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	Chinese tourist sets buying record at Roissy airport (Jan 06, 2009) A Chinese tourist set a record on December 24th in Roissy Airport (Paris, France), spending over 46 000 euros in the airport's duty free wine shop; his shopping list included several legendary bottles, such as Lafite Rothschild 1947, Château Margaux 1982, Pétrus 1986, Roman&eacut...
	USA: Sebastiani Vineyards to be sold to Foley (Jan 06, 2009) The 1904-founded, California-based, family-owned wine company, Sebastiani Vineyards, is set to be sold to US wine group Foley for an undisclosed sum. The Foley Wine Group is enlarging its portfolio, already including a large number of US wineries across the west coast, such as Foley Estates Vineyard...
	California: Laughing at the crisis's face (Jan 06, 2009) Are you fed up with sad faces and dull eyes, fed up with the mere word "crisis"? Well, in California, some wine professionals have decided to just have a good laugh at its face. Maybe you heard of the Two Buck Chuck? Maybe you already enjoyed the Cheap Red Wine and...
	Low yields in Cognac for the second vintage in a row (Jan 06, 2009) The law had set the maximum yield in Cognac at 10,85 liters of pure alcohol per hectar in Cognac this year. Unfortunately, due to poor weather condition through spring and summer, the average yield in Cognac this year only reached 8,95 hl/ha....
	Italy: A wine giant is born (Jan 06, 2009) The number 1 Italian wine company, Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV) is from now on the property of two of its initial shareholders. Wine cooperatives of Riunite, in Emilia, and Modena-based CIV have merged in September and bought out the other shareholders. GIV has thus become a giant in the wine w...
	France and Italy neck and neck for Biggest Wine Producer in 2008 (Jan 06, 2009) It's a tight game. According to most estimates, France's production in 2008 should amount to 4,44 billion liters, a -5 % compared to 2007. In Italie, Coldiretti plans on a harvest of 4,7 billion liters (+8% compared to 2007). Assoenologi, a producers association, presented lower estimates las...
	Kevin Judd is on his way out of the Cloudy Bay (Jan 05, 2009) Cloudy Bay winemaker and co-founder Kevin Judd annonced in Decembre his decision to leave the iconic kiwi estate and create his own personal wine brand. Judd mentionned that he needed a new challenge, after building up such a successful brand. He will still work on the winemaking at Cloudy Ba...
	Burgundy : Wine traders are worried about 2009 (Jan 05, 2009) The union of the wine and spirit trade in Burgundy (SCVSB) gathered on Decembre 26th under the authority of its president, Jérôme Prince. In Burgundy, traders account for 80 % of wine sales. « We will be crucially insterested in economics in 2009. As of today, we are not op...
	Cognac : Pelisson-Raynal's brandy on its way to Glasgow (Jan 05, 2009) Cognac producer Pelisson-Raynal transferred its brandy-producing unit from Cognac to Glasgow. Apparently, the Glasgow location offers more profitable conditions to William Pitt, the Pelisson-Raynal brandy brand, despite furious protests from the 42 employees in Cognac....
	Expert's Opinion: Raideep Munjral, wine importer and distributor "Time is on your side in India" (Dec 23, 2008) "The Indian wine consumption will amount to 100-150 000 Hl in 2008. For several years now it has been growing solidly, gaining 30 % every year. The Indian wine market is not one where the offer is scarce : India has a local production that is progressing in quantity and quality, w...

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