Northwest Missouri – Midwest grapegrowers are almost certain to experience the threat of herbicide drift at some time during their growing season. Herbicides are used to control weeds, and some are selective for specific weeds. Grapes are especially sensitive to several herbicides common to agronomic crops, pasture, rangeland, forestry and non-crop areas.
Herbicide drift occurs when [...]

A leading US climate change researcher says the US wine industry is ‘doing nothing’ to study the problem.
Further research and adaptation is crucial for continued success in wine growing areas, Professor Greg Jones of Southern Oregon University said – but the US is ‘in denial’.
‘It is absolutely clear that viticultural climates of tomorrow will not [...]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern California, the latest batch of destructive blazes in the bone-dry state.
One had spread across nearly 6 square miles by early Sunday after starting the previous afternoon in Napa County and quickly moving into [...]

Virginia’s wine grape production up by 35 percent between 2001 and 2007
 
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s wine industry is booming.The National Agricultural Statistics Service says wine grape production jumped by 35 percent between 2001 and 2007, from 4,200 tons to 5,600.
Tony Banks with the Virginia Farm Bureau says acreage increased by 41 percent during the [...]

 
 
 
MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s trade and sanitary control service has allowed two more Moldovan wine producing plants to present products for examination in Russia, a Russian service source told Itar-Tass.
Thus, 33 Moldovan plants are allowed to present products for sanitary and epidemiological examination in Russia, the source said.
At present, there are 692 positive [...]

Bumper season boosts wine production
New Zealand’s wine industry is looking forward to increased sales, after a bumper season produced a surge in grape production this year.    New Zealand Winegrowers chief Philip Gregan said nature had delivered a bounty in 2008, with 285,000 tonnes of grapes harvested, up 39% on last year.    Gregan said [...]

Chester, PA - May 15, 2008 — Kasey Carpenter is known as “The Wine Mogul,” and he deals in the business of wine. There’s no shortage of wine fans in the U.S. (in fact, that number is growing every day), but few people really dig into the dollars and cents of how vino is produced. [...]

 Chinese wine will conquer the world in terms of volume and fine wine, a recent study suggests.
According to the Future of Wine report, drawn up by London-based wine merchants Berry Bros & Rudd (BBR), China, which is already the world’s sixth largest producer, will lead the world by the year 2058.
The report, which predicts the [...]

What’s inside the wine bottle? For some consumers and consumer advocate groups, the answer is more than just fermented grape juice. They want to know exactly what that wine is made of, what its nutritional profile is and what sort of additives may have been used in making it.The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade [...]

Global Wine Holdings has purchased “certain assets” of the failed Palandri Wine Group, according to administrators Deloitte.
Deloitte partner Gary Doran said Global Wine Holdings had been selected from 14 short-listed parties that had “expressed an interest in acquiring the assets”.
Palandri Wines went into voluntary administration in February with millions of dollars in debts to [...]

Start drinking North Carolina wines in the coming months and someday you’ll be able to say you remember when.You remember when a tasting tour meant being able to chat with winemakers face-to-face.
You remember when the grapes that survived 2007’s wild weather yielded some of the best wines you’ve ever sipped.
You remember when North Carolina’s wine [...]

Washington’s wine grape growers harvested more tons of cabernet, merlot, riesling and other wine grape varietals this year than ever before.
Vicky Scharlau, executive director of the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers, said 127,150 tons of wine grapes were picked this fall — a 5.5 percent increase over last year. [...]

Constellation Brands announced on Monday 12 November that it plans to buy the American wine business of rival Fortune Brands for $885 million. Analysts say it is a move to expand the company’s portfolio of high-end California wines.Expected to close by 31 December, the acquisition will bring Constellation annual sales [...]

Australia’s 2008 wine grape harvest is expected to fall well below average and could cause an exodus of growers, an industry expert says.
Past vintages have averaged about 1.9 million tonnes, but because of the drought the 2008 vintage was unlikely to reach 1.3 million tonnes, Wine Grape Growers Australia executive director Mark McKenzie says.
He said [...]