When the Bordeaux growers admitted over recent years that they were in crisis, the Sauternes producers must have given a wry smile. They have always been in crisis, fashioning a wine that is universally admired but rarely purchased.
Read more...Hybrid grape Baco Blanc (Baco 22A) can continue to be used in Armagnac production after an INAO ruling.
Read more...Floridita has been named Best New Bar at the London Club and Bar Awards.
Read more...Washington State's king of Merlot' has taken a swipe at the poor-quality Californian Merlot which he believes
has resulted in the damning reference in the film Sideways.
Washington State got its strategy wrong last time it tried to break into the UK market, according to the returning executive director, Steve Burns, but it is back to try again.
Read more...One of Italy's top architects is designing Piero and Lodovico Antinori's Maremma joint venture, Tenuta Campo di Sasso.
Read more...Industry watchdog The Portman Group has found a drinks company in breach of its code. Hot Shotz and Absinthe, produced by Pioneer International Drinks, were both found to be in breach.
Read more...Oak's long association with wine is a remarkably enduring one, based on the serendipitous discovery that the two complement each other rather well.
Read more...The bank that saved Lanson International from insolvency last year, Caisse d'Epargne, has signalled that it is willing to sell its 44% stake in the company - while speculation remains that the Mora family, which owns the rest of Lanson's capital, would also be prepared to sell.
Read more...Percy Fox wine development manager Carmel Kilcline has become the latest woman to join the ranks of the Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW).
Read more...In a recent ministerial meeting, the Italian government has requested EU permission and subsequent funding to distil 3-4 million hectolitres of table wine.
Read more...With the exception of sun-loving categories such as Champagne, Pimm's and lager, the drinks trade has traditionally waited until the run-up to Christmas before launching into a frenzy of marketing and promotional activity. Although, arguably, this pattern is less true for wine brands than spirits - with ros being, obviously, far more of a summer drink than Scotch or Bailey's - most brand owners still have concentrated on the crucial November/December bi-month for their big promotional pushes. A few brands and generics might have made an appearance on the County Show circuit or at the odd classical music concert, but major summer campaigns from wine's big players have been the exception rather than the rule.
Read more...What was the starting point for the business?
It's always tempting to look at people's lives and think, what if? In the case of Joseph Berkmann, what if he had completed his schooling, gone to university, and become - what? The sort of Mercedes-driving Austrian plutocrat who roars up behind you on the motorway, headlights flashing? Probably not; but it's impossible to guess, because the event that changed the course of his life also changed Austria and the world: it was
the Anschluss.
A UK wine trade delegation will travel to Italy later this year to try and convince regional representatives to back a generic Italian marketing campaign.
Read more...On 5 July, Pascal Chaux, the state prosecutor at the Tribune de Grand Instance at Chlons-en-Champagne, announced that three of the leading officials of Mancy co-operative Champagne Esterlin were under investigation for massive fraud'.
Read more...On 5 July, Pascal Chaux, the state prosecutor at the Tribune de Grand Instance at Chlons-en-Champagne, announced that three of the leading officials of Mancy co-operative Champagne Esterlin were under investigation for massive fraud'.
Read more...Georges Blanck (43), who joined Mot & Chandon in 1992 as a consultant oenologist and succeeded Dominique Foulon as chef de caves in 2001, will be moving on to pastures new as head of sustainable development for the large Champagne house.
Read more...What does the future hold for Champagne? Despite record shipments worldwide, many of the region's sharpest minds think that the high point of success has been reached, and that a downturn may be inevitable.
Read more...Hill & Knowlton is the new PR and press office for the Hardys range. The PR team will handle consumer and trade press enquiries for the entire Hardys portfolio.
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