Afternoon Brief, July 21st

California Winery Owner Arrested Over Lobbying: He was friends with Donald Trump, Michael Jackson and Jeffrey Epstein, but now he is talking to the Feds...

Bordeaux Wine Sales Increase 21% in the U.S.

Bordeaux reports the highest 12-month regional growth rate of the past 35 years, driven by strong consumer demand and U.S. hospitality reopening BORDEAUX, FRANCE July 21, 2021 — The Bordeaux wine region has reported outstanding growth of 21% in sales volume and value in the U.S. market, the highest sales increase recorded over a 12-month period […]

Bordeaux Partners with Four American Artists to Raise Environmental Awareness

Social Contest to Benefit the Rainforest Alliance Highlights Bordeaux Efforts to Combat Climate Change; 65% of Bordeaux Vineyards Are Certified Environmental as of 2021  BORDEAUX, FRANCE – July 8, 2021 — The Bordeaux wine region has partnered with four American artists to design handcrafted wooden wine boxes to benefit the Rainforest Alliance, a global non-profit […]

When it comes to the cork industry’s challenge to win the closures battle, one enormous boost has come in the findings of a Lifecycle Assessment study by Ernst & Young, which shows as scientific fact how cork stoppers can reduce by a quarter the total carbon footprint of an average bottle of still table wine and by almost half that of a bottle of sparkling wine.  Mike Turner talks to world-leading cork supplier Amorim, which commissioned the study, and suggests that for an industry that has often been forced into owning a narrative, the carbon footprint argument sits neatly with an already impressive record of sustainability and biodiversity.  By Mike TurnerApril 29, 2020 “Amorim has always advocated that science can highlight the problem as well as the solutions, whether that realm is TCA taints or carbon emissions,” writes Turner. For the last 30 years, the cork industry has been under attack. Wine producers that didn’t have easy geograph