Read more wine industry stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24689/wine-industry.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:51:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68725/french-wines-wither-under-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA warming world has French winemakers sweating more than a little, experts tell the Financial Times . “Current research suggests that by the end of the 21st century, one summer out of two will be at least as hot as 2003,” the year of a record-breaking heat wave that prompted early...http://www.newser.com/story/68725/french-wines-wither-under-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 10:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67362/in-search-of-profit-tobacco-farms-morph-into-vineyards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA falloff in demand and an end to subsidies has tobacco farmers across the country turning to the vino, the Wall Street Journal reports—farming grapes and making wine, that is. “The small-plot tobacco farmer is a thing of the past,” says a North Carolina wine official, who notes that...http://www.newser.com/story/67362/in-search-of-profit-tobacco-farms-morph-into-vineyards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 12:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63916/chianti-makers-not-toasting-powdered-wine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngry Italian winemakers say a product that changes water into wine is more insulting than miraculous, Der Spiegel reports. The vintners complain that the "wine powder," made by a Swiss company that caters to hikers, is a "terrible copy" of Italy's Chianti and gives the entire European wine industry a...http://www.newser.com/story/63916/chianti-makers-not-toasting-powdered-wine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 2:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63111/s-african-wines-aim-to-put-brakes-on-burnt-rubber-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth African is the ninth-largest producer of wine, with several distinctive varietals that should be poised to break into the global marketplace, the New York Times reports. But the country’s wines have been dogged by comments made in 2007 by an influential British wine critic, who said after a tasting...http://www.newser.com/story/63111/s-african-wines-aim-to-put-brakes-on-burnt-rubber-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 16:52:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61540/genetically-altered-yeast-ends-wine-hangovers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Canadian scientist has found a genetically modified hangover cure. He distributes an altered yeast, MLo1—which eliminates compounds that cause headaches in red and many white wines—to 40 winemakers in the US and Canada. But some vintners and winos are resisting the genetic alteration of their craft, which...http://www.newser.com/story/61540/genetically-altered-yeast-ends-wine-hangovers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 20:30:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55680/us-yellow-tail-fever-taints-aussie-wines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDroughts, wildfires, and weak currency have hurt Australia's wine exports—but for losing their reputation as premium vintners, the Aussies have no one but themselves to blame. When $7 Yellow Tail flooded US markets three years ago, "Australia made itself synonymous with cut-rate, generic wines," Mike Steinberger writes in Slate....http://www.newser.com/story/55680/us-yellow-tail-fever-taints-aussie-wines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:15:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55563/in-recession-wine-drinking-falls-but-not-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShun that bottle and save your euros: That's what French and Italians are saying as the recession cuts into wine consumption—but only in traditional lands of the vine. New World drinkers are still sipping steadily, with US tippling surpassing Italy's for the first time. After years of non-stop growth,...http://www.newser.com/story/55563/in-recession-wine-drinking-falls-but-not-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 14:47:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54808/in-wine-market-a-bubble-has-burst.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe most serious wine collectors buy their bottles "en primeur"—paying vineyards for futures of wines that haven't been produced yet. Futures prices for wine had spiraled higher and higher in recent years, even for inferior vintages, as a new class of big spenders moved into the market. But many...http://www.newser.com/story/54808/in-wine-market-a-bubble-has-burst.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 8:08:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48475/winemakers-hope-obamas-help-rekindle-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama’s affinity for wine is the toast of American winemakers, hopeful that after eight years of teetotalling rule, the new first family will boost domestic sales, Reuters reports. Obama reportedly has a 1,000-bottle cellar in his new $1.65 million Chicago home, drawing raves from oenophiles. And...http://www.newser.com/story/48475/winemakers-hope-obamas-help-rekindle-sales.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 20:40:01 CST