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Wine lover’s guide to the Languedoc
Home to outstanding food and wine, this southern French region offers tourists a wealth of options...
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Toro wine top buys: 30 to try
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Older vines, better wines?
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Comment: MW’s warning to the wine trade
'Ditch the pinstripes' is the battle cry of Natasha Hughes MW...
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Prosecco to become DOCG
The current Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadine DOC zone will become a DOCG from the 2009 vintage onwards.
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Sake sales double in UK
Sales of sake in the UK have more than doubled in the past two years and are now worth well over £2m per annum.
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Common wine ‘flaws’ and wine faults – a guide
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Throw away the guide book:ask the locals
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LVMH in discussions to sell Pommery
LVMH, owner of luxury Champagne marques Dom Perignon, Krug, Veuve Clicquot and Moet & Chandon, is to sell its Pommery brand.
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Mondavi to sell Central Coast vineyards
California's Robert Mondavi Corp has put 405 hectares (ha) of its Central Coast vineyards on the market.
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Bordeaux wine for World Cup
In its first move into sports sponsorship, Maison Sichel is to supply the South Korean World Cup events with red wine.
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Lanson Awards cancelled
The 2005 Prix du Champagne Lanson has been cancelled, the UK’s wine writers were told late last week.
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Tutankhamen drank red wine: proof
Red wine was cultivated and consumed nearly 3,500 years ago - and Tutankhamen took it with him on his journey to the afterlife, a team of Spanish scientists has conclusively proved.
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International Screwcap Initiative founded
The New Zealand Screwcap Initiative is going global - and they are now training their sights on the world's red wines.
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Robert Carrier dies at 82
Acclaimed TV chef, cookbook writer and restaurateur Robert Carrier has died aged 82.
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Conran Restaurants in management buyout
Restaurateur Sir Terence Conran has given up day-to-day management of the Conran Restaurant group.
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Top French producers gun for screwcap
France’s top wine producers are putting their weight behind screwcap closures.
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Brett may be caused by new oak
New oak barrels may be responsible for brettanomyces, consultant winemaker Matt Thomson has said.
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Julian Chivite bodega gets top classification
Bodegas Julian Chivite’s Señorío de Arinzano vineyard has just been awarded Pago status, Spain’s highest level of classification.
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Ruinart drops Sommelier of the Year
Champagne Ruinart has dropped its sponsorship of the Sommelier of the Year competition.
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EXCLUSIVE: IWSC joins Drinks Business
The International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) has just announced a partnership with trade publication the Drinks Business.
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Heston Blumenthal to open London restaurant
Internationally renowned chef Heston Blumenthal is to open his first London restaurant in autumn 2010.
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River Cafe founder Rose Gray dies
Rose Gray, co-founder of London's iconic River Cafe restaurant, has died at the age of 71 after a long battle with cancer.
