An exciting new opportunity exists for a select number of New Zealand wine producers to sell direct to trade and eventually consumer buyers in China, as inaugural partners in the New Zealand Pavilion of the Xijiao International Trade Centre.
Chile’s vineyard owners are expecting a slightly different taste and aroma to the wines they produce this year as theyharvest grapes during an exceptionallylong drought.
Not long after the gruner release, Forrest Estate owner John Forrest was contacted by Willi Klinger, of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board. News of the wine had travelled fast and Willi was keen to try the New Zealand version of an Austrian classic.
British born Master of Wine, Jane Skilton, has been announced as Wine Education Director for Le Cordon Bleu New Zealand, the latest addition to the renowned culinary institute’s global network of schools.
Bayleys viticulture and rural lifestyle salesman John Hoare said several sales had taken place in the past 12 months, including distressed sales, such as bank sales, mortgagee or receivership sales.
The article, entitled ‘The new rules of wine’, lists a number of emerging trends in the wine industry, insisting the ‘first new rule of wine is that there shouldn’t be any rules’.
As part of the Senior Management team you will have the ability to contribute strategically to the growth of this business.
Ideal candidates will have first class winemaking skills supported by a varied portfolio of previous experience which includes…
Get your wine promoted in front of the 20,000 strong TiZwine.com database which is strong business to business components. All entries are profiled on our website and any wine awarded 3 stars or higher will receive a positive review for promotional use…
The Bordeaux 2011 campaign is the ‘worst in recent memory’ thinks Berry Bros & Rudd’s fine wine buying director, Max Lalondrelle.
German trade fair ProWein has announced a change in leadership of its senior management team.
A sparkling wine from Bolney Wine Estate in Sussex came out top in a blind tasting of over 40 wines from across the UK, to secure a GBP50,000 order with wine retailer Naked Wines.
Accounting for just 1 per cent of New Zealand production, Martinborough produces superb and distinctive sauvignon blancs, exceptionally good chardonnays and a sprinkling of wonderful pinot gris. But the region’s specialty is that fickle prince of wine,…
Wine drinkers looking for a light and crisp Riesling or a full-bodied and smooth Shiraz will now be able to zero in on one that suits their taste with a system of sweetness descriptors being launched in Ontario liquor stores.
Over 40 chateaux have released their prices today – including Haut Brion, Angelus, Calon Segur and Kirwan – causing negociants and merchant to protest many were getting lost.
The Viiva closure is suitable for up to 5GV (Gas Volume) liquid pressure and the group claims that it can maintain bubbles ‘for weeks after opening’ even when laid on its side.
Two of Mudgee’s well known food and wine advocates will soon join forces to ignite a fabulous evening of food, Zinfandel and music at Roth’s Wine Bar on the 2nd of June.
Speaking in London yesterday during the first trade tasting of his wines from the 2011 vintage, he said, ‘The vat in an egg shape was stolen by Nomblot against my will and I’m probably going to take them to court.’
Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savoring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine?
Diageo country director Andrew Cowan has taken to twitter to stop BrewDog’s perceived witch hunt of one of their members after the British Institute of Innkeeping Scotland’s awards scandal.
Anyone who has heard of the great black wines of Cahors, in southwest France, will also probably be aware they are so-named because of the colour of the beastie from which they are made – an inky dark grape known thereabouts as auxerrois, elsewhere as …
Martinborough wine producers are confident an Indian summer has delivered a high quality vintage.
Chardonnay has given pleasure to an uncountable number of wine drinkers over the centuries. In the New World, this variety has captured wine lovers’ affection since the ’70s, and through to the heydays of the ’80s and ’90s.
Cork producer Amorim has become a patron of the worldwide Wine & Spirit Education Trust and will help fund an expenses-paid study scholarship to Portugal.
The exceptional quality of wines from Saint Clair Family Estate has been recognised in a leading international wine show. Saint Clair Family Estate has been awarded the highly acclaimed New World Producer of the Year at the UK’s Sommelier Wine Awards 2…
Sponsored by Organic Wine Growers NZ and Riversun Nursery.
Attendance numbers are limited on the Wine and Vine Day and the limit has been reached. But the rest of the conference is open to many more.
Villa Maria Estate is New Zealand’s most awarded winery and this year marks 50 years since the first vintage of Villa Maria wine was bottled by founder and owner Sir George Fistonich.
A leading international wine magazine says Tasmania is second only to China as the best place in the world to invest in the industry.
Mission Estate Winery today announced the purchase of the iconic Cape Campbell vineyard in Cable Station Road, Marlborough. One of the largest vineyard purchases in Marlborough for the last few years, this is a bold statement of confidence for an indus…
About 1000 delegates begin to head home today after Trenz 2012. It was deemed a success by many on the ‘ground floor’ of the prominent international travel trade show in Queenstown
I am constantly surprised by the number of new labels that appear in the wine industry at a time the export sector is struggling with a high dollar, there has been an oversupply of wine worldwide and in the face of an international credit squeeze.
