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Treat wine environment with care The wine industry's handling of the environment has been described as the most serious potential impediment to trade in the next decade. The warning will be issued in Adelaide today at the second Wine Industry Environment Conference.... Progress made on EU, Australia wine agreement Australian Federal Agriculture Minister Warren Truss has welcomed the breaking of a deadlock this week between Australian and European Commission officials on proposed changes to the European Union (EU)/Australian Wine Agreement.... New Zealand Named 'Wine Region Of The Year' Prominent US wine publication, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, has selected New Zealand as the Wine Region of the Year for 2002, attributing the industry's innovation, consistency, diversity and value as the basis for this exemplary award... USA: Vintners applaud breakup of ATF Federal wine regulators are getting a new home, and California vintners hope it's for good. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security means the dismantling of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms... Mon, 25 Nov 2002 Warmer planet a grape growing problem SIGNIFICANT climate changes in the next 30 years will cause more problems for the Adelaide's grape growers. They will affect all grape-growing regions, with temperature rises of 0.4C to 2C by 2030 meaning more hot days... Mon, 25 Nov 2002 Controlled permeability can improve early consumption wines Two independent wine industry research studies, one in the U.S. and the other in the United Kingdom, have concluded that controlled permeability in closures can improve even "early consumption" wines... Mon, 25 Nov 2002 Johnson calls for synthetic closures UK wine guru Hugh Johnson - one of the world's most influential wine writers has urged readers of his latest Pocket Wine Guide to 'buy your daily wines from suppliers with the courage to use modern stoppers'. Thu, 21 Nov 2002 EU: Commission postpones introduction of labelling laws The introduction of new rules for wine labelling in the EU has been postponed from January 1 next year until August 1 after complaints by Italy and Spain that they cannot meet the original deadline for "technical" reasons.... Australia claims EC wine regulations break WTO agreement The long running trade spat between Australia and the EC over the labelling of wines exported into the EU has run into further problems. This time Australia is threatening to involve the World Trade Organisation over new labelling regulations to be introduced at the beginning of next year... Tue, 12 Nov 2002 Canada: Two veteran winemakers drown at Oliver winery Oliver, a small Okanagan town that prides itself as the wine capitol of Canada, is in mourning today after two prominent local winemakers fell into a massive wine fermentation tank and drowned... Tue, 12 Nov 2002 Australian Wine Corners 5 Percent of U.S. Market While California owns 70 percent of the U.S. wine market, Australia nowadays is producing every 20th bottle of wine sold in the U.S. That reflects a 30 percent increase in wine exports to the United States last year, with numbers so far this year on track to an even bigger jump of up to 45 percent... Tue, 12 Nov 2002 Canada: Liquor board recalls wine over fears of excess lead The Liquor Control Board of Ontario on Friday recalled the 750 mL-size bottle of Valle Dell'Asso Galatina Rosso 1998, a red table wine from Italy and suspended sales after detecting levels of lead above the federal guidelines during routine screening... Sun, 10 Nov 2002 New Zealand: Winery waste disposal needs improvement The clean green image of Marlborough's wine could be at risk if vineyards don't clean up their winery wastewater and grape marc disposal systems... Sun, 10 Nov 2002 South Africa: A new winery opens every eight days There are 450 wine wineries and negociants in South Africa, with 44 new wineries, 33 new ranges and at least 513 new wines launched in the past year... Sun, 10 Nov 2002 Tough rules proposed for EU wines U.S. winemakers are trying to give Europeans a taste of their own medicine by imposing testing and certification requirements on European Union wine imports... Fri, 08 Nov 2002 Stealth bill could crush US wine imports If you live in the United States (or even if you don't) and love quality wines from around the world, please take special care to read today's article all the way through. It's a little complicated, but worth reading: This may be one of the most important wine-consumer issues of the year... Thu, 07 Nov 2002 |
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