September 6, 2013 Chinese Wine Facts World's eighth largest producer of wine; predicted to be sixth largest by 2016 Chinese consumers drink more than 1.6bn bottles of wine annually, forecast to grow by further billion by 2015 Chinese now the second biggest buyers of...

August 30, 2013 France is facing one of its poorest wine grape harvests in four decades, forecasts showed on Wednesday, due to a cold and rainy spring and severe hail storms. The 2013 harvest is expected to reach just 43.5 millions hectolitres -- well below the...

August 28, 2013 New York is reportedly cracking down on a major New Jersey alcohol retailer illegally selling wine to Empire State residents. The New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA) this month issued a cease-and-desist letter the Wine Library, one of New Jersey's...

August 20, 2013 As Brandon voters decide on Tuesday if their city will allow the sale of liquor, the momentum across the state has been building with some of the historically dry regions going wet. Over the last eight months, the number of counties that were...

August 19, 2013 During July, nine-liter spirits case sales in the control states were up 4.8% compared to sales during the same period last year. Rolling-twelve month volumes grew at 1.8%, up slightly from June’s 1.6%. Alabama, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi,...

August 19, 2013 A new gadget which claims to 'age' wine in minutes, improving its taste and making it more mellow, could be on sale by the end of the year after tests in the US proved successful. The Wine Wizard uses electro-magnetic and acoustic waves to increase the...

August 19, 2013 A new gadget which claims to 'age' wine in minutes, improving its taste and making it more mellow, could be on sale by the end of the year after tests in the US proved successful. The Wine Wizard uses electro-magnetic and acoustic waves to increase the...

August 16, 2013 For the six months to the end of June, exports reached US$712 million, 6% higher than in the same period of 2012, the California-based Wine Institute said this week. California accounts for 90% of exports. “The six-month figures are on track to break...

August 13, 2013 Arkansas wine producers soon can resume shipping their bottles directly to individual customers who have visited their winery. Act 483 of 2013, which goes into effect Friday, also allows Arkansans who visit wineries in other states to have wine shipped...