Purple Teeth - Not Anymore! - 20th July 2009
When I drink wine, I hold it in my mouth for quite a good deal longer than most folks. Perhaps it is because I am always assessing the wine. Or more probably it is because I want to savour it for longer than is really necessary. Nonethless, that leads to having teeth (and tongue!) being significantly purple when I am drinking red wine of any great colour. |
Fosters Keeps Wine Division - 22nd February 2009
The Foster's Groups review of its underperforming wine division has been completed and an announcement made that it will be kept by the company. |
Constellation Tightens The Belt - 10th August 2008
Constellation, the worldwide conglomerate that owns Hardy's Wines, has announced that it plans to simplify its business model through a sale of some of its assets. |
O'Hoy Resigns From Fosters - 10th June 2008
Fosters Chief Executive Trevor O'Hoy has resigned from the group after admitting that they paid too much in acquiring their Wine business. |
Wine In A Can Wins Medals - 20th April 2008
In what can only be interpreted as "we all need to start getting over our snootiness" Barokes Wine In A Can has picked up medals at the recent 2008 Wine Masters Challenge. |
Funky & Functional - Modern Wine Racks! - 20th April 2008
Ok, now for something completely different...in wine racks anyway.
Moving away from the same old traditional racking systems, the newly Australian designed “wino” with the unique collar system called “winocol” |
Troy Kalleske - Winemaker Of The Year According to Barossa Barons - 19th February 2008
Winemaker Troy Kalleske, of Kalleske Wines, has been named winemaker of the year by the Barons of The Barossa. |
Drayton's Tragedy - 28th January 2008
I am sure that this has been picked up on in the major media more than can be covered here, so instead of reporting about the tragic events, I want to make a note to let all affected in the Hunter by the tragic accident at the Drayton's winery know that we are with you. |
Stabbings in Victoria - 28th January 2008
The news stays on the morbid unfortunately. Reports have come in of a brawl among workers in the Politini's Winery at Cheshunt that resulted in one dead and another two with major injuries. |
Langhorne Creek Vignerons Cup - 3rd November 2007
The Langhorne Creek Vignerons Cup is on again, and a trackside package of $65 a head is on offer. |
Langhorne Creek Comes To Adelaide - 16th September 2007
Always wanted to check out the Langhorne Creek Wine Region but never quite done so? Live in Adelaide? Not got anything on Wednesday 17th October? |
Evans & Tate In Receivership - 26th August 2007
It seems that WA Producer Evans & Tate have finally succumbed to crippling debts and called in the receivers. |
Chris Killeen RIP - 27th June 2007
Noted Rutherglen winemaker Chris Killeen of Stanton & Killeen has died after a long illness at the age of 52. |
Gallo Dies At 97 - 26th March 2007
Ernest Gallo, the man who started the E & J Gallo wine company in the US has died at the age of 97. |
Lowest Harvest In Seven Years Say AWBC - 26th February 2007
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation have announced that they believe the 2007 harvest will be the lowest in seven years, easing pressure from the currant wine glut. |
Seignouret Frères Loses Out To Thieves - 26th February 2007
Seignouret Frères, one of the oldest negotiant houses in Bordeaux, has suffered the theft of over 3,000 bottles of wine. |
French Increase Exports - 26th February 2007
Whilst many picture French wine exports as being under the hammer from New World wines globally, their export body has announced a 12.6% increase in exports for 2006. |
Mattinson Wins Award - 25th February 2007
Campbell Mattinson, the wine writer behind the winefront.com.au web site, has taken out the Saltram Wine Communicator Award for the second time for his book Wine Hunter. |
US Drinks 300 million cases in 2006 - 12th February 2007
The United States has drunk a reported 300 million cases of wine in the year 2006. |
Global Wine Labelling Agreement - Bar France... - 12th February 2007
Australia has joined the United States, Chile, Argentina and Canada in signing a uniform wine labelling agreement, helping producers reduce printing costs to meet different countries export requirements. |
