The Sunraysia business community is in a state of shock following the tragic death of Tony Mangan in his twin engine Cessna which came down in a vineyard property near the intersection of Dyar Avenue and 17th Street. The late Mr Mangan openly described himself as a “fat boy from the bush”. His newest company website described him as ‘adventurous, loyal and bold.”
Treatment of winery wastewater can be difficult over vintage due to seasonal flow and contaminant increases. This, coupled with perceived cost of treatment, can make choosing a system somewhat daunting. While there are several options for wastewater treatment, it is very site specific, and adjusting to vintage periods is often poorly understood.
The eighth Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) International Wine and Spirits Fair has begun with the spotlight put on the city’s role as a re-exporter to Mainland China. Hong KongOpened this morning (5 November) at the Exhibition and Convention Centre, John Tsang, financial secretary for the HKSAR Government, gave a brief overview of the state of the Hong Kong wine market at his opening address to the media.
Great entrepreneurs are well aware they don’t know everything and, as a result, they surround themselves with smarter people. Well, if you are an entrepreneurial sommelier, volunteering to work the annual Wine Spectator Wine Experience at the Marriott Marquis in New York City will allow you to do exactly that. Sommeliers from all over the country volunteer their time for the opportunity to not only taste some of the world’s greatest wines, but to network with the elite in their field.
NASHIK: The Maharashtra Rajya Draksha Bagayatdar Sangh (MRDBS), a state-level association of grapegrowers, has sought the state government to provide grant for importing plastic covers to protect the vineyards from unseasonal rains and hails. The grapegrowers body has been seeking government assistance for the import of plastic covers in a bid to protect vineyards from unseasonal rains and hails.
YINCHUAN, China — On a fall evening in a fluorescent-lit classroom at Tsinghua University in Beijing, a dozen students listened intently. The speaker, Emma Gao, held a glass to the light and asked them to study the swirling liquid inside. Tsinghua is known as the “M.I.T. of China,” but this was no freshman seminar in fluid mechanics. It was a gathering of the student wine club.
A Sauvignon Blanc rated as “outstanding” by a wine expert has won first prize at the Hong Kong international wine and spirit competition. Yealands Wine Group won the best Sauvignon Blanc and best New Zealand wine at the awards for its 2015 Yealands Estate single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc.
The chances of getting hold of a bottle at fine wine stores are good, a marketing spokesman said, and it will be definitely available in supermarkets in the next few weeks, although production was quite limited.
A spreadsheet error by a Marlborough winemaker helped mobilise the wine industry to raise money for Vanuatu, following the devastation of Cyclone Pam earlier this year. After selling all of their 2014 vintage, Marlborough winemakers Bill and Claudia Small realised they had 300 cases of Sauvignon Blanc left over. It was harvest time, March 2015, and the couple were left wondering how to get rid of it. “We were scratching our heads going, ‘what are we going to do with this wine?’” Then Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu.
Twist-offs, aka screwcaps, prevent wines from suffering cork taint. But Harry Peterson-Nedry believes that’s only one advantage. “In 20 or 30 years we’re going to say that other benefits are even bigger,” he says. We were pouring 10 vintages of his Chehalem Pinot Noir Willamette Valley Three Vineyard Pinot Noir to see how well they have aged. No suspense, every single bottle was free of any kind of taint, and the older vintages, back to 2004, had developed extra layers of aromatics and flavors that come with time in the bottle.
A dramatic slump in demand is putting paid to China’s reputation as an ‘El Dorado’ for wine trading, one French importer has said. As the South China Morning Post reported that Chinese wholesalers are cutting the prices of certain imported fine wines by up to 75%, Pierrick Fayoux, the marketing manager of Shanghai-based French importer VGF China, told the newspaper: “In 2010, everyone was screaming from the rooftops that China is the El Dorado for wine and you could become a millionaire by jumping into the business.