Georgia Says Wine Exports Rise Despite Russian Import

(Rferl) - According to Georgia’s state statistics agency, the country’s wine exports jumped nearly 40 percent in value last year to more than $54 million. That’s below the figures of 2005, when Georgia exported more than $80 million worth of wine. The industry was damaged when Russia sto...

Michel Rolland Turns Wine To Water in Africa

/PRNewswire/ -- World-famous winemaker Michel Rolland built his reputation by working wonders in the cellar. Now he's doing miracles of a different sort by turning his South African wine into water for Ethiopians in desperate need.A crisis of epic proportions is unfolding in Ethiopia, where every da...

Winery Tasting Room Woes

(Wines&Vines) - Demand from wineries has inspired 3-year-old WISE Academy to offer a new service—mystery shopping. The educational group (the acronym stands for Wine Industry Sales Education) decided to offer the service as an outgrowth of one of its most popular programs, a course for potential o...

US: California wine industry struggles to keep pace with demand

(WesternFarmpress) - After two consecutive years of light grape crops, and a dry start to the 2012 growing season, a standing room crowd of 2,200 packed the Hyatt Regency Ballroom on Tuesday morning to mull the state of the wine industry at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium. On the upside, atten...