On Wine Report

IT WAS a great year for the US wine industry. The category continues to thrive with red blends growing more and more popular. The off-premise wine channel observed a milestone this past fall when red blend wines passed Merlot in sales for the first time, making the category second only... Read More

Looking for something to invest your dollars in? How about vino? The fine wine category has been the best performer of all major investment assets since 1988, according to research published by wine investment company Vin-X. The report underlines how fine wine investment has been the best overall performer when... Read More

A bit of haut couture is making its way to the States. French fashion house Chanel is taking the plunge and entering the US wine business with the purchase of Rutherford’s St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery in Napa Valley. The purchase appears to be the company’s first in the... Read More

SO SIGNIFICANT has the rosé category become to the industry that the OIV presented findings on the sector in its global report, following a study carried out in collaboration with the Provence Wine Council. Global production of rosé wines in 2O14 is estimated at 24.3 million hectoliters (mhl), making up... Read More

The numbers are in and they look pretty good. Global wine production is estimated to have increased by 2% this year, according to a report by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). Initial estimates predict total production in 2O15 to have reached 275.7 million hectolitres. Italy saw the... Read More

IT’S BAD enough that Target is the impulse purchase capital of the world. Add a glass of wine into the mix and we’ll all be going broke! A new Target store in Chicago is slated to be the first in the nation to not only sell packaged alcohol but serve... Read More

IT WAS a long hot summer in parts of France and both Burgundy and Beaujolais stand to be impacted by the extensive heat wave. It’s estimated that production will be down, although quality is predicted to remain high. Output could fall by as much as a third in Beaujolais, according... Read More

IF YOU WORK in the beverage industry you have an inherent respect for the power of the sparkling wine cork. We’ve all opened up a bottle of bubbly only to have the cork suddenly explode out. But having a plane land because of an errant cork is likely a first.... Read More

DON’T MESS with the French when it comes to wine! The Institut National et de L’Origine et de la Qualite (the French group that guards against unauthorized uses of protected place names for food and wine) is a fiercely protective unit. When they feel another company is inappropriately using a... Read More

IT JUST goes to show that big fancy names and high price tags don’t always get all the glory. Moderately-priced Nicolas Feuillatte is the number one Champagne brand in France and number three in the world by volume, according to the latest impact report. Champagne producer reported the largest growth... Read More