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Cider makers tout growth at wine event

SEATTLE -- In one corner of the Northwest's largest wine tasting event, a handful of hard cider makers peddled potions fermented from Washington apples, pears, cherries and apricots. No grapes? No problem for tasters. Wine connoiss [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

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

Kutztown wine maker wins Double Gold, Best Vinifera

A Kutztown wine maker won Double Gold and Best Vinifera at the Pennsylvania Farm Show recently. Brad Knapp of Pinnacle Ridge Winery entered six wines at the Farm Show and all six won awards. “I love wine so obviously I love making i [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Mild winter creates problems for ice wine makers

Along with ski resort operators and snowmobile vendors, the unusually mild winter has been rough on makers of a cold-climate delicacy called ice wine. The pricey dessert beverage, produced by wineries stretching from Minnesota through [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 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

Wine makers see red over Prohibition-era law

The Vancouver-based broadcaster and former Much Music personality is going to load a case of Okanagan wines into his car and drive east to Alberta. When he crosses the border, Mr. Mulligan will have broken a federal law. The crime? [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine makers set the Barr high

Rick and Amy Barr started making wine in their basement decades ago from the fruits growing wild on their farm in Strathcona County, east of Edmonton. It tasted good -so good that they took their friends' and family's praise to h [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 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

Wine makers let labels tell the story

The art of the wine label has been long celebrated. Perhaps the most famous example is the Château Mouton Rothschild artist labels, which spawned a legion of imitators. These days, though, often as not, labels are conceived just to [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 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

Wine Makers Experiencing Harvest Delays

Typically this time of year local vineyards are filled with pickers harvesting their grapes. However, the harvest is delayed because of this year's odd weather. "I'd like a crystal ball though. It would be handy, [...]