EU and US sign controversial wine accord
EU and US representatives have signed a controversial agreement on winemaking practices and wine labelling between the two regions.
EU and US representatives have signed a controversial agreement on winemaking practices and wine labelling between the two regions.
The endemic violence which has afflicted the south of France has now spread to the Aude region as winemakers stormed a major Bordeaux négociant based in the area.
Disenchanted winemakers attacked police vehicles, wine tankers and négociants yesterday in a further attempt to elicit financial help from the government.
Bombings, vandalism and arson have returned to southern France with the CRAV reviving its activities following last month’s winemakers’ demonstrations.
Thousands of militant winemakers are expected to descend on southern French towns tomorrow in a bid gain more government support.
Chateau Montrose looks set to be sold, decanter.com has learned.
Three heads of the Bordeaux wine industry have written an open letter to the French wine community in a bid to end the ‘stigmatisation’ of the region.
Ageing French rocker Johnny Hallyday is to join the ever-growing group of celebrities with their names on bottles of wine.
To some, it will be like saying Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were out of step. But new research has revealed that cheese and wine do not make the perfect pair.
An angry group of Bordeaux winemakers heaped a tonne of manure outside a wine broker’s office yesterday, in protest at his commercial activities.
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is continuing his quest for an Italian vineyard despite an unsuccessful offer for Castello Banfi.
Enotria, London’s original Italian wine importer, has been sold for £8.2m, it emerged earlier this week.
Robert Joseph has resigned as chairman of the International Wine Challenge.
Lanson looks set to be taken over by fellow Champagne house Boizel Chanoine Champagne after two potential buyers pulled out of talks earlier this week.
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The Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur union has voted to stop its members using the words Bordeaux or Bordeaux Supérieur on its wines.
Three people were injured and around 100,000 litres wine destroyed when militant winemakers descended on Sète and Montpellier in the early hours on Tuesday.
French wine professionals are up in arms over the government’s proposal to put cigarette-style health warnings on bottles of wine.
Pop diva Christina Aguilera is a big fan of ‘big Cabernet’ – so she took over ultra-exclusive Staglin Family Vineyard for her wedding.
In a bid to halt spiralling prices a Bordeaux union is set to stop its members using the word Bordeaux or Bordeaux Supérieur on its wines.
Clarence Dillon Wines, the company behind Bordeaux first-growth Château Haut-Brion, is launching a new range of premium Bordeaux wines.
Wine writer and Decanter columnist Andrew Jefford has been named wine writer of the year at the biennial World Food Media Awards.
Francis Ford Coppola is set to buy Sonoma County’s Geyserville winery from Australian drinks giant Foster’s.
Thousands of marauding racoons, descendents of animals released by Hermann Goering, have overrun vineyards in central Germany.
French customs is being accused of helping itself to more than 200,000 bottles of wine seized during a fraud investigation.
The controversial wine documentary Mondovino is still inciting strong opinions a year since its release in French cinemas.
The 2001 Château d’Yquem vintage was released to Bordeaux négociants this afternoon.
The world’s largest wine company, Constellation Brands, has launched a hostile takeover bid for the Canadian-based Vincor International.
California is set for a ‘spectacular’ vintage despite unseasonal weather, according to winemakers in the region.
Police used teargas last week on rampaging Burgundian winemakers demonstrating against government-imposed cuts on wine yields.