Domaine Faiveley buys top Chablis producer Billaud-Simon
Domaine Faiveley has acquired one of the best-known names in Chablis, Domaine Billaud-Simon, marking the family-owned producer's second big purchase in the space of 12 months.
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Drought fails to dampen California spirits for 2014 harvest
Many winemakers in California believe the state's drought will not drastically affect this year's harvest, which they say is running two weeks early and is expected to yield a healthy crop.
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Chile winemakers revive fortunes of 'forgotten' Pais grape
Some of Chile's biggest wine producers are working to revive the Pais grape that arrived in the country with Spanish colonisers but has since lost favour to more modern international varieties.
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Chinese-backed firm buys Quixote Winery in Napa Valley
A company believed to be backed by Chinese investors has bought Quixote Winery in the sought-after Stags Leap District of California's Napa Valley.
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Penfolds owner offers cut-price fridges to shift stock
The owner of Penfolds, under-pressure Treasury Wine Estates, has been seeking to clear space for the new vintage of the brand's luxury wines by offering a promotion on existing stocks.
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Lidl targets middle class with Bordeaux Grand Cru push
Discount retailer Lidl is 'ripping up' its UK stores to make space for thousands of cut-price French wines, including Bordeaux Grand Cru, but sourcing some of the more prestigious names has proved tougher than expected.
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Chinese investors buy A$15m Barossa winery
A company backed by Chinese investors has agreed to buy Yaldara Winery in Barossa Valley from McGuigan wines producer Australian Vintage for A$15m.
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Kurniawan to 'tell all' in $3m settlement with billionaire Koch, as sentencing is delayed
Convicted wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan has agreed to pay $3m and 'tell everything he knows' to settle a lawsuit with billionaire collector Bill Koch, after his sentencing was again delayed.
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Andre Lurton sells Chateau Dauzac stake
One of Bordeaux's largest wine groups, Vignobles Andre Lurton, has sold its 42% stake in Margaux fifth growth Chateau Dauzac.
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Swiss winemaker Giroud convicted of tax fraud
Swiss winemaker Dominique Giroud has been convicted of tax fraud, but his spokesperson said the verdict 'does not come as a surprise'.
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Canada wine directory planned to boost tourism
Canada's wineries are backing the creation of an online directory to help raise awareness of their wines and attract more tourists.
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Burgundy winemakers trial anti-hail nets
Burgundy's wine council, the BIVB, is overseeing trials of nets in the region's vineyards as a way of defending vines from hailstorms.
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UK Government sells off top Bordeaux
The UK government has sold off more mature Bordeaux, including several bottles of Chateau Latour's acclaimed 1961 vintage, to balance the books in its wine cellar.
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Champagne council sets 2014 harvest limit
Champagne's ruling council has said houses and growers can harvest at a yield of up to 10,500kg per hectare in 2014, following a slight upturn in consumer demand.
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Acker Merrall auction house pays out to settle Koch fake wines case
Auction house Acker Merrall & Condit has agreed to pay a lump sum to billionaire wine collector Bill Koch and change its business practices in order to settle legal action over alleged counterfeit fine wines.
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Thieves face prison after $650,000 wine heist
Two men who helped themselves to $650,000-worth of wine from a US warehouse on Thanksgiving Day have pleaded guilty to several counts of theft and burglary.
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Quinta do Noval adds 2012 to list of 'eccentric' declarations
Quinta do Noval has fallen out of step with rivals to declare its 2012 Port vintage.
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Sotheby's to auction fine wine via eBay
Online auction site eBay is going more upmarket after signing a deal to partner with Sotheby's to sell a range of collector's items, including fine and rare wine.
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Penfolds owner fighting trademark battle in China
The owner of Penfolds has said it is confident of winning a legal battle to protect the wine label in China, after it emerged the group has been targeted by brand squatters in the country.
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Chateau Pichon-Lalande chief open to organic future
Chateau Pichon-Lalande's general manager, Nicolas Glumineau, says it is possible that the entire estate could be farmed organically, but more research is needed first.
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Gallo family fortune close to $10bn
The Gallo family, which owns one of the world's biggest wine producers, has been named as one of the richest familiies in the US in a new ranking by Forbes magazine.
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French Cremant de Savoie appellation moves closer to reality
Sparkling winemakers in France's Savoie region are set to join an elite club able to use the term 'Cremant' on labels, after gaining approval from officials.
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UK Government strikes deal for weaker wine in pubs
Thousands of pubs and bars across the UK have agreed to offer 'house' wine weaker than 12.5% abv, following government pressure to dissuade harmful drinking.
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Ruinart cellar chief opposes disgorgement dates on non-vintage Champagne
Dom Ruinart's chef de caves, Frederic Panaiotis, has waded into the debate on disgorgement, arguing that printing dates on bottles of non-vintage Champagne is not worth the effort.
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Burning Question: Are official vintage ratings meaningless?
Do official vintage charts tell you much about the wine in your glass? Or has new technology, combined with a heightened sense of regional variation and a dose of commercial realpolitik, rendered regional vintage ratings obsolete?
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Hail ravages vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon
Violent hailstorms have damaged thousands of hectares of vines in France's Languedoc-Roussillon, only weeks after winemakers in Burgundy and Bordeaux suffered similar deluges.
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Torbreck buys top vineyard in Barossa
Australia's Torbreck Vintners has secured long-term grape supplies for one of its top wines after buying Gnadenfrei vineyard in Barossa Valley.
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Chianti Classico council opens first wine centre
The Chianti Classico Consorzio has opened its first wine education centre aimed at tourists visiting the Italian region.
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US wine bodies pressure officials on .wine domain names
Trade bodies representing nearly 2,000 wineries in some of the best known US wine regions have taken on their own national government by backing tougher rules on who can register .wine internet domain names.
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EU wine sector funding is 'unjust', say auditors
A fund of more than €1bn to promote European Union wines around the world is not an efficient use of public money, the European Court of Auditors has warned.
