Tsar’s wines up for auction
Over 450 lots of old and rare wines from the Imperial Russian cellars are to be auctioned this December at Sotheby’s in London.
Over 450 lots of old and rare wines from the Imperial Russian cellars are to be auctioned this December at Sotheby’s in London.
The Champagne harvest this year is set to be the biggest in history as the French government gives the green light to increasing the maximum yield.
First the UK Women’s Institute went naked, then the New York fire department and British prison officers, and now the winemakers of the Côtes de Bourg are releasing a nude calendar.
Owners of vintage Penfolds will be able to have their wine checked by the chief winemaker and his team at the first Penfolds red wine re-corking clinic in London next month.
The harvesting of red grapes in Bordeaux has begun with the top châteaux unfazed by worries of over production.
Alan Crompton-Batt, PR doyen and creator of the celebrity chef, has died aged 50.
Three Alsace vineyards have been heavily vandalised in apparently motiveless attacks across a two-month period.
Top wine critic, Robert M Parker Jnr, has predicted that cases of top wines will be worth over US$10,000 in 10 years’ time.
Bernard Magrez, head of Bordeaux-based négociant William Pitters, has acquired a new Cru Bourgeois to add to the growing list of châteaux under his name.
The Bordeaux harvest began yesterday with workers at first growth Château Haut-Brion starting to pick the Sauvignon Blanc for the estate’s white wines.
Top Californian wine company the Robert Mondavi Corporation is undergoing structural changes that insiders say could herald its sale.
French wines are still performing badly in the export market according to figures released yesterday.
The first grapes of the French harvest were picked yesterday in the Côtes de Provence region of southern France.
Plaimont, a group of French wine producers, has announced it will be entering a joint venture in China.
Sweeping changes in Beaujolais could see the creation of a Vin de Pays as well as Premier Cru wines to prevent the ‘disappearance of the region’.
Wine giant Hardys has joined the reality TV bandwagon by launching Wine Idol – its own version of the cult show Pop Idol.
The boom time of Australian wine exports could be over according to government figures published today.
A white paper tackling wine legislation drawn up by French ministers and handed to the government last Thursday looks set to divide a nation.
Australian researchers are looking to genetically modify mildew-prone vines after identifying the mildew-resistant gene.
Professor Emile Peynaud, the forefather of modern oenology and a former Decanter Man of the Year, has died aged 92.
Champagne Le Pen could be on supermarket shelves in three years’ time as French National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen buys a 50% share of Champagne negociant François Daumale.
Veneto producer Serego Alighieri has bought a significant amount of land in Tuscany from the ‘father’ of modern Brunello, Ezio Rivella.
France cannot sell its wines abroad if they are considered a ‘poison’ at home Alain Suguenot, president of the French government’s viticultural studies group said on Tuesday.
The Californian wine industry is worth an annual US$45.4 billion to the state, a report revealed yesterday.
The vast majority of French wine producers are worried about the performance of their wines on the international stage, a report has revealed.
Threatened strike action in Bordeaux as an attempt to shore up prices has been dismissed as ‘lamentable and ridiculous’ by major negociants.
Sales of burgundy went through the roof in Dublin yesterday as thousands of James Joyce aficionadoes followed the route taken by the hero of Ulysses on a single day in 1904.
A microelectrical system that could help winemakers avoid drought and botrytis is to be showcased in Australia.
As French wine magazine La Revue du Vin de France looks set to be acquired by French publishing group Marie-Claire, reports suggest Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve will leave La Revue.
A 105-lot collection from the cellars Earl Spencer - the brother of the late Princess of Wales - fetched over £100,000 (€150,000) at Sotheby’s yesterday.