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Calling All Winemakers: The New Sunset International Wine Co...

Winemakers from around the globe are invited to the enter the Sunset International Wine Competition, Sunset magazine’s first full-medal competition. The Sunset International Wine Competition has been designed by Sunset, the leading [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Younity is more than a location for winemaker

When life gives people lemons, some make lemonade. When life gives Clem Blakney sour grapes, or Prairie Star, Niagara, La Crosse, Mars or Reliance grapes, he makes wine. Blakney owns and operates Younity Winery & Vineyards on Albion Road. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Cool California weather keeps winemakers waiting

Both of California's famed industries require big up-front investments, significant sales and marketing budgets, and are heavily dependent on star power -- whether from a smoldering starlet or a complex Cabernet Sauvignon grape. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Australian winemakers tempt Chinese palates to secure future

Australian winemakers are setting up replica cellar doors in China and running wine clubs and tastings as they intensify efforts to win Chinese buyers in a bid to offset shrinking demand in their traditional British and U.S. markets. T [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

'Bachelorette' rejection doesn't slow down Sonoma winemaker ...

Sonoma’s bachelor Ben Flajnik may have faced rejection from The Bachelorette’s Ashley Hebert on national television Monday night, but the day after he was back at work on his increasingly popular wine brand.Speaking from San F [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Top winemaker selling Australian, British unit

Constellation Brands Inc. said Thursday it is selling 80 percent of its Australian and British wine business to an Australian private equity firm for about $230 million, losing its distinction as the world's biggest wine company. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Winemakers optimistic even with threat of wet fall

People in Oregon’s wine industry are nervously eyeing the sky, and if it doesn’t dry out soon it could be a terrible year for wine. At Bethel Heights Winery, inside they’re bottling their 2008 grapes now. However, like [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Australian Winemakers Get A Kick From Champagne

Australian Winemakers Get A Kick From Champagne: A trade agreement between Australia and the European Union comes into force today, which requires wine producers to phase out the use of names such as Champagne and Port. The agreemen [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Theories work for winemaker

Wine should represent the owner, the vintage and the place it is grown." "I don't put nets over my grapes because you lose 20 per cent of the sun." "If you say the wine is feminine it's a turn-off for men.&qu [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Australia's best up-and-coming winemaker named

Helen McCarthy, senior winemaker for Taylors of the Clare Valley, has been awarded the 2008 Kemeny's Medal for Australia's most outstanding up-and-coming winemaker. The medal was awarded as part of the 2008 Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker [...]