Internasjonale nyheter i januar

Apéritif gir deg internasjonale nyheter om vin, brennevin og annet godt drikke ved å overvåke andre mediers nyhetssider. Siden vil bli kontinuerlig oppdatert med det redaksjonen finner av spennende ting ute i den store verden.

Redaksjonen

31 Januar 2001 - 01:00

Uke 5 - 2001

Napa Valley's Lokoya Winery Gets New Winemaker

(Wine Spectator - North America - 01/30/01)

Rosemount calls for talks over mining threat to crop

(just-drinks.com - Australia/NewZealand - 01/30/01)

Biotechnology Battles: Chemical Industry in Pesticide Market, Alternatives Compete

(San Francisco Chronicle - North America - 01/30/01)

Faint scent of sour grapes as winds of change blow at KWV

(Business Day - South Africa - 01/30/01)

Veuve Cliquot plans office in India

(Economic Times - Europe - 01/30/01)

Seagram deal provides spur for Pernod growth

(National Post - Europe - 01/30/01)

SOUTH AFRICA - US asks for global assistance over Burgundy wine fraud scandal

(Arnold Kirkby - 01/29/2001)

UK-Update 1-allied Domecq On Track For Year Targets.

(Reuters - 01/29/2001)

CHILE- Chile bows to WTO pressure on imported spirits taxes

(Keith Nuthall - 01/29/2001)

GERMANY-German 2000 Beer Sales Off 0.4 Pct To 109.7 Mln Hl.

(Reuters - 01/29/2001)

CANADA- Aquaboost to launch oxygenated spring water

(Sarah Diston - 01/29/2001)

UK- Bacardi Breezer backs $6.4m Tom Cat campaign with on-cat advertising

(Sarah Diston - 01/29/2001)

Uke 4 - 2001

Allied Domecq chalks out 2-yr growth plan

(Financial Express - 01/26/2001)

Murrieta's Well Receives Highest Honor From France's Challenge International Du Vin Competition

(Business Wire - Europe - 01/26/2001)

Genetic manipulation a hot topic

(Modesto Bee - North America - 01/26/2001)

New line of Chilean wine from Mondavi joint

(Napa Valley Register - North America - 01/26/2001)

Winemaker at Burgundy's Domaine Daniel Rion Leaves the Family Estate

(Wine Spectator - North America - 01/26/2001)

Wine: Makers get even bolder

(BRW - Australia/NewZealand - 01/26/2001)

Serious Wine Buyers Need Serious Wine Cellars

(Forbes.com - North America - 01/26/2001)

Fumigant's reduction underscores need for research into alternatives

(St.Helena Star - North America - 01/26/2001)

Global stage crucial to NZ wine

(NZoom - Australia/NewZealand - 01/26/2001)

POLAND:Poland Invites Bids For Lancut Distillery.

(Reuters - 01/25/2001)

UK:Research Alert-deutsche Starts Heineken.

(Reuters - 01/25/2001)

USA: Coca-Cola announces new General Counsel

( Sarah Diston - 01/25/2001)

Grape tax would fight glassy-winged sharpshooter

(Press Democrat - North America - 01/25/2001)

Jug wine slumps, premium soars

(Press Democrat - North America - 01/25/2001)

Building Blocks of a Cabernet Landmark

(Los Angeles Times - North America - 01/25/2001)

Champagne becomes the toast of Russia

(The Baltimore Sun - North America - 01/25/2001)

Sale of Fire-Damaged Wines Sparks Lawsuit From Angry Vintners

(Wine Spectator - North America - 01/25/2001)

UK auctions: First London sale of the year

(Decanter - Europe - 01/25/2001)

California producers benefit from "vastly underestimated" premium boom

(just-drinks.com - North America - 01/24/2001)

Court Decision Expected Soon on Legality of Virginia's Wine-Shipping Ban

(Wine Spectator - North America - 01/24/2001)

Wine fraud grips Old World, but who are the real criminals?

(just-drinks.com - Europe - 01/24/2001)

#2 million Champagne con exposed

(Decanter - Europe - 01/24/2001)

Agriculture can't absorb more blows, industry chiefs say

(Modesto Bee - North America - 01/24/2001)

Glut of good wine driving down prices

(Napa Valley Register - North America - 01/24/2001)

PM unveils a big red

(Herald Sun - Australia/New Zealand - 01/24/2001)

Sweden: V&S corners Nordic wine market by acquiring Marli Group

(just-drinks.com - Europe - 01/24/2001)

Sotheby's to Hold Valentine's Day Sale of Fine Wine in U.K.

