bay, on 23 October 2008.
09 October 2008 New Zealand Cabernet Merlot Forum Following glowing reviews from Neal Martin, writer for Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate, Hawke's Bay Winegrowers Inc. will hold the first of what is set to be an annual New Zealand Cabernet Merlot forum this year at the Hawke's Bay Opera House on November 6 and 7.
08 October 2008 Nelson Wines with Gourmet Seafood- Auckland This is your opportunity to meet the winemakers and taste boutique wines from Nelson’s leading producers including:
Waimea, Rimu Grove, Richmond Plains, Kahurangi, Seifried, Kaimira, Anchorage, Woollaston, Brightwater, Neudorf , Te Mania, Moutere Hills, Redoubt HIll, Torrent Bay.
New Zealand Cabernet Merlot Forum Hawke's Bay grape growers and winemakers can now look forward to an annual forum on the category of wine most significant to the region, Cabernet Merlot.
16 October 2008 Chef - Fixed Term - Church Road, Napier Reporting to the Executive Chef, you be expected to assist in the preparation and serving of a la carte, entree, main & buffet style foods in the Restaurant & Function Facility. Substantial experience in a busy a la carte restaurant is essential.
Senior Winemaker - Auckland A reputable Auckland based Company is seeking a Senior Winemaker to be accountable for the wine production and management of all of its New Zealand wines.
10 October 2008 Logistics Administrator - Winegrowers of Ara, Marlborough Winegrowers of Ara Limited is a significant wine company in Marlborough. With 390 hectares under vine, and growing, our focus is on producing premium pinot noir and sauvignon blanc wines.
Reporting to the Financial Controller you will be responsible for all inventory administration including:
-Harvest recording and costing
-Bulk wine management
-Production scheduling
-Warehousing, distribution and export documentation.
03 October 2008 Assistant Vineyard Manager - Delegat's Wine Estate, Hawkes Bay An exciting opportunity as an Assistant Vineyard Manager is available in the award-wining, cool climate wine region of Hawke's Bay. Hawke's Bay has a regional population of 151,000 and is renowned for its beautiful scenery, Mediterranean climate and stunning architecture.
Business Development Manager - Ormond Nurseries, Marlborough This is an exceptional opportunity for an appropriately qualified and experienced Marketing and Business Development Manager. You will have access to significant resources and a desire to build on a successful and established reputation. You'll have ample opportunity to be part of the ongoing strategy and will be working with senior executives in the business.
01 October 2008 Business Development Manager - Ormond Nurseries, Marlborough This is an exceptional opportunity for an appropriately qualified and experienced Marketing and Business Development Manager. You will have access to significant resources and a desire to build on a successful and established reputation. You'll have ample opportunity to be part of the ongoing strategy and will be working with senior executives in the business.
26 September 2008 Auckland Cellar Shop / Events Casual Assistants - Villa Maria Estate, Auckland This important role offers an excellent opportunity for motivated individuals to work for a leading New Zealand , family owned company. The role requires hands on involvement in wine sales, tastings, and tours promoting Villa Maria wines to discerning customers.
Restaurant Manager - Amisfield Wine Company, Central Otago Amisfield Wine Company at Lake Hayes in Queenstown New Zealand is seeking a professional experienced Restaurant Manager to run our award-winning provincial style Winery Bistro, located at Lake Hayes, Queenstown.
A proven commitment to high standards of food, wine, service and presentation are paramount.
25 September 2008 Auckland Cellar Shop / Events Casual Assistants - Villa Maria Estate, Auckland New Zealand's most awarded winery, Villa Maria Estate, is looking for enthusiastic Casual Cellar Shop Assistants to join their busy team.
This important role offers an excellent opportunity for motivated individuals to work for a leading New Zealand , family owned company. The role requires hands on involvement in wine sales, tastings, and tours promoting Villa Maria wines to discerning customers.
16 October 2008 'Checking the form' of the Australian Greats. A Melbourne Cup Day Dinner. We will look at some of the greatest wines from vintages throughout the 1990's from Australia's top producers - Charles Melton GSM 1996, Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 and Jim Barry The Armagh 1995. Chef Janet Gray has artfully matched five courses to five stunning wines.
Highfield Releases Mill Stream Pinot Noir 2007 On Thursday 23 October 2008 Highfield is releasing the first ever Mill Stream Pinot Noir 2007. Sales of this wine go towards the Mill Stream Project.
15 October 2008 Kick start your summer sales! This is the last week that you can kick start your summer sales by entering your wines in the latest TiZwine Tasting. All entry forms must be received by this Friday 17th October. The results are promoted in Bravo! our e newsletter about the latest Wine Awards, both the NZ/Australian and UK/European WineBiZ daily newsletters and. Of course on the TiZwine website. To download an Entry Form -
New Zealand vs. France. A luncheon 'shootout' Domaine Comtes Lafon Meursault, Robert Groffier Gevrey Chambertain, Chateau Lynch Bages Medoc and Chateau Rieussec - can Craggy Range, Felton Rd, Te Mata Estate and Cloudy Bay compete with these greats?
14 October 2008 More Gold And Silver For Far North Wineries Okahu Estate from Kaitaia has been awarded its second gold medal this year with their Merlot 2005; and the wine has been selected as one of the Top 100 wines in the competition.
New Wine Dogs New Zealand Book release Anyone who visits wineries can't help but notice the omnipresent dog - as much a part of the scenery as the winemaker and cellar hand. Wine Dogs New Zealand features over 100 wineries and over 150 stunning photos of their loyal pooches. Along the way, the mutts and purebreds are interspersed with short essays by Bob Campbell, Sam Neill, John Saker and many more.
