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Port houses declare 2007 vintage
Several Port houses, including the Symington and Sogrape brands as well as Niepoort, have declared the 2007 vintage. Others are expected to follow.
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Sauvignon blanc could ‘kill’ our industry, warns Moet New Zealand boss
Sauvignon Blanc could ‘kill’ the New Zealand wine industry, a new study says.
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$14 Riesling on top in New York contest
A $14 Riesling from New York's Finger Lakes has won the top award at the New York Wine & Food Classic competition.
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Cabernet Sauvignon may have Greek roots
Cabernet Sauvignon is a direct descendant of an obscure Greek wine grape known as Volitsa, a new book suggests.
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Sir James Galway – My passion for wine
The man with the golden flute tells MAGGIE ROSEN how he managed to amass a cellar full of top Bordeaux reds, almost without realising it
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Montes heads into Argentina
Premium Chilean winemaker Aurelio Montes has started a new operation in Mendoza, Argentina.
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Champagne house launches ‘6 grape’ cuvee
Champagne Moutard is about to release the first blend of all six permitted Champagne grape varieties for over 100 years.
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Gallo to launch French wine in America
California-based E&J Gallo is planning to launch a new French wine named Red Bicyclette, destined for the American market this summer.
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Sober sailors protest drink-sail ban
Yachtsmen around the UK are furious their civil liberties are being curtailed by the introduction of drink-sailing laws.
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Burgundy smells to go on the web
The smell of Burgundy will soon be available on the internet and via CD with a new project piloted by the Burgundy trade body.
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Machiavelli family home becomes luxury hotel and winery
Niccolò Machiavelli’s Villa in Tuscany has opened its doors to those with the ends and means to afford it.
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Top wines and top chocolatiers go for perfect blend
Cult Austrian sweet-wine producers Alois Kracher, and venerable Paris wine merchant Caves de Taillevent have hand-picked chocolatiers to create chocolates of their premium wines.
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New AoC rolled out to chocolates
At last, the UK's chocolerati have their own establishment: the Academy of Chocolate (AoC).
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The ‘fifth taste’ continues to intrigue and confound experts
It describes Parmesan cheese, Marmite, ketchup and Cheesy Wotsits but, it seems, food experts are still at a loss as to what makes something ‘umami’.
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Wine tasting: only $16.5k a ticket
In what must be the last word in conspicuous consumption, 35 people have paid US$16,500 each to taste their way through wines with an average bottle price of US$2000.
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BBR buys Mistral Wines CORRECTION
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Sutcliffe wins top French honour
Serena Sutcliffe MW has been named a Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur in recognition of her contribution to the appreciation of French wine.
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Paris town hall cellar to be sold
The Mayor of Paris is selling 4,000 bottles of wine and spirits owned by the City of Paris – many amassed during Jacques Chirac’s lavish two-decade reign in the town hall.
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Marqués de Riscal to open City of Wine
Rioja pioneer Marqués de Riscal will open its long-anticipated City of Wine cultural centre on 1 September.
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Entire Penfolds Grange range in online auction
Over one thousand lots of Penfolds wines dating back to the early 1950s are up for auction on the internet.
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Move over Sideways, it’s A Good Year
A new wine-themed feature film, starring Russell Crowe and Albert Finney, is scheduled to open in the UK on October 27.
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Major UK distributor Western Wines to close
UK agency, importer and wholesaler Western Wines, owned by US-based Constellation Brands, will cease trading at the beginning of October.
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APCOR devises cork quiz
APCOR, the association of Portuguese cork producers, has devised an online certification course to increase awareness of the characteristics of real cork.
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Land up for grabs in Argentina
An Argentinian wine company is offering subdivided plots from 800ha of prime vineyard land in Mendoza.
