Wine Fraudsters Convicted
by Giles Cadman The Daily Mail has been following the case of a family of fraudsters who defrauded investors out of £4.5m. Their firm Nouveau World Wines raked in £2.5million by offering thousands of...
View ArticleWine App Receives New Round of Funding
by Giles Cadman Wine App Vivino has received another round of funding. Vivino claims to be the most downloaded wine app in the world. Vivino, the most downloaded wine app globally and the...
View ArticleStory Telling adds to the Value of Fine Wine
by Giles Cadman The Journal of Wine Economics & Policy has an article about how value can be added to a wine by having a story that goes with it. Storytelling can have a strong influence on the...
View ArticleWineCare’s Flooded Cellar
by Giles Cadman Hurricane Sandy caused massive damage to New York City and the surrounding areas. Now the New York Times reports that WineCare, a high security wine cellar has suffered considerable...
View ArticleWine Spectator US Auction Index Up
by Giles Cadman The fine wine market has been relatively stable this year, and this has been reflected in a number of indexes published by different organisations. Wine Spectator‘s index is up slightly...
View ArticleChampagne Sales Surge
by Giles Cadman A lackluster Bordeaux En Primeur campaign was not hugely surprising as the vintage faced so many problems with the weather. This means that many people chose not to buy Bordeaux wine,...
View ArticleBoutique Winery to Open in London
by Giles Cadman Small scale wineries are opening in many urban areas around the world, and in November London will have its own winery. From September, ‘London Cru‘ plans to truck 22 tonnes of...
View ArticleChinese Trademark Case won by Chateau Ausone
by Giles Cadman Chinese courts have found in favour of two French wine companies, Chateau Ausone and Barriere Freres, who have been victims of trademark squatters. Chinese justice appears to be...
View ArticleChinese Destroy Spanish “Poisonous” Wine
by Giles Cadman Wine producers in Spain will be concerned that the Chinese have destroyed over 2000 bottles of Spanish wine due to fears of health issues from excessive iron. Reports from Xiamen Port...
View ArticleTop French Winemakers Make Wine In China
by Giles Cadman China’s massive market for wine means that many foreign companies are growing grapes and making wine in China, as well as exporting to the Chinese market. In a few remote corners of...
View ArticleBordeaux Hit by Hail
by Giles Cadman The grape harvest in Bordeaux has been hit by a 15 minute hail storm, stripping vines of their foliage and damaging fruit. The 15-minute hailstorm on August 2 stripped leaves and grapes...
View ArticleThe Telegraph on Wine Investment
by Giles Cadman The Daily Telegraph has a detailed article on investing in Fine Wine, which makes some sensible points about investing. There is the historic anecdote that may no longer hold true....
View ArticleMoldovian Wine Group Invests in Foreign Sales
by Giles Cadman As regular readers know I am fascinated by wine produced in different countries and regionals all over the world. Moldova has been producing wine for generations, and one of its largest...
View ArticleCalls to Reduce Alcohol Content of Wine
by Giles Cadman A variety of health proponents in Britain are calling for the reduction in alcohol content of wine to help reduce the cost of excessive drinking. Earl Howe, parliamentary...
View Article“Age” Wine in Minutes
by Giles Cadman My immediate reaction to this article was that it was about the kind of fraud that Rudy Kurniawan committed. It was not, it is actually a device that increases the wine’s pH for a very...
View ArticleMassive Wine Theft in Scotland
by Giles Cadman Some brazen thieves have driven off with a lorry load of wine from a depot in South Lanarkshire. A lorry cab was driven into a haulage yard in Uddingston at the weekend and was hooked...
View ArticleNaked Wines Receives another Round of Funding
by Giles Cadman Naked Wines has received another round of funding to allow it to expand further. The Sacramento Bee runs Naked Wines press release unedited, which means the full details are available...
View ArticleAustrian Wine Promotion
by Giles Cadman Regular readers will know how much I enjoy learning about different wine regions around the world. Austria‘s wine industry is running a large promotion at the the moment, making some...
View ArticleMassive Investment in Chinese Wine
by Giles Cadman The emerging Chinese middle class is massive, and it has created a huge and rapidly growing market for wine. Chinese wine production is increasing rapidly to provide wine for this...
View ArticleNew Zealand Wine Exports Increase
by Giles Cadman Despite a high New Zealand Dollar exports of New Zealand wine had a rise in total revenue. The Annual Report of New Zealand Winegrowers, which covers the 12 months to the end of June,...
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