(Bloomberg - Europe - 01/24/2001)

Napa Winemaker Seeks Excellence in Oregon Pinots

(San Francisco Chronicle - North America - 01/24/2001)

Five State Legislatures Tackle Direct Shipping of Wine

(Wine Spectator - North America - 01/23/2001)

Federation will be in a glass of its own

(The Age - Australia/NewZealand - 01/23/2001)

The reluctant garagistes

(Wine Today - Europe - 01/23/2001)

Red Wine May Not Help Hearts

(Associated Press - North America - 01/23/2001)

KWVs Roodeberg ranks tops in US wine awards

(Business Day - South Africa - 01/23/2001)

Disney's Big California Gamble

(Wall Street Journal Abstracts - North America - 01/23/2001)

Pernod Ricard Global Plans Are Pure Play

(just-drinks - Europe - 01/23/2001)

Race for Montana Stalls

(Stuff - Australia/NewZealand - 01/23/2001)

BRL push on Japan

(The Age - Australia/New Zealand - 01/22/2001)

Top-End Wines Resist Recession/Premium Wine Sales Booming, Industry Poll Says

(San Fransisco Chronicle - North America - 01/22/2001)

Free Traders Fight for Wine in Federal Court

(Business Wire - North America - 01/22/2001)

Grape Expectations: Napa Valley's Improved Tasting Rooms Easy Pickings in Winter

(San Francisco Chronicle - North America - 01/22/2001)

Vintners Prepare for Spring Onslaught by Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter

(San Francisco Chronicle - North America - 01/22/2001)

Wines with 'attitude'

(Sydney Morning Herald - Australia/New Zealand - 01/22/2001)

Random checks in Australia for silver nitrate

(ABC - Australia/New Zealand - 01/22/2001)

Premium California wine sales soar

(Santa Rosa Press Democrat - North America - 01/22/2001)

Pesticide tied to dead birds found in water

(Santa Rosa Press Democrat - North America - 01/22/2001)

Wine library at University of B.C. will help domestic wines improve with age

(Canoe - North America - 01/22/2001)

Uke 3 - 2001

BELGIUM:Update 1-EU Antitrust Officials Raid Portugal Brewers.

(Reuters - 01/19/2001)

Pernod hints at Seagram deal delays

(Independent - 01/19/2001)

AUSTRALIA: C-C Amatil Retraces Gains In Early Trade.

(Reuters - 01/19/2001)

EU: EU Antitrust Officials Raid Portugal's Big Brewers.

(19 Jan 2001 : Reuters)

SOUTH AFRICA: Rain brings relief to the Cape's dryland wine farmers

(Arnold Kirkby - 01/19/2001)

USA: Research Alert-cibc Cuts Robert Mondavi To Buy.

(Reuters - 01/19/2001)

UK:Bailey's link up with Sex and the City in a deal worth £1m

(Just Drink - 01/18/2001)

USA- Paterno Imports announces marketing agreement with Gaja Wines

(Just Drink - 01/18/2001)

UK- Moet opens up bidding for £12m international ad account

(Just Drink - 01/18/2001)

EU- Seagram re-brand Chivas Regal 18 before European rollout

(Just Drink - 01/18/2001)

R7m boost for South African wine exporters

(Arnold Kirkby-just-drinks.com - 01/18/2001)

Winemakers on the Move at Four California Producers

(Wine Spectator - 01/18/2001)

French resolution

(The Daily Telegraph - 01/18/2001)

Robert Mondavi Reports Record Second Quarter Shipments and Earnings

(PR Newswire - 01/18/2001)

Pernod Ricard to sell unwanted brands

(Financial Times - 01/18/2001)

(Napa Valley Register - 01/18/2001)

University Toasts Huge Wine Donation

(Reuters - 01/18/2001)

Bloomberg Wine Picks: Super Bowl Game's Most Valuable Potables

(Bloomberg - 01/18/2001)

Celebrity chef wins libel battle

(Decanter - 01/17/2001)

New vineyards in the Valley lead to a grape glut

(Sacramento Bee - 01/17/2001)

When good wines go bad

(Napa Valley Register - 01/17/2001)

Wineries Feud Over Coastal Appellation

(San Francisco Chronicle - 01/17/2001)

