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Roberto Burdese is the vicepresident of Slow Food Italia. Fabian Cobb talked with him at the recent Vinitaly exhibition which took place in Verona in April, 2006.
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The Wine Literary Award tasting and banquet is a unique event where wine-writers, authors and journalists mingle with select winemakers and consumers to taste from a selection of America’s finest 1,000 wines, enjoy a sumptuous banquet prepared by the famous chefs of the San Francisco California Culinary Academy and celebrate the literature of wine. This year’s WLA is scheduled for April 28, 2006 and is held at the California Culinary Academy 625 Polk Street, San Francisco. To request a press pass, register your wines for the tasting, and/or reserve your place at the evening tasting and banquet, visit our web site www.wineappreciation.com, or contact Bryan Imelli at (800) 231-9463 ext. 22, FAX (650) 866-3513 or E-mail Bryan@wineappreciation.com
• Growth Initiatives Across Consumer Categories Drive Double-Digit EPS Growth
• Moen, Titleist, Jim Beam, Therma-Tru and Cabinetry Brands Fuel Robust Top-Line Growth
Fortune Brands, Inc., (NYSE: FO), a leading consumer brands company, today reported record results for the first quarter of 2006. Earnings per share from continuing operations rose 21%, benefiting from strong organic sales gains, the addition and growth of newly acquired spirits and wine brands, and a net gain from one-time items. Double-digit sales growth for brands including Moen, Titleist, Aristokraft, Omega, Therma-Tru, Master Lock, Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark fueled share gains and strong top-line growth.
Continue reading ‘Fortune Brands reports record first quarter results’
One of the world’s leading environmentally conscious wine brands, Banrock Station Wines, announced today that it is donating C$1.25 million through the Banrock Station Wetlands Foundation Canada to Bring Back the Salmon, a five-year project to restore reproducing populations of native Atlantic Salmon to Lake Ontario.
Continue reading ‘Constellation Brands’ Banrock Station Wines Announces C$1.25 million Milestone Sponsorship to Return Native Atlantic Salmon to Lake Ontario’
The 2006 Australian winegrape harvest is all but complete with a harvest of 1.9 million tonnes of good-to-excellent quality expected.
Continue reading ‘Australian harvest down on previous year and good-to-excellent quality’
Strengthens marketing and sales efforts
Taps into the Hong Kong Market
Expands company capital foundation through mergers and acquisitions
Continue reading ‘Dynasty announces 2005 annual results turnover increases 17.8% to HKD947 million’
‘All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way’, reads the opening line of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. And the same might be said of overripe wines, writes Sophie Kevany from Bordeaux.
‘All ripe wines tend to taste the same, and there’s a problem of identity. Identity is strongest where the wines are ripe but not too ripe,’ said revered Bordeaux oenologue, Denis Dubourdieu, speaking after a conference given during primeur week on the 2005 Bordeaux vintage. ‘Ripe but not green, ripe but not cooked,’ advises Dubourdieu.
Continue reading ‘Fresh 2005 Bordeaux primeur coincide with a shift away from the Maryland style’
By mutual agreement, Cork Supply USA/Newpak and StaVin have ended a marketing agreement pertaining to Savour Oak™ products, returning all U.S. sales operations to StaVin. Cork Supply will, however, continue to sell the Savour Oak™ products in both Australia and South Africa.
Continue reading ‘Savour Oak™ Product Sales Return to StaVin’
On April 19, 2004, the Final Rule renaming the approved domestic “Temecula” viticultural area to “Temecula Valley” viticultural area was published in the Federal Register. The effective date for the name change was June 18, 2004.
Approved Certificates of Label Approval (COLAs) using the formerly approved AVA name “Temecula” as an appellation on the labels could continue until June, 19, 2006.
The young white wines already show balance, strength and pronounced fruit. They have great potential and reflect the classic profile associated with the unique character of German wines. Particularly growers in the Mosel and Rheingau regions benefited from very sunny weather in late autumn that enabled them to harvest considerable quantities of Beeren- and Trockenbeerenauslese. Wine-growers throughout Germany are especially pleased with the red wines of 2005. They have everything a good red needs: lots of color, depth of flavor, and a long finish Continue reading ‘Very sunny 2005 helps German vintage’
Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE: BFB) announced today that J. Andrew Smith, president of Brown-Forman Spirits - Europe, Africa, and Eurasia, has informed the company that he will retire from his position on May 31, 2006.
Continue reading ‘Brown-Forman Executive Decides to Retire’
On May 30th and 31st this year Peter Sisseck and Telmo Rodríguez will take part in an event organised by the Tokyo Economic and Commercial Office. The event is aimed at the specialist press and Japanese sommeliers.
Continue reading ‘First edition of “Prestigious Oenologists of Spain”: Peter Sisseck and Telmo Rodríguez in Japan’
State of the Wine Industry: forecast and Recommendations
Review of economic trends in the wine industry, with reports from SVB Silicon Valley Bank’s Premium Wine Division.
Download March 2006 Report from HERE
Growth of 6.4% confirmed: 4.2% organic growth
In the twelve months ended 31 March 2006, Rémy Cointreau reported a 6.4% growth in turnover for the year to €802 million, excluding operations sold at 31 March 2006 (€887 million in total). Organic growth was 4.2%.
Continue reading ‘Rémy Cointreau: Consolidated turnover for the 12 months April 2005 - March 2006′
Lectures, seminars and tastings offer valuable insight into products showcased as well as in-depth analysis of the world’s key markets
A high level crash-course in the latest trends and developments in the world of wine and spirits looks set to be one of the most potent attractions at Vinexpo Asia Pacific, next month at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Continue reading ‘Vinexpo Asia-Pacific 2006 “University”’
Strategic brokerage partnership to build stronger future in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming and control state markets.
Continue reading ‘Southern Wines & spirits of America, Inc. and Alaska Distributors Co. of Seattle, Washington announce formation of Southern Wine/Spirits West in Pacific Northwest’
Russia’s ban on Moldovan wine could open the door wider to eager foreign competitors, looking to use their higher quality and better image to woo Russian wine drinkers.
Continue reading ‘Russia bans Moldovan, Georgian wine’
Theme: ‘The newest American revolution is 150 years old: This is Zin!’
Zinfandel Advocates & Producers is announcing its second Zinposium, to take place July 7-9, 2006, at The Meritage Hotel (875 Bordeaux Way, Napa CA 94558, 707/259-0633).
Continue reading ‘ZAP announces 2006 Zinposium’
The VDP’s annual spring trade fair in Mainz – the Weinbörse – will be the first official showing of no fewer than 150 members’ complete range of vintage 2005 wines.
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Judge’s ruling could lead to lower prices across state
Costco Wholesale Corp. won a landmark legal battle Friday that could lead to lower beer and wine prices in Washington — and across the nation, if other states use the case’s precedent to knock down their distribution laws.
Continue reading ‘Costco wins beer, wine suit’
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