This weekend, Ms. Bruni is set to serve as co-president, along with the actor Gérard Depardieu, of the annual wine auction organized by the Hospices de Beaune, a charitable organization based in Beaune, the Burgundy wine capital.
Consumers spent $38 billion on U.S.-made wines alone in 2015 according to the annual Wine Industry Metrics report by Wines & Vines Analytics.
Semidry Finger Lakes whites made from hybrid grapes won medals in New York's annual wine contest this month.
Located in southwestern Germany's wine country, this hamlet of twelve hundred souls counts among its biggest draws a pair of annual wine festivals and the fact that — as the local butcher proclaims — it is a "paradise" for pig stomach, a local delicacy.
Its 2005 grüner veltliner shows why Austria drinks 78percentt of its annual wine production.
For information on the East End Arts Council annual Wine Press Concert Series, go to www.eastendarts.org.org
For some chains, the fairs represent a quarter or even a third of their annual wine sales.
Most of the big French supermarket chains are gearing up for their annual wine fairs, some of which get under way this week.
Over the past decade, Americans increased their annual wine consumption by more than 200 million gallons, according to the Wine Institute, an industry association.
Starting in 1980, Rodenstock began holding lavish annual wine tastings, weekend-long affairs attended by wine critics, retailers, and various German dignitaries and celebrities.
