Der Preis ehrt herausragende Persönlichkeiten in der Weinindustrie – ausgewählt von einem internationalen Gremium von Winemakern, dem Institute of Masters of Wine und der Fachpublikation the drinks business.
Spitzenauszeichnung für das australische Premiumweingut Penfolds auf der weltweit größten, jährlich stattfindenden Weinmesse: Das Institute of Masters of Wine, das renommierte britische Bildungsinstitut für den Weinhandel, und the drinks business, Europas führende Fachpublikation in der Getränkeindustrie, haben Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker, zum Winermaker’s Winemaker gekürt.
Das Institute of Masters of Wine und the drinks business
Wien - Auf einer nahezu unveränderten Fläche von 43.800 ha wurde laut Statistik Austria im Jahr 2011 (Stichtag 30. November) eine Weinernte von 2.814.800 hl eingebracht. Der Produktionsschnitt der letzten 5 Jahre wurde damit um 18% übertroffen, die extrem schwache Vorjahresernte wurde um fast 1,1 Mio. hl (+62%) überschritten. Auf Weißwein entfielen 1,9 Mio. hl (+25% zum Fünfjahresschnitt) und auf Rotwein 964.400 hl (+5% zum Fünfjahresschnitt).
by Adam Lechmere – Australian wine imports increased significantly while exports fell last year – and there was a marked increase in the value of domestic wine sales.
At the same time, Australia imported more wine than ever: 67m litres worth AU$470.7m, an increase of 4.2% in volume and 2.6% in value compared with the year before.
Exports last year fell: 746.6m litres were exported worth AU$1.9bn, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released yesterday show.
by Jim Budd – Veteran Loire winemaker Noel Pinguet’s sudden resignation from Domaine Huet was over differences with the owning family, Decanter.com has learned.
Sarah Hwang, daughter of Anthony Hwang who bought the estate from the Huet family in 2003, has been appointed president with her brother Stefan as managing director.
Anthony Hwang is a Chinese American businessman who also owns the Tokaji estate Királyudvar. The legendary Gaston Huet, who had established the domaine’s reputation, died in 2002.
Sources close to Pinguet told Decanter.com
by Rebecca Gibb – New Zealand expects a small 2012 vintage, which is likely to put the brakes on its decade-long growth spurt.
A lighter crop could lead to a grape shortage, which marks a massive turnaround for an industry that has been burdened by oversupply since 2008.
Stuart Smith, chair of industry body, New Zealand Winegrowers, told decanter.com: ‘I expect that the vintage will be around 300,000 tonnes. However, even if we had a 328,000 tonne harvest like last year, we would still be short by about 10%. We now have very low stocks on hand and export sales are growing at a good rate.’