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2010 AAWE Conference: Call for Papers
   February 28th, 2010
Submit a 1000-word abstract by February 28, 2010 to jwe@whitman.edu
Bank sees slow recovery for wine industry
   November 18th, 2009

The new ‘normal’ is not the old ‘normal’
Central Valley Business Times

Gapminder - Wine Production
   October 22nd, 2009
Gapminder, a Google owned company, shows a wine production graph. Other agricultural graphs are available.
Shift in wine purchases affects winegrape growers
   July 14th, 2009
The severe economic recession that is gripping the globe has filtered down to the world's wine sector, resulting in a major shift in wine purchases.
CFBF article
California Wine Quiz and facts
   July 1st, 2009
Wine Quiz and facts from The Wine Institute.



Plastic wine bottles
   June 8th, 2009
Australian wIne sold in plastic bottles


Wine label words
   June 8th, 2009
EU legislation bans any imports of U.S. wine whose labels include certain words.

Champagne sales fall
   June 8th, 2009
French wine sales slow
Champagne exports fall 35 percent

California water issues
   May 8th, 2009
California drought poses water problems for grape growers.
Spanish wine industry set for shakeup
   May 8th, 2009
Recession sweeping Spain will trigger a shake-up of its fragmented wine industry.
Upset for wine connoisseurs
   May 8th, 2009

A blind taste test gave victory to vintage from Niagara Peninsula

Women more affected by price of wine
   May 8th, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - How much does the price of a bottle of wine matter? Quite a lot - to women.
Winemakers' Federation of Australia conference
   May 5th, 2009
Australian wine producers accused of complacency.
Eco-credentials packaging
   April 21st, 2009
How wineries are packaging their eco-credentials
SF Chronicle November 14, 2008
Bulk replaces bottles
   April 13th, 2009

The value of Australian wine exports has dropped signficantly.

2008 Good year for wine sales
   April 13th, 2009

The Press-Enterprise , April 3,2009,

Domestic wine sales grew for the 15th year in a row..

Consumers flock to cheaper wines
   April 7th, 2009
Consumers flock to cheaper wine
Vineyard land a sound investment
   January 22nd, 2009
by Peter Mitham, winesandvines.com

Banks see vineyard land as a sound investment; operating loans may tighten.
US Millennials Embracing Champagne
   November 18th, 2008
Study Shows US Millennials Embracing Champagne & Sparkling Wines -- But Only For Special Occasions
wine economics blog
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Consumers flock to cheaper wines
By Kevin McCallum, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT April 7, 2009

That’s the painful lesson many in California’s wine industry are learning as the recession sends demand for high-priced wines sliding while sales of wines under $6 have soared across the nation.

“It’s almost like people hit the reset button, and all of a sudden we’re back to 20 years ago where people are looking for wines under $10,” veteran wine industry analyst Jon Fredrikson said Tuesday.

Read the full article at the Press-Democrat website.