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The push for Rioja crus - part one
Why would you want to change a winning formula? Adam Lechmere meets a band of ‘reformers’ who dream of Rioja crus.
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Exciting 'reformer' Rioja wines to try
Adam Lechmere picks 11 top Rioja wines from these new radicals.
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Concha y Toro joins old vine Carignan club in Chile
Concha y Toro has become the latest major name to join Vigno, a small group of wineries dedicated to the revival of the Carignan grape in Chile’s Maule region.
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English wine producer claims first with skin contact white wine
English winery Chapel Down is producing what it believes is the country's first skin contact white wine.
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Regional profile: Stags Leap District
Twenty-five years after it became an AVA in 1989, this narrow strip of eastern Napa continues to enjoy a near-mythical status. While its elegant yet powerful Cabernet-based wines command elevated prices, there’s never any shortage of demand, as Adam Lechmere reports
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Regional profile: Navarra, Spain
This diverse region struggles to compete against Spain's most powerful brand, Rioja. Is it time to forgo the emphasis on 'serious' red blends and international whites so that its native varieties can come to the fore? Adam Lechmere reports...
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How to serve wine
Tips on how to open, decant and serve your wines like a professional
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California winemaker plans $2m central LA winery
California winemaker Abe Schoener, of boutique producer Scholium Project, is seeking funding to build a US$2m urban winery in Los Angeles.
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UK minister praises English wine at Rathfinny Estate opening
UK cabinet minister Vince Cable MP has hailed the creativity and ambition in England's wine industry at the launch of Rathfinny Estate, one of the newest and biggest producers.
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Rare vintages surface at Penfolds Recorking Clinic
Penfolds has held its first London Recorking Clinic since 2008, with collectors arriving with thousands of pounds of rare red wines from the iconic Australian producer.
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Bill Hardy praises £10m brand investment
Bill Hardy has praised Champ Private Equity for investing in the Hardys brand, rather than focusing solely on cuts.
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Investment potential fuelling surge in Champagne sales: merchants
A lacklustre 2012 Bordeaux en primeur campaign has contributed to a surge in fine Champagne sales, merchants reckon.
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Jackson Family's Chris Carpenter works on his first Australian wine
Jackson Family Wines winemaker Chris Carpenter is preparing to blend the first wine from the company’s latest McLaren Vale acquisition.
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Making wine in Thailand 'good preparation for climate change'
Kathrin Puff, winemaker at the award-winning Siam Winery in Thailand, reckons the unique climate she works in is excellent preparation for climate change.
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Beverly Hills 90H20, the first 'crafted' water launched
A new mineral water created by a 'water sommelier' claims to be the first expressly made to match fine wine and dining.
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Champagne Jacquart launches new 'prestige' vintage
Champagne Jacquart has just lauched its new prestige cuvée, the Alpha 2005.
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Amorim announces 'new generation' spiral wine stopper
Cork manufacturer Amorim has got together with O-I, the world’s biggest glass company, to create what they call 'a new generation' of stoppers.
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Eric Boissenot photographs to be auctioned by Brane Cantenac
Chateau Brane Cantenac is to auction a series of photographs by the renowned consultant Eric Boissenot – in aid of the charity Solidair.
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Michael Mansfield lambasts Fortnum’s over foie gras
Michael Mansfield QC, the prominent human rights lawyer, has passionately condemned Fortnum & Mason for continuing to stock foie gras.
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Mosel bridge film seeking backers
The sommelier and social geographer Jessica Pierce is making a film about the deeply-controversial Mosel bridge project – and is asking opponents of the project to back it with cash donations.
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Bon Pasteur sold to Goldin Group of Hong Kong
Michel Rolland’s Chateau Le Bon Pasteur in Pomerol and its two sister properties have been sold to the Goldin Group of Hong Kong.
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Rioja's Roda releases new vintage of Cirsion
Bodegas Roda, one of Rioja Alta's most renowned producers, has just launched the latest vintage of its flagship wine, the Cirsion 2010.
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Selfridges opens new and expanded wine shop
London department store Selfridges has expanded its wine shop and opened a new bar.
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ASC opens new 'Wine Residence' in Shanghai
ASC Fine Wines, one of China's biggest importers, has just opened a new club or 'Wine Residence' in Shanghai.
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Dom Perignon 2004 selling out within hours of release say merchants
London’s wine merchants were delighted on Thursday morning to get a preview of Dom Perignon 2004 – as one said, ‘Finally, something we can sell’ after the lacklustre Bordeaux en primeur campaign.
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Bordeaux winemakers give their take on Derenoncourt's 'special' en primeur samples
International consultant Stephane Derenoncourt has caused a minor controversy by saying that he puts his wines through a 'special preparation' for En Primeur – but there is little unusual in that, Bordeaux vignerons and proprietors say.
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Decanter World Wine Awards 2013 winners announced
Judges at this year's Decanter World Wine Awards tasted a record-breaking 14,362 wines and awarded nearly 10,000 medals.
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Chinese investors snapping-up 'one chateau per month', say estate agents
From the beginning of 2011, a leading Bordeaux real estate agent says, an average of one Bordeaux chateau per month has been sold to a Chinese investor.
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DWWA 2013: Experts deliberate highest number of entries as judging week continues
With two thirds of the wines tasted at the Decanter World Wine Awards, panellists are by turns pleased with the quality of the offering, and disappointed by wines that still show too much intervention by winemakers.
