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Lightest wine bottle launched in UK
The world's lightest wine bottle will hit the shelves in UK supermarket Tesco this week.
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Spanish wine magazine Sibaritas folds, Guía Peñin to go online
Sibaritas, the Spanish consumer wine magazine edited by José Peñin, has suspended publication after 18 years.
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‘Cornerstone’ of BBR Anthony Berry dies
The flag at the 300-year-old headquarters of Berry Bros and Rudd flew at half mast yesterday in honour of the death, aged 94, of Anthony Berry, former chairman of the London wine merchant.
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Gerard Basset MW appointed Regional Chair at the Decanter World Wine Awards
Gerard Basset MW has been appointed chairman of the Regional France panel at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2010.
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Dealcoholised wine launched to combat alcohol abuse
A new dealcoholised wine has been launched onto the Italian market, in an effort to combat alcohol abuse.
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Wine isn’t fattening for women, study finds
Moderate female drinkers are less likely to gain weight than those who drink mineral water, according to a new study.
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BLOG: Opening night at Bar Pepito, London’s first Sherry bar
It’s a drizzly Thursday night, but inside Bar Pepito it’s as hot as pimiento.
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BLOG: Wine and classical music matching with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Last week I was invited to an event hosted by New Zealand producer Villa Maria and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. They wanted to explore the relationship between wine and music.
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California crisis means great value for the consumer: Beringer
The crisis in California is a great opportunity for consumers, US winemaker Mark Beringer has said.
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Bruce Tyrrell: Great Australian vineyards will outlast grubbing-up phase
Hunter Valley winemaker Bruce Tyrrell has spoken out about the grape oversupply crisis in Australia.
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Texture to open second restaurant
The duo behind Texture, the Michelin-starred restaurant in London’s Portman Square, are to open a sister restaurant in early June.
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Mondavi: Many California wineries will be sold under duress
Former Mondavi CEO Michael Mondavi has admitted that a large number of non-profitable California wineries will change hands ‘under duress’ this year.
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Galvin La Chapelle scoops top Tatler award
Galvin La Chapelle in London's Shoreditch scooped the Restaurant of the Year award last night at the Tatler Laurent-Perrier Restaurant Awards 2010.
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Lancashire pub launches UK’s first all-English wine list
A Lancashire pub has launched the first all-English wine list in the UK.
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BLOG: review of Hotel Viura, Rioja’s first boutique hotel
Rioja had been a byword for avant-garde architecture before Frank Gehry built his hotel at Marqués de Riscal in 2006.
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Ultra-cheap wine mooted for UK store
UK supermarket chain 99p Stores’ plans to sell wine for 99p a bottle, to the dismay of some alcohol awareness professionals.
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UK Government spends £18,000 on wine since election
The UK Government has spent nearly £18,000 on wine since the General Election, leading to calls for the entire collection to be sold off.
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Butlins launches fine wine list
UK budget holiday company Butlins has launched its first fine wine list.
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Australia banned from using Champagne, Sherry and Port on labels
Australian winemakers have been banned from using the words Champagne, Port and Sherry on their labels under a major EU deal.
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Gonzalez Byass rare and old Sherry tasting, straight from the barrel
It's mid afternoon and I'm being led into a secret part of the Gonzalez Byass cellars in Jerez by winemaker Antonio Flores.
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Ferran Adria of El Bulli: I’m tired of being a commercial chef
Renowned El Bulli chef Ferran Adrià is tired of working as a commercial chef, he has admitted.
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Domaine de Chevalier’s Olivier Bernard plots new project
Olivier Bernard, head of renowned Graves property Domaine de Chevalier, has bought a number of plots in Pessac-Léognan to be used in a new wine project.
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Collectors’ News: September 2010 issue
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My Passion for Wine – Phillip Schofield
TV’s ‘silver fox’ couldn’t be more serious about wine, as Lucy Shaw discovers on a tour of not one, but two cellars at his country home
