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Boisset joins screwcap ranks
Burgundian négociant Jean-Claude Boisset will be using screwcap instead of cork closures for 2500 bottles of three top red appellations.
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Bitter war of words breaks out over Hospices
A bitter row has broken out between the Hospices de Beaune and Burgundy negociants over the unnaturally low prices fetched at the weekend’s auction.
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Bordeaux boffin solves geosmin conundrum
A young Bordeaux scientist has discovered the cause of geosmin, a compound that gives a musty flavour that has bedevilled winemaking for several years.