Les Caves de Pryene held a dedicated Loire tasting this week "to show the incredible diversity of the region and its vintage variation". It was also a timely reminder that the latest in its growing number of natural wine bars, the Green Man and French Horn in London's St Martin's Lane is dedicated to the food and wine of the Loire.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade openings this autumn.
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France's third biggest wine group, AdVini, has appointed Phil Priest as its new UK trading director.
Read more...Beaujolais is predicting a lower than average harvest for the 2012 vintage after repeated hail storms.
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As September looms, the wine industry in the northern hemisphere is keeping an anxious eye on its crops, with many having experienced unusual weather conditions earlier this year.
Read more...Find out more about all the latest on-trade events for August and September.
Read more...Chablis producers are predicting the harvest could be down by around 20%, thanks to bad weather earlier in the growing season.
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When La Revue de Vin de Fance, the esteemed French wine magazine, gave Foncalieu one of its coveted annual awards in Paris in January, the wine world sat up and took note. Les Vignobles Foncalieu, to give them their full name, was crowned French co-operative of the year, following in the footsteps of La Chablisienne in Chablis and Embres et Castelmaure in Corbieres. Twenty years after its formation as a union of co-operatives, the Languedoc-centred Foncalieu had won a most notable accolade.
Sancerre leapt ahead as the top appellation at the ninth Concours des Vins de Bourges, winning a total of 12 gold medals.
Read more...Inter Beaujolais will focus on white Beaujolais and older vintages at its trade and press tasting on June 26.
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The events as they happen on day two of the London International Wine Fair at ExCel.
Quality over quantity, celebrating wholesomeness, cutting down on oak and alcohol content, seeking out cooler climates and reintroducing regional varieties are just some of the trends in wine identified by Jancis Robinson MW.
Read more...Free Run Wines is launching its own French wine brand - Les Calades - to plug what it sees as a gap in the market.
A five-bolt lock pins the rust-coloured door to the hillside. Trees sprout above, just in leaf, their roots wrapping around, but unable to enter. Beneath, Dimitri Bre?evi?'s winery unravels, church-like in its proportions, verdegris mottling concrete walls and blood of Christ soundlessly maturing. Mightily built, this cavern was conceived as a water tank in 1928, converted for war shelter in the early 90s, and, just months ago, recognised as actually here by cartographers and authorities...
Read more...Oddbins, the 35-strong high street wine retailer, has selected seven wines that "sum up" each of the mayoral candidates.
Read more...Despite assurances to the contrary, Château Latour's withdrawal from the en primeur system could be bad for business and threaten the traditional Bordeaux marketplace.
Read more...Southern French co-operative Les Vignobles de Foncalieu is witnessing a move to their own branded wines, above own label.
Read more...Stratford's Wine Agencies' move back towards Old World wines and away from its New World stronghold has paid off, says managing director Paul Stratford.
Read more...French wine brands should take a leaf out of the soft drinks or confectionery categories' books by thinking about what the consumer wants.
Read more...Anne Krebiehl headed to a seminar tasting with Château Margaux managing director and winemaker Paul Pontallier.
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