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Apps: webnwine & BXTOTAL
Sigi_hiss_kopf_lachend_icon From Sigi Hiss, at 04. August 2011 07:25

2 Apps die es lohnt, sich anzuschauen – das webnwine App & Rene Gabriels BDX App. Die Beschreibungen:

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Zürich 2011: Weinveranstaltungen von Mettler & Vaterlaus
Sigi_hiss_kopf_lachend_icon From Sigi Hiss, at 04. August 2011 07:03

Sigi Hiss – Mettler & Vaterlaus präsentieren noch einige Weinveranstaltungen im Jahr 2011. Hier ein kurzer Überblick darüber. Genaue Details folgen rechtzeitig vor den Terminen:

Dienstag, 27. September
15 – 19 Uhr: Die apulische Kellerei Vigne & Vini präsentiert ihre Weine im Dittingraum am Rennweg in Zürich
Für alle Weinliebhaber. Weitere Infos folgen.

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decanter.com: Bordeaux in danger of losing touch with new generation – Moueix
Nadia_schmidli_icon From Nadia Schmidli, at 04. August 2011 06:48

by Adam Lechmere – Top Bordeaux is in danger of losing touch both with its market, and its smaller producers, two Jean and Edouard Moueixmembers of one of the region’s most powerful families tell Decanter.

Edouard Moueix (left) and Jean Moueix. Pic: Patrick Cronenberger

In an article by Jane Anson in the current issue of Decanter magazine, cousins Jean and Edouard Moueix, both running separate companies belonging to the extended Moueix clan, speak out against pricing, and the danger of the biggest properties losing touch with grassroots Bordeaux.

Edouard Moueix, who works with his father Christian at Libourne negociants JP Moueix, spoke of his concern that the lives of many small producers and merchants was ‘a living hell’ due to the downturn and the difficulties in distribution.

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decanter.com: Big California style is here to stay – Oz Clarke
Markus_schmidli_icon From Markus Schmidli, at 04. August 2011 06:45

by Adam Lechmere – There is no style revolution in California: low acid, velvet tannins and high alcohol is what Americans want from their wine and Californian winemakers will continue to feed that need.

That is the message from Oz Clarke and Margaret Rand, writing in the September issue of Decanter.

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decanter.com: Marques de Olivara files for bankruptcy
Noimage_icon From Peter Niederhauser, at 04. August 2011 06:42

by John Radford – Toro winery Marques de Olivara, part of the Nueva Rumasa group, has filed for bankruptcy.Olivara

Nueuva Rumasa, owner of 15 food and drink companies, has been in crisis since February this year when ten of the group’s largest companies were declared insolvent, resulting in withdrawal of credit facilities.

At the time, market analysts put the group’s debt at €700m, although chief executive José-María Ruiz Mateos claimed that group assets amounted to €6bn. The companies concerned included bodegas, hotels, food and drink manufacturers and also Rayo Vallecano football club in Madrid.

Marqués de Olivara‘s debt may seem small beer by comparison, at €2.7m, and the company claimed that it had assets worth €5m. However, the court in Valladolid heard that current assets are only €2m.

Ruiz Mateos’ previous company, Rumasa,

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