A component of red wine and grapes can help control inflammation induced by a bacterial pathogen that is linked to upper respiratory tract inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and middle ear infection (otitis media), according to a study.
Giesen Wines has been awarded the Champion Pinot Noir Trophy at the highly respected 2016 International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC), in the UK.
$6 million has been secured to fund the research and development of a new tool to assist New Zealand’s wine industry with better grape yield forecasting. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce recently announced that the initiative will be funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) 2016 Endeavour Fund.
South Australian residents are finding ways to stay positive as floodwaters inundate low-lying regions.
The 17th Canberra International Riesling Challenge with 509 Rieslings from 243 wineries and eight countries will be assembled in Canberra on 10 October for a week of tasting, judging, Master classes, Seminars and the biggest consumer tasting of Rieslings in Australia.
The South Australian Wine Industry Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Environmental Excellence Awards on the theme of Leadership.
After a week of swirling and spitting the results of the 2016 Royal Adelaide Wine Show are finally in – and while Adelaide can still safely lay claim to being the Wine Capital of Australia with South Australian
producers dominating the trophy tally, it was a Western Australian wine that took home the gold.
Winegrape growers in the Murray-Darling and Swan Hill regions have voted decisively in favour of another four-year term for the Murray Valley Wine Grape Industry Development Order. This is the statutory provision that underpins the collection of levies by the Murray Valley Wine Grape Industry Development Committee (IDC).
Millennials, whose baby boomer parents were the first generation of U.S. premium wine drinkers, are consuming more and higher-value wines, driven by a thirst for quality, new experiences and information-sharing, according to wine industry leaders surveyed by UC Davis.
Last week I did a wine-blending exercise with Anthony Walkenhorst, winemaker at Kim Crawford winery in Marlborough, New Zealand, while he was visiting Ottawa.