EU regulations that allow En Primeur buyers to return their wine and demand a refund are under review and may be changed.
Jim Budd
Cellaret customers may lose Bordeaux 2005
Customers who bought Bordeaux 2005 en primeur from collapsed wine merchant the Cellaret, still do not know whether they will get their wine.
London wine merchant Cellaret collapses
London fine wine merchant The Cellaret will be put into liquidation next week.
ANZ takes over Evans & Tate
ANZ Bank is to take a majority stake in struggling Australian wine producer Evans & Tate.
Evans & Tate reject Yarraman bid
The board of Australian winery Evans & Tate today rejected the Yarraman Winery merger bid.
Decision near in Evans & Tate-Yarraman takeover
Two months after Yarraman Winery first launched its bid to take over Evans & Tate a decision appears finally in sight.
Yarraman rejects Evans & Tate bid
Australian wine group Evans & Tate has today turned down the takeover bid from Yarraman Winery.
Evans & Tate-Yarraman takeover sparks intense interest
Australian wine industry-watchers are waiting with increasing interest to see if Yarraman’s multi-million dollar bid for Evans & Tate succeeds.
Audacious multimillion pound wine fraud targetted US doctors
Two UK company directors have been disqualified for 15 years for their part in an ingenious £80m wine and spirit investment scam targeting American doctors.
Uvine directors bid for collapsed company
Two parties have emerged as favourites in the competition to take over collapsed wine fund Uvine – including the company’s three directors.
Prosecution possible for Uvine directors
There may be criminal prosecutions following the collapse of Uvine in September.
‘Criminal conduct’ at Uvine suspected
Investigators into the Uvine collapse suspect criminal conduct, decanter.com has learned.
Uvine collapses with £2m debt
The wine exchange Uvine is in the hands of administrators with debts believed to be in the region of £2m.
Is your wine safe?
Following the collapse of Mayfair Cellars amid claims of fraud, collectors are concerned about how their wine is stored. Jim budd looks into what went wrong at Mayfair and asks…
Mayfair Cellars: creditors uncertain of fortunes
Customers of the collapsed wine merchant Mayfair Cellars are facing mixed fortunes as further issues come to light.
Finance director looted Mayfair Cellars [updated 13 July]
The finance director of collapsed Mayfair Cellars systematically looted nearly £1m of customers’ wines, passing the money he made onto his partner, an official report says.
Top Loire wines go into screwcap
One of the best estates in the Loire has sent shockwaves through the wine establishment by moving its entire production to screwcap.
Government U turn infuriates pensions industry
See slso The decanter.com guide to wine and Sipps In his pre-budget statement in the House of Commons yesterday the Chancellor Gordon Brown appears to have slammed the door on…
SIPPs FAQs
General questions What exactly is a SIPP? What is A-Day? What is pensions simplification? What will simplification mean for me as an ordinary person? What are some of the main…
The decanter.com guide to wine and Sipps
by Jim Budd Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and his team have taken the pensions industry - and the wine industry - by surprise with a U-turn on pensions…
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.
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.
Langton’s warns against dodgy brokers
Australia’s leading wine auctioneers has issued a warning to its clients against unscrupulous wine investment brokers.
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.
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.
Regional Profile – Anjou Samur, Loire
One of the Loire’s most diverse regions, Anjou-Saumur offers wines in a wide range of styles, the greatest being reds from Cabernet Franc and sweet whites from Chenin Blanc. JIM…
£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.
Self improvement
When asked to list the great whites of the world, few would include Soave, but as JIM BUDD reports, sights here are firmly fixed on raising the quality bar
Full Steen ahead
Chenin Blanc has always been South Africa’s workhorse grape, but now producers are focusing on its quality. JIM BUDD investigates It was my last visit before heading back home. I…