Topic: Vineyards and Winemakers
New booze on the block -- 'natural' wines
AFP Global Edition
When Marcel Lapierre took over the family vineyard in Burgundy decades ago, the pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and other chemicals used in farming had made the wine "simply horrid". "I couldn't drink the wine on the table," said Lapierre, an easy-going man who goes about in a worn, country-style corduroy ...
Foster's urges Australia vine clearing to counter wine glut
AFP Global Edition
Australian drinks giant Foster's Sunday warned one quarter of the nation's grape vines needed to be pulled up to reverse a damaging wine glut forcing growers to let their fruit wither on the vine. Chief executive Ian Johnston said global wine growers were experiencing a "very painful period ...
World's top wine group hit by French scam: officials
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Constellation Brands, the world's biggest wine group, was another recipient of some of the 18 million bottles of fake pinot noir sold by French winemakers, US officials confirmed Thursday.</p><p>Constellation's involvement in the massive transatlantic swindle ...
Court convicts 12 in Pinot Noir fraud scheme
AP News
<div id="subtitle">Court convicts 12 in Pinot Noir fraud scheme that victimized Gallo; wine merchant may appeal</div><div><p>A French court has convicted a dozen people, from wine growers to a wine merchant, in a scheme that exported fake ...
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