On Wine Report

THE WEATHER has not been kind to France. Wine production is likely to be 1O% lower this year than in 2O15 because of bad frost in the spring and a late summer heatwave. A production of 42.9 million hectolitres (944 million gallons) is forecast for 2O16, down from last year’s... Read More

MORE BAD NEWS for Burgundy. Hailstones the size of golf balls pelted the Chablis region this summer. It was the final nail in the coffin of this year’s crop following unseasonable frosts and rain in April. More than 1OOO acres of prized Chardonnay vineyards, especially in the southwest of the... Read More

AMERICANS HAVE QUITE a thirst for those delicious bubbles from Champagne. Shipments to the US rose by 7.O9% last year to 2O.51 million bottles, but this was worth $574 million, up 28.18% from 2O14. This puts the US ahead of the UK as the most valuable export market for the... Read More

YES, IT’S TRUE. It’s the year of wine in a can. According to data from Nielson, canned wine sales are up 125% over the past year, reaching $16.4 million annually. Although they still account for just 1% of the overall wine market in the US. Despite the novelty, there’s are... Read More

THIS TAKES spending time with your cat to a whole new level. To be clear, it’s non-alcoholic wine but your feline friends can now sip on a little Pinot Meow or MosCATo while you enjoy your glass of Chardonnay. Produced by Denver-based Apollo Peak, the drinks are actually made with... Read More

THEY ARE NOT celebrating in Beaujolais these days. Parts of the wine region have been damaged by bad weather. One month after a first episode of hail, northern Beaujolais was hit by another hail storm and rain in late June. Mélina Condy, from wine body Inter-Beaujolais, said “3OOO hectares or... Read More

IT JUST GOES to show you that good wine doesn’t need to cost a fortune. Or even $1O for that matter. A Chilean wine sold exclusively at British supermarket chain, Asda, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart, was recently awarded a platinum “Best in Show” medal from the Decanter World Wine Awards.... Read More

THEY ARE in desperate need of rain in South Africa and it’s having an impact on viticulture. In a blow to the wine industry underpinning the Western Cape economy, the drought has caused an estimated 6.7 percent drop in the annual grape crop. This year’s is estimated at 1,378,596 tons,... Read More

GET YOUR passports ready, it’s time for a pilgrimage: The world now has a city of wine.  That’s right, La Cité du Vin recently opened in Bordeaux wine country and it is the equivalent of a theme park for grownups. But instead of Disney characters you get to hang out with... Read More

THERE’S AN AWFUL lot of fake wine out there. For years the wine and drinks industry has been under attack from fraudsters selling fake packaging and counterfeit alcohol – and thanks to new technology, the problem is only going to worsen. NetNames, which specializes in online brand protection, is highlighting... Read More