Williams Selyem, a producer of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Zinfandel, has opened a new winery located at the Healdsburg, California to provide winemaking team more control over all aspects of production.
California-based Skipstone has transferred its winemaking operations to Atelier Melka, headed by Philippe Melka, a winemaking consultant.
Toad Hollow Vineyards, based in Healdsburg, California has entered into a sales and marketing agreement with V2 Wine Group, also based in California, in Sonoma.
V2 Wine Group, a new wine company based in Sonoma, California, has been formed with the acquisition of Steelhead Wines of Dry Creek Valley. The Californian company will not only produce wine but also offer sales and marketing services to a select third-party wineries.
Willamette Valley Vineyards, an Oregon-based producer of wines, has reported revenue of $4.09m for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of 1.06% compared to $4.05m in the same quarter last year.
Scheid Vineyards, a California-based operator of wine grape vineyards, has reported revenue of $2.6m for the first quarter ended 31 May 2010, compared to $4.7m in the same quarter last year. The company said that the decrease in revenue was primarily due to sales of bulk wine.
Baron Philippe de Rothschild, a French wine company and the maker of Mouton Cadet wines, has introduced a new line of varietally-labeled wines called Cadet d'Oc.
Mount Pleasant, a Missouri-based winery, has sent its first shipment, worth $190,000, which comprises 900 cases of Pink Catawba, Rhineland, Villagio, Vidal Chardonnay, Claret, Norton and Vintage Port wines to China for the first time.
Quintessential, a fine wine importing and marketing company based in California, will launch Matetic's EQ and Corralillo organic wines in major markets in the US starting in August, 2010.
China New Borun, a producer and distributor of corn-based edible alcohol in China, has reported revenue of RMB432.5m for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of 154.5% compared to RMB169.9m for the same quarter last year.
Wakefield Wines, a family-owned wine company in Australia, has chosen American Wine Distributors (AWD) as its exclusive US importer, and also named distributors in several states. AWD is based in San Francisco, California and has represented Wakefield at other times.