13 October 2008 Church Road releases its sought-after Cuve wines more widely Wines from the exclusive Church Road Cuve series, which up to now were only available through the Church Road cellar door, will be available in fine wine outlets for the first time from October 2008.
10 October 2008 Gladstone Vineyard's Pinot Noir brings in more gold Wairarapa's Gladstone Vineyard has won yet more accolades for its Pinot Noir, bringing the total gold medal haul to six in four successive years.
Owner and Chief Winemaker Christine Kernohan said both the Gladstone and 12,000 Miles 2007 vintages had won medals in recent competitions
09 October 2008 Entries for the next TiZwine Tasting are now open Entries for the next TiZwine Tasting are now being accepted and close on Friday 17th October. The theme this time is Festive and Barbeque wines - the idea is that the results, Bravo! newsletter and promotion in the NZ and UK/European WineBiZ will coincide with the better weather and Christmas rush. To get a Wine Submission Form either e mail sue@TiZwine.com or ...
Strategic Marketing A Renewed Focus For Trinity Hill John Hancock, CEO of Trinity Hill Wines of Hawke's Bay, announces the appointment of Paul Treacher to the position of General Manager Marketing and Strategy.
15 October 2008 How to develop a nose for wine Fifty-four good wine smells and 12 bad ones can be sniffed at a new Hawke's Bay tourist attraction, the Big Picture wine centre in Napier.
14 October 2008 $1.35 billion economic impact uncorked for Texas Wine Month Like a late-harvest viognier, the numbers are refreshing. According to the study, the Lone Star State has 43 percent more wineries today than it did three years ago, jumping from 113 to 162. Tourism dollars related to the wine industry have increased by 34 percent, and tax revenue collected by the state is up a whopping 62 percent.
13 October 2008 Making Marlborough big in Japan Japan-New Zealand Business Council executive director Tony Boot said Marlborough could be an appealing holiday haven for the large number of Japanese people of retirement age who had worked hard for many years with little leisure time.
Raise a glass to the best vineyards in the world Oz Clarke has travelled from Bordeaux to Barossa to taste his favourite vintages. To get what a wine is about you've got to visit the place where it's made, he says
10 October 2008 Quick stats update from CellarDoorMETRICS(R) South Australia's Limestone Coast topped the regional wine tourism chart again this week, with each visitor spending an average $45.78 at cellar doors in the area. Although the highest record average spend, this was just over $20 down on last week's top expenditure.
09 October 2008 Queensland's wine centre aims for new year tourists Thousands of national and international tourists will be able to sample and buy the best of Queensland's wines all under the one roof when the Queensland Wine Centre officially opens its doors in early January.
08 October 2008 New World destinations are ideal for wine tourists New World countries such as New Zealand offer some of the best opportunities for wine tourism, wine experts have said.
Oenophiles, Neil Phillips and Chris Scott said that New Zealand was one the world's best destinations for wine enthusiasts as it combines great scenery with a successful and developing wine industry.
07 October 2008 Wine Industry Gets Customised Cellar Door Training Course Marlborough wineries get a customised Cellar Door Training course. This one-day training course will be delivered on October 13 at the Marlborough Research Centre by Phillip Reay of NMIT and Horder Reay Consultancy and Mike Just of Clayridge Wines.
Cellar doors present an important face of Marlborough, and in many cases they will be the principal memory that the wine tourist takes away from visiting the region.
06 October 2008 Changing venues for wine festival Brunton Road is no longer a venue for this year's Gisborne Wine and Food Festival but it will join wineries such as Millton Vineyard at the shared 'boutique venue' at the Labour Weekend event.
03 October 2008 Quick stats update from CellarDoorMETRICS The top ranked wine tourism region this week was South Australia's Limestone Coast, with each visitor spending an average $74.50 at cellar doors in the area.
16 October 2008 Fetzer Vineyards Converts To Lightweight Glass Fetzer Vineyards, one of the largest US wineries, will lightweight its entire line of wines to reduce its environmental footprint, continuing the winery's more than 20-year history of environmental responsibility and a decade-long commitment to help alleviate global climate change.
13 October 2008 Arniston Bay wine extends into Tetra Pak The packaging formats of South African wine brand Arniston Bay are being extended with the launch of a one-litre, fully-recyclable Tetra Pak carton.
10 October 2008 2008 Cork harvest Yields 10 percent larger crop The 2008 global cork harvest, though late in coming, yielded 240,000 metric tons of raw cork, a 10 percent jump over the previous year, according to Jochen Michalski, president of Cork Supply, a leading global supplier of premium natural cork wine stoppers.
09 October 2008 Cpak adds to packaging options Peter Dunlop of oak supply business, Classic Oak Products, has launched a new business venture, Cpak, to supply high quality packaging solutions for the wine industry.
08 October 2008 Next generation plastic closure arrives Nomacorc has made its next-generation plastic wine bottle closures available in European markets following a successful launch in the USA.
Nomacorc Classic+ is claimed to deliver a '25% lower oxygen transfer rate' than its predecessor, Nomacorc Classic.
06 October 2008 Uncorked: the nasties lurking in your favourite drop CONSUMER watchdog Choice has called for winemakers to provide a full list of ingredients on bottles amid claims by a British wine critic the industry is misleading and deceiving consumers.
03 October 2008 New system for Chinese names of Bordeaux chateaux A new system which offers a phonetic translation of the top chateaux names has been set up by Singaporean journalist Ch'ng Poh Tiong.
02 October 2008 Tesco trials in-store virtual wine system Tesco is planning to introduce a virtual wine technology system in its stores to help customers choose their purchases.
01 October 2008 Portugal's wine barrel tradition fizzling out The centuries-old tradition of making and repairing oak wine barrels in southern Portugal is ending, pushed out by steel barrels, 'bag in box' packaging and a younger generation's disinterest in the craft.
