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Newer posts →Ascentia Wine Estates Goes Out of Business.
May 31, 2012According to an as-yet unconfirmed email from Wine Industry Insight: “Ascentia Wine Estates is no longer in the wine business as of the end of today when most sales of its properties are supposed to close.” Ascentia Wine Estates which … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Ascentia, Ascentia Wine Brands bankrupt, Covey Run bankrupt | Leave a comment //What’s Happening in my World…
May 29, 2012Kris Chislett.com I know, I must be out of my tiny-little-English-mind to start an additional website! My rationale is that I’m not particularly fond of posting social media content right here on this website (since it’s a little off-topic … Continue reading
Posted in News | Leave a comment //Changing the Perception that all Rieslings are Sweet.
May 28, 2012One group of Riesling enthusiasts has set out to change the perception that all Riesling wines are sweet.In 2007, Dan Berger, Coke Roth and Jim Trezise assembled at a wine event and began to talk about the problem with Riesling. … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Germany, Riesling, Washington State | Leave a comment //5 Million Bottles of English Bubbly to be Sold by 2015.
May 25, 2012According to reports, sales of English sparkling wine are set to hit 5 million bottles by 2015.There are almost 400 vineyards in the UK now, almost twice that of 10 years ago. “We have a unique terroir that makes English … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Champagne, England, Sparkling Wine | Leave a comment //The Wine Industry: It’s Alright, Because it’s All White!
May 22, 2012The inimitable Steve Heimoff certainly has a way with words. He recently wrote: Yesterday’s stunning news that more minority babies are being born in the U.S. than white babies, for the first time ever, has tremendous implications for the domestic … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Steve Heimoff | Leave a comment //Defining the “Fifth Column” of Wine.
May 21, 2012It’s taken me a little while to finally get around to reading the whole Silicon Bank 2012-2013 Wine Industry Report, and the only reason that I do so was that I stumbled across this article on the ShipCompliant.org blog. It … Continue reading
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