Push to tag alcohol with health alert (New Zealand)
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A warning that alcohol is bad for you will appear on glitzy liquor and wine labels if proposals for trans-Tasman food labelling laws are adopted. An alcohol warning is one of many proposals made by an independent panel, commissioned by the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council. The panel also recommends fast-food outlets highlight the calorie counts of their burgers, chips and other foods.
Pinot noir party heralds rebound (New Zealand)
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Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration event manager Richard Broadhead says sales of the region’s globally renowned luxury varietal are starting to bounce back from the throes of recession.
The Otaga Daily Times reports the three-day event wrapped up on Saturday night with a gala function and charity fundraiser featuring wine lover John Hawkesby on the auctioneer’s hammer high above Queenstown at the Skyline Restaurant.
Days of wine and sunshine Lush vineyards, great dining and gorgeous beaches (Canada)
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What’s not to love about Australia’s Margaret River area, writes Tony Atherton in the Ottawa Citizen.When I go back to the Margaret River wine country of southwest Australia (wild wallabies couldn’t keep me away), I think I’ll bring the family and stay at Julian and Lisa Wright’s vineyard farmhouse at Marri Wood Park. When I was last there, Lisa was just about to begin renting out the couple’s three-bedroom, settlers-style bungalow, set on a low rise above rolling vineyards, at a modest $225 AUD a night (for AUD — Australian dollars — read Canadian dollars; the currencies are pretty much on par these days).
Strong dollar takes shine off wine
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South-west Western Australian wine producers say the strength of the Australian dollar is having a negative effect on the industry, reports The ABC.
Raise your glasses to pinot noir
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Mornington Peninsula’s famous pinot noir vintages will be in the spotlight this Sunday, with the best the region has to offer up for tasting at Red Hill. The improving quality and diversity of the cool-climate wine is expected to attract connoisseurs from around the world, with the Pinot Garden Showcase being held following the two-day International Pinot Noir Celebration.
Crushing blow for Hunter winemakers
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Plunging grape prices are taking a heavy toll on the Hunter’s wine industry with almost half of the region’s vines ripped out over the past 18 months. The global wine glut has led to massive changes across the Hunter with vineyards closing or scaling back operations and growers ripping out hundreds of hectares of vines. A Newcastle Herald investigation has found up to 1500 of the region’s 3250hectares of vineyards, or 46per cent, have been removed in the past 18 months
Australia’s wine ‘elite’ head to SA for inaugural wine event
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South Australia’s first state-wide wine festival has attracted some of the country’s most influential
wine experts who will converge on Adelaide to host exclusive public tastings, and be a part of this
significant event.
Winetitles Pty Ltd launches new wine industry trade journal, Wine & Viticulture Journal.
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Winetitles announced today the release of its first issue of the bi-monthly Wine & Viticulture Journal.
Wine & Viticulture Journal brings cutting edge information and insights into new technologies and processes in the wine industry to provide growers, winemakers and industry business owners with innovative solutions to current issues.
Market for low-strength and organic alcoholic drinks expected to expand (China)
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While consumers in the West are reducing consumption levels of alcoholic beverages due to health reasons, emerging economies like China are witnessing higher consumption volumes as a result of increasing disposable incomes, reports La Journée Vinicole.
Wineries lobby for a council to market New York wines
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A vast countryside, the Empire State Building and great food all bring tourists from around the world to New York, but now one group is looking to add yet another attraction - wine. Several in-state wineries want the state to create the New York Wine Council to work as a marketing arm to help uncork New York’s quietly vast vine-grown industry.