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Gruner Veltliner crops up in CaliforniaA Napa winery has harvested what it says is the first ever commercial crop of Gruner Veltliner in California.
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Collio coins new name for Tokaji – ‘Jakot’Italian and Slovenian wine authorities in the Collio wine region have come up with a new name for their wine – Jakot – to distinguish it from Tokaji.
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Hermitage may lose famous signs as part of environmental billThe advertising signs that adorn the famous Hermitage slope may be removed as part of a new environmental heritage bill proposed by French authorities.
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Napa Train funding ‘wasteful’: senatorsAmerican senators are claiming government funding for the Napa Valley Wine Train would be ‘wasteful and silly’
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Bordeaux exports up 26%, but Alsace, Languedoc, Loire downIn a difficult economic environment, French wine exports have risen dramatically so far in 2011.
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Hail hits southern Alsace vineyardsHailstorms continue to batter French vineyards, this time in the heart of Alsatian wine country, with up to 60% damages reported in parts of Southern Alsace.
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Philippe Dhalluin of Mouton-RothschildPhilippe Dhalluin of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild talks to Decanter ahead of the Bordeaux 2010 harvest
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Burgundy tries to avoid ‘Bordeaux example’ as Asian buyers flock to BeauneThere were 30% more Asian buyers at this year’s Hospices de Beaune compared to last year, auction house Christie’s said.
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Top 2010 Bordeaux still selling ‘slowly’ say US merchantsBordeaux 2010 remains too expensive as the top-end wines continue to sell very slowly, American merchants say.
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Bordeaux 2012: Chateau Raymond Lafon not to release 2012Chateau Raymond Lafon has joined Chateau d’Yquem and Chateau Rieussec in announcing that it will not make a 2012 vintage wine.
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Hospices de Beaune auction achieves record €8m salesBurgundy’s Hospices de Beaune auction has seen sales top €8m, a record total for the third year in a row, but negociants warned the result was 'troubling' for the market.
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Burgundy split over new Cote d’Or appellation planPlans for a new Cote d'Or appellation that would have stricter production rules than the basic Burgundy AOC is threatening to cause a rift between winemakers and negociants.
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‘Crazy’ Sauternes high speed rail plans will jeopardise noble rot, says winemaker unionA proposed high speed rail line connecting Bordeaux to Spain threatens the future of winemaking in Sauternes and Barsac, the local producers' union has warned.
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Sauternes and other dessert wines legal for the Chinese marketThe International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) announced this week that Sauternes and other sweet wines can be exported to China officially.
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Bordeaux 2010: Alcohol is threatening Bordeaux style, say winemakersMerlot's alcohol levels have become so high in Bordeaux that there is a danger that regional character will be lost, top oenologists say.
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Bordeaux 2011: Record rain deficits, temperatures and sunlightBordeaux needs rain, say winemakers, as the region has seen record dryness, high temperatures and hours of sunlight so far in 2011.
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Bordeaux 2010: America baulks at 2010 pricesWith Bordeaux 2010 en primeur prices eclipsing last year's offerings, American merchants worry about the ability to sell mid-level wines whose prices are higher than ever.
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Bordeaux 2011 ‘rollercoaster’ vintage comes to an endAs the 2011 Bordeaux harvest comes to an end, oenologists describe it as a rollercoaster marked by wild fluctuatons in the weather.
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Bordeaux 2011: Sauternes surprised by ‘earliest ever’ harvestVintners in the celebrated sweet wine growing regions of Sauternes and Barsac are amazed at how early the 2011 harvest has been.
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Ripe for change
Modern and traditional styled wines co-exist on the Right Bank, and their respective advocates still squabble. But is one style longer lasting, and does it matter? By PANOS KAKAVIATOS
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Generation Game
PANOS KAKAVIATOS speaks to five family estates in Bordeaux to find out the best and worst aspects of running a family château
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Bordeaux: Pauillac’s fifth growths
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The vilification of wine in France
Fierce anti-alcohol lobbies, poor exports and falling consumption levels… Is France falling out of love with wine, asks Panos Kakaviatos
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Alsace divided by INAO ruling
The INAO’s decision to allow Alsace producers the option not to indicate grapes used for grand cru wines has divided opinion in the region.
