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New York allows wine ice cream
New York, America's fourth-largest wine-producing state, began selling wine-flavored ice cream yesterday.
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Christie’s goes back to Hong Kong
Christie's will hold a wine auction in Hong Kong on 29 November, its first in Asia since 2001.
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Christie’s to reshuffle in US
Christie’s is set to announce the departure of its long-standing head of wine auctions in the US.
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Amazon selling wine ‘within weeks’
Amazon.com expects to start selling American wine inside the US within a few weeks, according to the Napa Valley Vintners Association.
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New label detects temperature change during shipping
Spoilage in wine shipping, which haunts consumers, distributors and merchants, has become easily detectable.
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Wall Street Journal sells wine
The Wall Street Journal has gone into the wine trade – a highly unusual step in American newspaper publishing.
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Hart Davis Hart buck gloomy trend with huge sale
Despite Wall Street's historic near-meltdown, Hart Davis Hart has just sold an American cellar for over US$11m.
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Judge clears way for Jefferson bottles court case
A federal judge in New York has cleared the way for millionaire wine collector William I Koch to sue German wine dealer Hardy Rodenstock for fraud in the Thomas Jefferson bottles case.
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Ruling paves way for collector to sue Zachys
A federal judge's ruling in New York yesterday opened the way for wine collector William Koch to sue Zachys for selling him 19 allegedly counterfeit wines at auction.
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Sotheby’s marks Ornellaia 20th anniversary
Aulden Cellars/Sotheby's will mark Ornellaia's 20th anniversary, which Tenuta dell'Ornellaia observed in 2005, with a special three-lot consignment sent by the Tuscan estate.
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New York restaurant sells Margaux ’59 for more cellar space
Top New York restaurant Le Cirque is auctioning rare bottles of Margaux, Petrus and Yquem in a bid create more storage space in its cellars.
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Economy impacts on US wine auctions
The recent economic downturn has had an impact on wine auctions in the US, with significantly fewer lots being sold.
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New Koch lawsuit to go ahead
A New York federal judge has denied an attempt by a wine collector to dismiss a fraud lawsuit brought by William Koch.
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Rodenstock ‘faked labels’: Stern
Wine collector Hardy Rodenstock 'removed labels from ancient bottles' of French wines and had them reproduced, according to German magazine Stern.
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New York state wine showcase closes
New York's burgeoning wine industry suffered a reversal on 1 December when the last Manhattan wine shop specialising exclusively in the state's wines went out of business.
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New York grocery stores to sell wine?
New York's governor, David Paterson, proposed on Tuesday that the state's 19,000 grocery and convenience stores be allowed to sell wine.
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Christian Wölffer dies
Long Island vintner Christian Wölffer has died in a swimming accident in Brazilian waters.
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Wine industry excited by Obama
Barack Obama will have a 'felicitous' effect on Americans' wine habits, a top research organisation's president says.
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Duckhorn, Korbel served at official Obama inaugural lunch
At the official inaugural lunch yesterday, President Barack Obama was toasted with exclusively American wines.
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Recession bites but consumption will grow – consultant
Despite the recession, wine consumption will continue to expand - especially among young adults – over the next decade, an influential consultant has said.
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Economy and Internet hit US wine columnists
The San Francisco Chronicle and several other long-established US print publications known for their wine coverage are in imminent danger of folding.
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New York wine industry bruised in battles
The New York wine industry has emerged bruised from the Legislature’s still unfinished effort to address the state’s US$16bn budget deficit.
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Asia dominates Sotheby’s sale
Asian clients on Saturday dominated the first-ever Aulden Cellars/Sotheby’s wine auction held live on the Internet.
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New York Times questions wine health studies
A science article front-paged in yesterday’s New York Times raises a question of whether ‘study after study’ that links moderate use of alcohol to health is ‘all a big mistake.’
