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Climate change forcing migration north: Torres
Increasingly hostile conditions associated with climate change are forcing vintners to head north, according to an internal memo from one of Spain’s largest wine producers.
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France loses share of China boom
French wine exports continue to take a beating, with the news that France’s market share is plummeting in China.
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Chateau Guiraud sells for €20m
Château Guiraud, the first growth Sauternes estate, sold for €20m (£13.8m) it emerged this week.
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EU slams distillation requests
The EU has spurned France and Italy’s demands for crisis distillation – and told the countries they simply have to produce less wine.
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Sweden’s monopoly up before the courts
Sweden’s monopoly system will be challenged in the courts later this year.
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Parker slams Medoc for ‘pride, provincial jealousies and greed’
Robert Parker has slammed the ‘aristocrats of the Medoc’ on his bulletin board for ‘pride, provincial jealousies, and greed’ in their pricing policies.
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US resolution honours Paris Tasting
Freedom fries may be old hat, but American lawmakers have found another way to badger the French.
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Aussie wine lake to drain into China
The Australian wine lake has found a new outlet: the Chinese middle class.
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Christie’s auctions hidden hoard
Christie’s auction house has just sold a treasure trove of rare Bordeaux which had been hidden for more than 60 years.
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California wine lobby elects former Fetzer Vineyards boss as new chairman
California wine’s main lobby group, the Wine Institute, has announced the election of former Fetzer Vineyards chief Paul Dolan as its chairman.
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Immigration laws threaten harvest
California grape growers are facing a harvest crisis as stepped-up US immigration enforcement limits the labour pool.
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‘Ridiculous’ Russian bureaucracy blamed for disappearing wine
Inefficient Russian bureaucrats are being blamed by international wine importers for a dearth of wine bottles in Russian restaurants and stores.
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Football fillip for German wines
The World Cup has given German wines a ‘significant boost’ in sales.
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German sales ‘at pre-1985’ levels
German wine exports sales have reached record levels with an 11% increase in sales in the last year.
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‘South of France’ promotion begins
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Liquid bomb threat: wineries and consumers get creative
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Chinese imports of European wine boom
European wine imports to China are experiencing ‘dramatic’ growth, in both quantity and value, according to a Chinese news report this week.
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Sylvaner becomes grand cru grape
The little-known Sylvaner grape can join the Pinot Gris and Riesling varietals as a grand cru, the French appellation authority INAO has ruled.
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Oregon auction aims for $1m for vineyard labourers
An Oregon Pinot Noir auction modelled on the Hospices de Beaune in Burgundy hopes to raise US$1m to provide healthcare for over 3,000 vineyard workers.
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Heavy rains plague start of 2006 Bordeaux harvest
Bordeaux producers fear recent rains will dash hopes for the ‘great’ vintage that has looked almost possible during the growing season.
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Pope named sommelier
Pope Benedict XVI has been awarded the title of honorary sommelier by the Italian Sommelier Association of Rome.
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Napa immigration law threatens labour pool
Napa Valley's US$9bn wine industry could face a ‘huge labour shortage’ if the US Congress passes a law imposing strict penalties and fines for employers of illegal immigrants.
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Mouton 45 shatters world record, twice
Two cases of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1945 smashed the same world record twice in Los Angeles last week.
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Reality TV catches up with wine
It’s always the same: you wait years for a wine reality TV show and then two come along at once.