The Lure of Ancient Vines - Battles are brewing over California's newly trendy Zinfandels

(San Francisco Chronicle - 01/17/2001)

New Zealand Vintage 2001 - Everything but locusts

(Winepros - 01/17/2001)

Activist proposes no-spray initiative

(Press Democrat - 01/17/2001)

INDIA: UB Group pressurises government to delink wine and beer from spirits

(Chris Brook-Carter, just-drinks.com - 01/17/2001)

Record grape harvest predicted

(AAP - 01/17/2001)

He Doesn't Depend on Grapevine Alone Long Island winemaker expands, launches national ad campaign

(Newsday - 01/17/2001)

Rumour of the day

(The Times - 01/17/2001)

The Name That's On Everyone's Lips

(Washington Post - 01/17/2001)

ATF Approves New Wine Appellation in Southern Oregon

(Wine Spectator - 01/17/2001)

Germany rebrands its dry wines

(Decanter - 01/16/2001)

Half water into wine

(The Advertiser - 01/16/2001)

Clos Fourtet buyer confirmed

(Decanter - 01/16/2001)

Mate, get ya vino from a tinnie

(The New Zealand Herald - 01/16/2001)

Icewine prospects better in Canada than Germany

(Decanter - 01/16/2001)

Vintage grape harvest in good hands

(The Advertiser - 01/16/2001)

Volvo Presents the 2nd Annual Washington DC International Wine Festival

(PR Newswire - 01/16/2001)

Tuscan Producer Antinori Opens Guest Lodgings on Chianti Estate

(Wine Spectator - 01/15/2001)

Wine-grape experts in war against sharpshooter

(Sacramento Bee - 01/15/2001)

2000 has been a great vintage for many French wine growers

(Sunday Times- 01/15/2001)

A good nose for foul prices: Collectors are forking out absurd amounts for rare, just-released California wines

(Financial Post - 01/15/2001)

Heard It On The Grapevine

(The Sunday Times - 01/15/2001)

The red sea

(Scotland on Sunday - 01/15/2001)

Delink beer, wine from spirits

(Indian Express newspaper - 01/15/2001)

Uke 2 - 2001

Burgundy plans big marketing push

(Decanter - 01/12/2001)

Tuscany's Cecchi Family Invests in Umbrian Wine Estate

(Wine Spectator - 01/12/2001

Mumm Napa Valley Opens World Press Photo Exhibit

(Wine Spectator - 01/12/2001)

Latour attacks 'illicit' imitation of its name

(Decanter - 01/12/2001)

Australians change tack due to saturated UK market

(Decanter - 01/11/2001)

Tuscany's Cecchi Family Invests in Umbrian Wine Estate

(Wine Spectator - 01/11/2001)

A rebel yell from Bordeaux

(Wine Today - 01/11/2001)

Crisis distillation of table wine

(Les Echos - 01/11/2001)

Judge halts sale of scorched wine

(Napa Valley Register - 01/11/2001)

Chilean Wine Exports Must Grow 34 Percent to Absorb Surplus

(Agencia EFE Newswire - 01/11/2001)

County holds off on pesticides to keep out bugs

(The Mercury News - 01/11/2001)

Joe's success flows into wine tanks

(The Mercury - 01/11/2001)

Wine Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Strokes in Women, Finds CDC Study

(Wine Spectator 01/10/2001

Australian Winemaker Trying to Sell Canned Cabernet

(Asiapulse - 01/10/2001)

Wine label law may be headed for Supreme Court

(Napa Valley Register - 01/10/2001)

Former Swiss Colony Winery being renovated by Beringer

(Press Democrat - 01/10/2001)

Australian Wine Makers Need Markets

(AP - 01/10/2001)

In Chile, a dream unrealized

(Wine Today - 01/10/2001)

Australian Bureau predicts no grape glut

(Chris Brook-Carter - 01/10/2001)

Second Landslide at Fonseca Destroys More Port Stocks

(Wine Spectator - 09.01.2001)

Takeover bid for Foster's on the cards, say analysts

(The Age.com - 09.01.2001)

Sonoma State University and WinerySite.com Create E-Commerce Survey for the Wine Industry

(Yahoo Finans - 09.01.2001)

Sotheby's Hosts Lecture on Influence of Drink on U.S. Culture

(Bloomberg - 09.01.2001)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Four years in jail for liquor smuggler

(Yahoo Finans - 09.01.2001)

Fre`re invests in luxury stakes in French champagne producer Taittinger and Societe du Louvre.

