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Sparkling wine sales soar in UK
Sparkling wine sales in the UK have grown exponentially in recent years, outpacing Champagne in volume growth, a recent report has shown.
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Climens owner new head of Sauternes and Barsac group
Berenice Lurton has been elected the new president of the Sauternes and Barsac Crus Classes, it was announced today.
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St Pierre released by China customs
Don St Pierre Jr, manager of ASC Fine Wines in Shanghai, has been released following a three-week detention by Chinese customs.
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Yquem sales break records
Sotheby's and Fine & Rare Wines in London have both broken their own records with recent sales of Chateau d'Yquem.
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Bollinger and Taittinger spark up old Bond rivalry
Champagne Bollinger has been shaken – but not stirred – by the rekindling of an old rivalry with Champagne Taittinger
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Bonhams: first for Hong Kong
Bonhams has held its first ever wine auction in Hong Kong.
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Bordeaux 2007: Parker slams with faint praise
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Parker: I enjoy cheap wine as much as you do
Influential US wine critic Robert Parker has revealed he enjoys a $15 (£7) wine just as much as anyone else.
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Languedoc-Roussillon to open showroom in London
France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region is opening a retail showroom in London.
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Chapoutier goes to Champagne
Veteran Rhone winemaker Michel Chapoutier is planning to make Champagne in the Côtes des Bar region of southern Champagne.
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London welfare-to-work programme highlights South African wine
A London restaurant with a welfare-to-work training programme will highlight wine as part of the trainees’ curriculum in South Africa.
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Macau scraps wine tax
In a bid to become a dominant player in the regional fine wine market, Macau has eliminated its 15% tax on wine.
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Errazuriz reduces bottle weight
Chile’s Vina Errazuriz is moving its core range of wines to lightweight bottles in order to reduce energy consumption in production and transportation.
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Boston auction house sets record for DRC, Screaming Eagle
Boston-based auctioneer Skinner – a newcomer to wine – has set world records for a Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Screaming Eagle and Harlan Estate.
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South African wine auctions feel fiscal pinch
The results of two annual high profile auctions of South African wine reflect economic and political uncertainties.
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Wine tourism highlighted on TripAdvisor
Wine tourism is getting more and more popular according to global travel website TripAdvisor.
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Christie’s previews Hospices de Beaune wines
As Christie’s prepares to launch the annual Hospices de Beaune wine sale, the London-based auctioneer has released its impressions of the 2008 vintage.
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Ornellaia’s Masseto: first Italian wine to be sold through the Place de Bordeaux
Tenuta dell’Ornellaia is to offer its Masseto wine through the Place de Bordeaux.
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Depardieu: Biodynamics ‘doesn’t exist’
French actor-winemaker-restaurateur Gerard Depardieu disdains biodynamics, Jamie Oliver and 'bullshit industrial wines'.
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Premier cru cousins interviewed together for first time
Opus One narrowly escaped being named after a San Francisco gay bar, and Baron Eric de Rothschild feels 'like a movie star' at tastings.
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Majestic manager named Young Wine Writer 2008
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Fischer Boel: no more Aussie champagne but reverse osmosis OK
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Tokaji has starring role in Dean Spanley
Tokaji plays a prominent role in Dean Spanley, a feature film starring Peter O’Toole, Sam Neill, Judy Parfitt and Art Malik.
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For sale: Latour, Margaux and Mouton hidden from Nazis
UK auctioneer Bonhams is selling 1920s bottles of Latour, Margaux, Mouton Rothschild and Ausone that were hidden in a bricked-up cellar in Guernsey during the Second World War.
