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WINE NEWS - AUGUST 2008 |
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6 Aug 2008
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The fifth PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) benchmarking survey of the South African wine industry has recently been released. It covers the 2007 wine-grape harvest for the industry's producer cellar component - being those cellars that traditionally process grapes from a certain group of producers into wine and market it - with the previous four harvesting years presented as comparative figures.
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1 Aug 2008
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Proposals by the Scottish government to enforce punitive pricing for higher alcohol drinks will hit the New World hard. In a bid to curb binge drinking and alcohol misuse the government is planning a series of hard-hitting measures which have been condemned by groups including the Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
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1 Aug 2008
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A leading US climate change researcher says the US wine industry is 'doing nothing' to study the problem. Further research and adaptation is crucial for continued success in wine growing areas, Professor Greg Jones of Southern Oregon University said – but the US is 'in denial'.
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1 Aug 2008
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It may be years before we see a wine bottle in India marked 'Carried by sailing ship, a better deal for the planet' but 2500 cases of such wine sailed on a nineteenth century sail boat arriving Dublin on Friday with negligible petrol costs and zero carbon emission. Built in around 1900 the three-mast sail ship is the first such sailboat used to ferry wine over 110 years after this mode of transportation being discontinued.
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CLIENT FEEDBACK
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Just a quick note to thank you and the fabulous Zorgvliet Team including Essie, Sean, the lovely ladies and men who all assist with wine tasting and the great ‘cellar men’ ... |
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NEWSLETTER
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