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New Zealand winemakers have reacted to their exclusion from the Royal Perth, Royal Hobart and Canberra National wine shows with a mixture of disappointment and we-were-just-too-good-for-them chest thumping. “I can understand both those reactions and, in a way, I can understand the decisions of the Australian show organisers too,” said Warren Mason, director of the [...]
Wild South has released its 2010 Marlborough Chardonnay, a wonderfully full-bodied and lusciously fragrant wine from Marlborough winemaker Christie Brown. The Wild South Marlborough Chardonnay is sourced from the estate vineyards in the Wairau Valley. According to Brown, the vintage has a clean elegance which has resulted in a chardonnay that is tropical and fresh with purity [...]
Just Juice recently announced significant revenue growth, buoyed by almost $1 million in sales from the new Just Juice with Veges line extension, within the first six months of launch.
Winemaker Goldwater has sold its stake in Rapaura Vintners, the production company in Marlborough in which it held a one third stake. Goldwater was taken over by Foley Family Wines of California in 2009 as part of its purchase of Vavasour and the other winemaking assets of the New Zealand Wine Fund, and now all Goldwater wines are processed at Vavasour in the Awatere Valley.
In a recent conference call to business analysts, Constellation Brands’ CEO Rob Sands gave an indirect vote of confidence to the New Zealand wine industry. In the wake of selling off significant chunks of the company’s international wine portfolio, Sands declared the rationale to be a consolidation of Constellation’s top quality properties.
US-based liquor giant Brown-Forman has announced it intends selling its wine division, including the popular California brand Fetzer. The decision follows those of Australian Fosters and New York’s Constellation Brands to sell off at least parts of their huge wine holdings.
Ever wondered why New Zealand, renowned for its natural food exports, has a fast-food industry dominated by American brands? So did James Tucker, an ambitious 31-year-old Aucklander whose business background includes the set-up and ownership of a dozen food and beverage businesses.
After years of negotiation and often bitter dispute, the Australian wine industry has come to an agreement with the European Union over wine label language.
Healthy Beverage Company is about to launch the first product sweetened with stevia into the New Zealand market. A natural plant extract, stevia is the first natural low-calorie sweetener in the beverage-processing sector, and has become one of the fastest-growing additives in the international food industry since it became commercially available late in 2009.
Su Zhi, a high ranking executive in China’s health ministry, has said there are likely to be more food poisoning crises of similar scale to the melamine contamination that killed children in 2008. Su Zhi was commenting after a new case of contamination by melamine was announced.
After 14 months of consecutive rises to record highs, the ANZ Commodity Price Index caught a mild cold in June and eased 1.2 percent from May. However, it remains at the second highest level ever and compared to the same month last year, the index is up a very solid 53 percent.
Chinese food safety authorities have announced the seizure of another store of melamine-tainted dairy products. While no specific source has been identified, the find has raised fears that some of the dairy product that caused infant deaths in 2008 remains in the food chain.
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