(Financial Times - 09.01.2001)

USDA Decision Favors Organic Winegrape Growers

Wine Spectator - 01/08/2001)

Foster's Denies Receiving Takeover Bid From Diageo of UK

(Asiapulse - 01/08/2001)

Masfen and Cairns: Who will be king of Montana?

(just-drinks.com - 01/08/2001)

Analysts question Foster's takeover appeal

(Reuters - 01/08/2001)

Wine.com Selects Blue Pumpkin Primetime to Enhance Contact Center Operations

(PR blankwire - 01/08/2001)

Uke 1 - 2001

UK:Global beer brands in sponsorship battle for UK's premier league

(5 Jan 2001 : Sarah Diston)

EU:Belgian Govt Criticises Uk Ruling On Bass Purchase.

(5 Jan 2001 : Reuters)

BELGIUM: Interbrew Extends Losses, Falls To New Low.

(5 Jan 2001 : Reuters)

Constellation Profits Beat Expectations By Penny

(Reuters - 01/05/2001)

US set for flow of Duty-Free SA Wines

(Business Day - 01/05/2001)

Joseph Heitz; Vintner Pioneered Napa Valley's Cabernet Sauvignon

(LA Times - 01/05/2001)

Golden harvest as Australia's grape boom continues

(The Age - 01/05/2001)

Anheuser-busch Buys Stake In Chilean Company

(Reuters - 01/05/2001)

Landslide Destroys Fonseca's Warehouses of Valuable Port Stocks

(Wine Spectator - 01/05/2001)

College gets first viticulture program

(Press Democrat - 01/05/2001)

Sterling Vineyards, Mumm Cuvee Napa Sponsor Restaurant Line

(Bloomberg - 01/04/2001)

Winiarski named ISWC president

(Napa Valley Register - 01/04/2001)

Seaboard Corp. To Sell Vinprom Rousse Winery Unit

(Dow Jones - 01/04/2001)

Safe'farm war: Maker of natural pesticides expanding

(Sacramento Bee - 01/04/2001)

Growers' water fears

(The Advertiser - 01/04/2001)

Constellation's Earnings Up 17 Percent in Third Quarter Beer Sales and Margin Improvements Fuel Growth

(PR Newswire - 01/04/2001)

Wine Auctions 2000: A Return to Normalcy

(Wine Spectator - 01/04/2001)

Germany's Eiswein Producers Looking for a Good Winter Chill

(Bloomberg - 01/04/2001)

Former CEO is now VP at Kendall Jackson

(Napa Valley Register - 01/04/2001)

Montana Wine valuations leave analysts puzzled

(Stuff - 01/03/2001)

Champagne: UK still suffering the millennium blues as price cuts and overstock hit hard

(just-drinks.com - 01/03/2001)

Chilean wine exports see 12% growth

(just-drinks.com - 01/03/2001)

Robert Mondavi's $70 million American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts opens in downtown Napa next year

(Wine Spectator - 01/03/2001)

The European Beer Market 2000-2005

Just Drink.com - 01/02/2001)

"U.S. bottled wine exports climbed 9% in volume through October 2000" (Adobe Acrobat Req'd)

(Gomberg-Fredrikson Report - 01/02/2001)

"October California wine shipments dipped 2% as sparkling wines fell again" (Adobe Acrobat Req'd)

(Gomberg-Fredrikson Report - 01/02/2001)

Vendors Await Ruling in Effort To Make Liquor, Wine Ads Lawful

(Salt Lake Tribune - 01/02/2001)

Italian bank acquires $3m Chianti estate

(just-drinks.com - 01/02/2001)

Australia: Simon Gilbert Wines Wants All Of Vincorp

(Reuters - 01/02/2001)

Uke 52 - 2000

Michael Mondavi California winemaker

(USA Today - 12/29/2000)

U.S. Wine and Spirits Executive Receives France's Legion of Honor

(Wine Spectator - 12/29/2000)

This past year has been superlative for wine

(Boston Phoenix - 12/29/2000)

Magnotta Winery Corporation Announces Third Quarter Results

(BCE Emergis - 12/29/2000)

Jack Neal & Son promote Pedro Rubio to VP of vineyard operations

(Santa Rosa Press Democrat - 12/29/2000)

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