Wine Business

Today's Top Story for Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Washington state threatens to gut research budgets for thriving industry

It's not just state funding that's at risk. The allocation from Olympia allows WSU to leverage additional funding in the form of federal and other external funding to support its research activities. In the first seven months of the current fiscal year, the university has secured $42 million.

Today's Featured News

Maryland: Senator To Block Wine Shipment Bill
chairman of the committee that must approve the bill says she will not bring it up for a vote

New Sonoma County glass venture ties delivery schedule directly into a winery's bottling program
Longtime wine industry professional Neil Foster and internationally recognized glass industry leader David Hammond have launched Vertical Glass & Packaging

WA among states weighing sale of liquor business
Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington state.

Dave Batt Named President of Mendocino Winegrape and Wine Commission
The organization Batt will lead is an alliance of 84 wineries and 343 winegrape growers based in Mendocino County, California.

Billionaire Koch Expects More Fake-Wine Lawsuits in 2010
In the past 3 1/2 years, Koch, founder and president of Florida-based Oxbow Group, has sued auction houses, collectors, a retailer and a wine importing company, saying all of them sold wines to him that turned out to be fakes.

Today's Featured Blogs

Vinography

The Future of Luxury Wine Feb 08 I spent the latter part of this week at the Vino2010 conference in New York. The largest Italian wine event held outside of Italy, the conference was a combination of major trade-show-style tastings, smaller focused tastings, and panel discussions. One of the panels I attended was entitled "The Future of Luxury Wine" and involved a good panel discussion on the outlook for wines priced over $30 in the next few years.

Artisan Family of Wines

Biodynamics - Part 2 Feb 08 In my last post, I looked at some of the views of Rudolf Steiner, the father of Biodynamics, outside of the field of agriculture. Now, I’ll turn to his agricultural teachings.

Dr. Vino's wine blog

Hoose juice, blogs, cheap Pinot, wine in food stores - sipped and spit Feb 08 Pinot or dunno? The caché of the fickle pinot noir has led to a proliferation of low-priced pinots, which, by US law, must only contain 75 percent to state the grape on the label.

More News for Today, Feb 9, 2010

Champagne bounces back with strong end of year

Sour grapes! Gallo victim of wine world's biggest con

Oregon's quality pinots join the bargain ranks

Charles Roy: 1936-2010

Consumers shift to value vintages for wine

Working to make wastewater ponds go away

Paso Robles: Wine country with a rural feel

Lake County - a low-rent Napa for vintners

Matching wine with food should be an adventure

Joel Aiken Joins Amici Cellars as Winemaker and Partner

Australia: Brian Croser blames big business for wine industry problems