Spier and Savanha wines, formerly owned by Winecorp, will trade as part of the Spier Wines stable from 1 April 2007.
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Robert Mondavi Private Selection (RMPS) announces the launch of Vinetta, a red wine blend made with the five classic Bordeaux varietals of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc. Inspired by Robert Mondavi’s European travels of the early 1960s, this stylish red wine was created to offer consumers a chance to explore and discover something new from a trusted, quality leader like RMPS. Vinetta is the first Bordeaux blend to join the RMPS portfolio.
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U.S. wine exports, 95 percent from California, totaled $876 million and 404.5 million liters in 2006, an increase of 30 percent in value and 4.0 percent in volume compared to 2005. In Europe, where the U.S. ships more than half of its sales abroad, exports surged 48 percent by value. Wine exports to Canada grew 29 percent by value.
Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BFB)(NYSE:BFA) announced today that its board of directors approved a cash distribution of approximately $205 million to be distributed pro rata to the holders of its common stock. Approximately $1.66 per share will be distributed on May 10, 2007 to stockholders of record on April 5, 2007. This amount will be adjusted for the actual number of outstanding shares on April 5, 2007.
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Crushpad, the urban winery that is democratizing winemaking, today announced Crushpad Commerce - the industry’s first “brand incubator” that helps turn people’s passion for wine into a business. As part of the service, Crushpad is hosting a Wine Branding and Sales Workshop for over 50 clients in the process of launching their wine brands. The event is taking place on April 21, 2007 at Crushpad’s new 30,000 square foot winery in San Francisco.
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The 14th international confrontation of the world’s best Chardonnay wines, Chardonnay du Monde®, organised by Forum Œnologie, was held from 14 to 17 March 2007 at Château des Ravatys, the wine estate of the Pasteur Institute in the Burgundy wine region of France.
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Official Journal L 071 , 10/03/2007 P. 0006 - 0008
Commission Regulation (EC) No 259/2007
of 9 March 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 2805/95 fixing the export refunds in the wine sector…
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The Board of Evans & Tate Limited (ASX:ETW) met 14 March to
consider the results of the due diligence investigations relating to Yarraman Winery Inc (“Yarraman”) under its 20 February 2007 Proposal for merger by way of Scheme of Arrangement.
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Hogue Cellars (www.hoguecellars.com) recently announced that it has promoted Co Dinn to Director of Winemaking. Dinn, who has been with Hogue Cellars since 1996, will be responsible for leading the Hogue winemaking team and will focus on continuing the exceptional practices that have made Hogue Cellars a leader in the dynamic Washington wine industry. Dinn replaces David Forsyth, who left the winery in February to pursue other opportunities.
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First Venture Technologies Corp. (TSX-V:FEB) reports that a research team at Queen’s University has confirmed links between certain types of alcoholic beverages and commonly consumed foods such as wine, cheese, yogurt and bread, all of which contain detectable amounts of ethyl carbamate (”EC”), with cancer. Their findings have been published online in a research paper released on March 7, 2007 in the Journal of Carcinogenesis. The team, led by Dr. Poh-Gek Forkert, found that vinyl carbamate, a naturally occurring carcinogen derived from ethyl carbamate (also known as “urethane”), found in fermented foods and alcoholic beverages, causes DNA modification and mutations, ultimately leading to abnormal cell growth and lung cancer.
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The latest figures to be released by the CIVC make ineresting reading.
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Renowned viticulturalist Dr. G. Stanley Howell will receive the American Society for Enology and Viticulture’s most prestigious award, the Merit Award, on June 20 at the Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada.
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One of France’s fastest rising wine brands, Fruité Catalan, is set to launch in the UK later this year.
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 225/2007 of 1 March 2007 as regards the support for restructuring and conversion provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 for the 2006/2007 wine year
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Drinking a little alcohol every day, especially wine, may be associated with an increase in life expectancy. That’s the conclusion of Dutch researchers who reported the findings of their study at the American Heart Association’s 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
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Mont Tauch, one of France’s most innovative and well-respected cooperatives based in the Languedoc in the South of France, is launching a major new three year promotional campaign, which will focus on building the Mont Tauch brand with UK consumers. The new campaign will be run by PR and marketing agency, Eviva Communications, which replaces long-standing incumbent agency, R and R Teamwork.
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William A. Terlato, President and CEO of Terlato Wine Group, recently announced that Paterno Wines International has been renamed Terlato Wines International. The change affirms the Terlato family’s ongoing commitment to quality and pays tribute
to Anthony J. Terlato, the man who built the luxury wine marketing company.
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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
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Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into counterfeit-wine sales and subpoenaed leading rare wine collectors and top auction houses including Christie’s in London and Zachys in New York, according a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday.
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Ernest Gallo
1909 - 2007
Winery Co-Founder and Family Patriarch Dies
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