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Capital Bordeaux Investments director gets 11 year ban
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Loire producer faces jail for protest labels
A small Loire producer of natural wines faces two years in jail or a hefty fine for labelling his wines wrongly.
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Quarts de Chaume to become Loire Valley’s first Grand Cru
Quarts de Chaume in Anjou is awaiting ministerial approval to become the Loire's first Grand Cru.
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InterLoire ‘bureaucratic’ and misuses funds: Chidaine
François Chidaine, a leading figure in Loire viticulture, has resigned from InterLoire’s executive claiming the organisation is incompetent and bureaucratic.
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Fury and charges of ‘egotism’ as Loire’s Baumard challenges Grand Cru
Loire producer Domaine des Baumard has provoked fury by challenging the new Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru appellation in France's Supreme Court.
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Loire 2013 harvest ‘difficult and complicated’
Many producers in the Loire will be crossing their fingers for next year after a ‘difficult and complicated’ 2013 harvest, but there could still be some attractive wines.
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Loire winemaker faces fine for defying appellation body
Prosecutors in France's Loire region have asked for a local winemaker to be fined for allegedly tricking consumers by wrongly linking his vin de table to the appellation controlee system.
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Loire winemakers win Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru battle
France's highest court has quashed opposition to the creation of a Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru in the Loire, and producers hope it could prove a blueprint for the region.
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Rebel Loire Valley winemaker fined two euros
A Loire Valley winemaker who disobeyed France's appellation system has escaped with only a token fine, in what his lawyer described as a 'slap in the face' for officials.
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Biodynamic winemaker Joly to cut ties with Loire body
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Bordeaux Fine Wines Ltd put into provisional liquidation
UK-based wine investment company Bordeaux Fine Wines Ltd has been put into provisional liquidation in the public interest.
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Low Bordeaux en primeur sales sink UK merchant
Weaker consumer demand for Bordeaux en primeur wines from recent vintages has forced UK-based merchant En Primeur Ltd into liquidation, with an estimated deficit running into six figures.
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Wine fraud: Ex-director guilty of million pound con
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Champagne lawyers accuse critic ‘Champagne Jayne’ of trademark infringement
The wine critic and educator known as Champagne Jayne is due in court later this month after France’s Champagne trade body accused her of misleading the public.
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Critic ‘Champagne Jayne’ facing fresh court battle over name
A trademark dispute between France's Champagne trade body and the critic known as 'Champagne Jayne' is set to return to court after the two failed to agree a settlement.
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The heat is on
Would you buy a £230 bottle of champagne that's been left under hot lights at 22c? Jim Budd woudln't. He finds leading retailers selling wine at well above the recommended temperatures.
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Red Sancerre
By changing its dominant grape from Pinot Noir to Sauvignon Blanc the famed Loire AC made its fortune. But the future looks red again, says Jim Budd
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How to buy En Primeur
2009 may be a great vintage, but before handing over your money, says jim budd, ask yourself if your merchant’s offer is too good to be true
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£1.8m of Bordeaux disappears
£1.8m worth of 2000 Bordeaux has gone missing leaving the director of a UK fine wine broking company with massive debts.
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Franco-Chilean Altair to be launched at en primeur
St Emilion grand cru Château Dassault, Chilean wine giant San Pedro and consultant Pascal Chatonnet are set to release their new Chilean wine.
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Decanter clinches guilty verdict for whisky conman [updated 25/05/04]
Whisky investment fraudster Stephen Jupe has been found guilty on three counts of fraudulent trading at Southwark Crown Court at the end of a two-and-half month trial.
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Langton’s warns against dodgy brokers
Australia’s leading wine auctioneers has issued a warning to its clients against unscrupulous wine investment brokers.
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UK government axes investment fraud company
The UK government’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has closed a fraudulent wine investment company worth £1m.
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South Africa production to overtake Germany, Portugal, Chile
By 2008 South Africa will have overtaken Germany, Portugal and Chile in the rankings of the world’s wine producing countries.
