Indian Processed Food Market to Touch US$310bn in Ten Years (Item No. 1)

India is firmly on its way to becoming an international food processing hub, the country's Union Minister of State for Industry, Ashwani Kumar, told a Japanese delegation in Ernakulam, Kerala. "It is estimated that an investment opportunity of US$22 billion exists ... more

Californian Wine Sales Register Record Increase in US (Item No. 2)

Californian wine sales in the US reached yet another record high of 185.4 million nine-litre cases in 2005 with a retail value of US$16.5bn, according to wine industry consultant Jon Fredrikson of Woodside, who publishes the Gomberg-Fredrikson Report.... more

The Love Match Between Tea & Wine

The idea that there's a relationship between tea and wine, which is being promoted by India's most passionate tea aficionado, Sanjay Kapur of Aap Ki Pasand, seems to be catching on. The International Wine Academy of Roma is organising an evening on Thursday,   ... more

Constellation Snaps Up Canadian Wine Major, Vincor

Shrugging off the hostile reception to its previous takeover bid for Canada's largest winemaker famous for its ice wine brand, Inniskillin, US liquor giant Constellation Brands has finally struck an all-cash friendly deal to acquire Vincor International for  ... more

Porn Star's Wine Has Parker Panting for More

An A retired porn star making Tuscan red and getting Robert Parker to describe it, not her, as "opulent and luscious" is a great second career story. As the gentle blogger at www.vineyardgate.com reports, Natalie Oliveros, the porn star known as Savanna  ... more