Export results reflect challenging global trends // Researcher finds data that could change viticulture

Australian wine exports declined by 2 percent in value to $1.90 billion and 3 percent in volume to 607 million litres in the 12 months to December 2023, according to Wine Australia’s Export Report released today.

Research by a Nuffield Scholarship recipient has shown the potential for data to change the way viticulturalists operate.

France's government hoped to calm farmers' anger with more concessions to their complaints that growing food has become too difficult.

Six-generation family-owned winery and merchant Hill-Smith Family Estates has announced its distribution business, Negociants International, will retire its business name and operate as Hill-Smith Family Estates (HSFE) from 1 February 2024.

The Roman-era structure, filled with pottery shards and coins, was destroyed by a sudden and mysterious disaster.

Napa's Board of Supervisors election in March could see the wine lobby's influence in local politics diluted.

With 2024 underway, the regulatory agenda for the direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping market has begun to take shape.

To-go alcohol was initially approved by Governor Jared Polis via an emergency executive order during the pandemic.

Colangelo & Partners and Wine Opinions conducted their second annual wine survey, this year focusing on U.S. wine drinker attitudes, behaviors, and trends related to beverage alcohol consumption and health.

With the New Zealand grape harvest just weeks away, expectations are high for this year’s crop as the warm summer continues in winegrowing regions across the country.

Award-winning producer Edenvale is investing $AU5 million in its new Murray-Darling facility for alcohol-removed wine production.

A slower start to the year is typical in the On Premise, as the festive sparkle fades and consumers re-adjust to post-party season routines. Over half of consumers have made New Year’s Resolutions to regulate their alcohol consumption throughout the year, starting with Dry January.

A southern Missouri grape-grower claims his business was damaged by a dispute with the Hoffmann's Augusta Winery.

Efforts to lower the legal limit for driving drunk in Washington are revving up as deadly crashes involving alcohol-impaired motorists rose again in the state in 2023.

Iconic Roussillon winegrower Hervé Bizeul of Clos des Fées has no faith in the French government’s promise to simplify administrative requirements in response to the country’s farming crisis.

Growers in Australia's largest wine grape producing region are calling for more government support, along with a mandatory code of conduct, to ensure the sustainability of their industry, as many let their fruit rot due to below-cost prices.

When it comes to wine choice, consumers have always been more sophisticated than industry professionals. 

Lebanon’s recent timeline in wine mirrors that of Greece. In the last two decades, they’ve both made major strides in improving craft and embracing an identity that’s not eurocentric. However, the Lebanese wine industry is still a microcosm of the country’s charisma, cancers, coping mechanisms, and crises.