Old News From January, 2001

JANUARY, 2001

31st

SUCCESSFUL FIVE YEAR PLAN - Down Under Vintners Hope to Reach More Americans  More Info: Here

BEVERAGE GIANTS TAKING OVER WINE BUSINESS - California players bigger but fewer  More Info: Here

ANOTHER MILLION LITERS OF SOUTH AMERICAN WINE - Uruguay wine exports seen up 40 pct in 2001  More Info: Here

29th

WINE SHIPMENT RELIEF EFFORTS - No Wine Across The Line Vintners confront states' shipping laws  More Info: Here

26th

LOWER WINE SALES, BUT ... - R.J. Reynolds, UST Beat Estimates  More Info: Here

25th

25 YEARS AT ONE CELLAR - Building Blocks of a Cabernet Landmark  More Info: Here

VALLEY COMMUTERS - Napa Winemaker Seeks Excellence in Oregon Pinots  More Info: Here

NOR-CAL DEADLINE EXTENDED - Wine Competition Still Open  More Info: Here

23rd

EFFECTS OVERSTATED - Experts Downplay Heart Benefits of Wine  More Info: Here

AUSSIES PUT THE 'M' BACK IN MERITAGE - Special red wine to mark federation  More Info: Here

22nd

MARGARET DUCKHORN - Napa Valley Vintners Name New President  More Info: Here

21st

MARKETING ABROAD - BRL courts Asian wine drinkers  More Info: Here

THE NEVER-ENDING CHAIN OF BIGGER FISH - Who's Gonna Gulp Down Foster's?  More Info: Here

20th

SALES UNDERSTATED BY 21 PCT. IN 1999 - Top-End Wines Resist Recession; Premium Wine Sales Booming, Industry Poll Says  More Info: Here

19th

AN ABSOLUTE HONEST MISTAKE, MY FOOT - $4000 fine for adding to wines  More Info: Here

17th

PREMIUM GRAPE GROWING LAND - Vintage Capital: Big investors raise capital for raising wine grape  More Info: Here

THE LATEST TREND - The Lure of Ancient Vines: Battles are brewing over California's newly trendy Zinfandels  More Info: Here

NORTH, SOUTH, THEY'RE JUST DIRECTIONS - Wineries Feud Over Coastal Appellation  More Info: Here

THE LATEST PARTY SCHOOL, GO THUNDERBIRDS! - University Toasts Huge Wine Donation  More Info: Here

16th

ETHEREAL LIQUOR STORES IN TROUBLE - The Ghosts of E-Commerce Past  More Info: Here

15th

TESTING THE AUSTRALIAN QUARANTINE AND INSPECTION SERVICE - US grape imports leave sour taste in wine-growers' mouths  More Info: Here

13th

SAGA CONTINUES - Napa Valley Vintners' Association Joins Wine Label Suit  More Info: Here

GOOD AS GOLD - Bordeaux Deals With Wine Futures  More Info: Here

12th

THE LATEST IN TOASTY OAK FLAVOR - Damaged Wine May Have Been Sold.  Hunt on for thousands of cases of fine vintages  More Info: Here

FIRST AMENDMENT OR BALD-FACED LIE - Court Grants Winery Stay of Labeling Ban Large Central Valley producer can continue to put 'Napa' on its bottles  More Info: Here

BUT WE'LL STILL BE HERE - Wine.com Fires 75 After Merger With WineShopper.com  More Info: Here

MERRY EDWARDS, JOE HEITZ, LOU PRESTON AND MORE - Winemaker Merry Edwards Stays Rooted in the Vineyard  More Info: Here

11th

WHAT WAS THAT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE NUMBER AGAIN? - Foie-gras follies? Dean & DeLuca pulls IPO  More Info: Here

SURPLUS WINE POTENTIAL - Australian Wine Makers Need Markets  More Info: Here

10th

BUT WHAT DID THEY DO WITH IT? - Police Confiscate Thousands Of Dollars In Liquor  More Info: Here

9th

MORE ON ANTIOXIDANTS - Wine, Tea May Protect Against Non-Fatal Heart Attack  More Info: Here

8th

FRENCH INVADE CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA - LVMH Buys Control of Wine Estates 

MORE TAKEOVER RUMORS - Diageo eyeing Foster's - paper  More Info: Here

PROFITS UP - Constellation tops profit expectations by a penny  More Info: Here

MEDICAL NEWS - Wine May Lower Stroke Risk for Young Women  More Info: Here

4th

SPARKLING WINE, TAXATION, IRELAND - Bubbles that fizz right into the public purse  More Info: Here

2nd

ALTERNATIVE GROWING REGIONS - Glenn Foster: Californian touts wines of Colorado 
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