Australia’s wine exports to China and the USA are recovering

AUSTRALIA (Sydney) – According to the latest statistics, the exports of Australian top wines to China and the USA are growing. Wine exports in this segment have been growing during the past twelve months by March 2013 by 10 percent compared to the same period of time in the year before, Wine Australia reports. Even though, domestic wine industry is observing the slight recovery in exports rather with composure, viewing the strong Australian dollar.

New Zealand's wine industry slowly getting back on its feet

NEW ZEALAND (Wellington) - According to a survey conducted by the internationally active management consultancy company Deloitte, the smaller and larger New Zealand wine producers were doing much better in 2011, while...

Austria: 2011 was a good year for wine

AUSTRIA (Vienna) - Back in 2008 there was plenty of wine and a drop in bulk wine prices. Soon, however, Austrian wine started diminishing after two years of low wine amounts being produced; despite good quality and high...

Wine season in autumn in California: Rain and rot diminish the wine yield

USA (San Fransisco) - Wine growers in California are looking back to a bizarre weather in the vintage year 2011. First the big rain in June - just during the blooming period - with rainfalls six times as high as the...

Russia says goodbye to Soviet Champagne

RUSSIA (Krasnodar) - Surprisingly, Russian sparkling wine cellars engaged themselves not to label their products with the denomination “Soviet Champagne” any longer. This decision was made at a meeting in Krasnodar,...

The German wine 2011 spoils producers and wine friends

Germany (Mainz) - The German wine producers are happy about a very good wine 2011, of which a sufficient amount will be available in nearly all areas of cultivation. The Deutsche Weininstitut (German Wine Institute; DWI)...

Is Australia an underestimated wine country?

AUSTRALIA (Melbourne) - The wine country Australia has not received the most favorable news coverage in Europe, America and Asia, particularly due to its problems of over production and sales decreases. Thus, the...

English wine producers happy about quality vintage

UK (Kent) - England's wine regions have started their pickings during summer hours. Everyone is happy about the quality of the grape material, which was not really expected in the course of this year. After a very hot May...

Portugal-Special Part 5: The Alentejo-Connection: Mayson & Reguinga

PORTUGAL (Portalegre) - "I'm old enough to remember the folksy Portuguese wines - the fruitless, oxidized white wines and the bitter, tannine-rich red wines - today these wines would not have any chance on the...

Portugal-Special Part 4: Rhône-Estremadura Connection - Santos & Chapoutier

PORTUGAL (Ventosa) - The growing-region Douro has been the favorite place for prominent Bordelais producers to go since the change of the century. Among the celebraties are Bruno Prats, Jean-Michel Cazes, François...

Portugal-Special Part 3: Quinta de Soalheiro and Avantgarde

PORTUGAL (Melgaço) - Melgaço is a city in the far north of of Vinho Verde's sub-region in Portugal. The vineyards lie along the hillside and the river Minho, where rain, temperatures and sunny days are in such a good...