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Ontario’s Trade Minister Michael Chan and Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal check out Ontario VQA wine on sale at a BHG grocery store in Beijing on April 18. (Ontario.ca)

China’s wine growers beat France into second place

By GFM Network News, Sybille De La Hamaide April 27, 2015

Paris | Reuters — China overtook France last year as the world’s second largest wine grower by area under cultivation as it continued to plant vast fields of mostly imported grape vines to meet growing demand. The world’s second largest economy, which since 2013 consumes more red wine than any other country, has more than

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Swedish Merlot, anyone? Warmer world boosts Nordic tipples

Vineyards are where people expect polar bears, grower says

By Alister Doyle December 11, 2014

On one of the world’s northernmost frontiers, grapevines are growing on hillsides and talk among farmers is about “terroir” and “aroma” as global warming and new technology push the boundaries of wine growing. “Maybe a touch of raspberry?” opined Wenche Hvattum, one of two farmers at the Lerkekasa vineyard west of Oslo — on the

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Hardy Grapes Perfect For The Prairies

By Lillian Deedman October 21, 2010

A Prairie gardener’s dream may be to grow grapes to the same perfection as those grown in milder climates. Although overwintering the larger, seedless, table varieties on the Prairies is still a bit uncertain due to our colder growing zone, we can still raise a wide selection of hardy grapes that rivals any other for

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Carman Grape Growers’ Vineyards Flourish

By Lorraine Stevenson July 9, 2009

Aconventional grain farm on the harsh Canadian Prairies, where temperatures readily plunge to -40C, isn’t exactly ideal for grape production. Unless, of course, it’s in your blood. “Grapes have been part of the family for the last 500 years or so. So, yes, you could say it’s in our blood,” Tom Menold told visiting farm

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France Eyes Tourism To Help Wine Sector

By Gus Trompiz March 12, 2009

French authorities are targeting tourism as part of an effort to bolster the country’s wine industry against rising global competition. While France is already the world’s most popular tourist destination, with wine a major part of its appeal, the trade thinks it can go a lot further in tapping into visitor interest. The government is

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French Winemakers Fear Tasting Ban

By Marcel Michelson March 5, 2009

The French wine trade fears new health rules could force vintners to keep the cork on bottles when visitors come to their cellars, dealing a serious blow to growing wine tourism by stigmatizing the beverage. French parliament will debate early in March a proposed law that carries an article banning promotional sales of alcoholic beverages

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Bordeaux vintners rethink business model

By Claude Canellas October 16, 2008

Bordeaux vineyards’ harvest has started in the grey. Sombre weather reflects the mood of many vintners as an economic crisis hits small producers much harder than top names. Since the start of the new millennium, the world’s best-known wine-growing area is suffering from overcapacity, the rise of new producers such as Chile, South Africa and

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Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta

Tag Archives Wine — page 4

China’s wine growers beat France into second place

Swedish Merlot, anyone? Warmer world boosts Nordic tipples

Hardy Grapes Perfect For The Prairies

Carman Grape Growers’ Vineyards Flourish

France Eyes Tourism To Help Wine Sector

French Winemakers Fear Tasting Ban

Bordeaux vintners rethink business model

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