Still wine is the preferred alcoholic drink of the French, being the top choice of 34% of consumers. Spirits and cocktails come next (22%), followed by beer (16%), then Champagne and sparkling wines (15%), according to the latest annual SOWINE/SSI Barometer survey of French attitudes to wine.
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London-based on-trade supplier Flint Wines has added Burgundy's resurrected Domaine Launay-Horiot estate to its portfolio.
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Will Malbec and Prosecco continue to attract consumers at a break-neck pace or is that so last year? Angela Mount reports
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Tim Atkin MW weighs in on the battle over inheritance in Burgundy and how it is tough for families where some want to sell and others want to carry on the family tradition.
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In an ultra-competitive market within the buoyant category of sparkling wine, the world's most established and classic fizz tenaciously holds on to its market share. Anne Krebiehl MW reports
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A new exhibition has opened in Châteauneuf du Pape which explores the relationship between the appelation and the Avignon Papacy.
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Six UK wine lovers are being offered the chance to spend a weekend with a leading Bordelaise winemaker and learn the tricks of the trade, thanks to the Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB).
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Panos Kakaviatos reports on the Hospices de Beaune auction and the opportunities he found for Burgundy's 2014 vintage. He found 2015 may raise more headlines, but 2014 may offer better price/quality ratios.
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French wine producer Vinadeis and South Africa's Origin Wines have signed a formal strategic partnership.
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Perhaps keen not to be outdone by Bordeaux, where hopes for 2015 are already very high, Burgundy is set for one of its greatest vintages. That, at least, is the view of Thierry Budin, president of Chateau de Santenay, which owns 98 hectares of vines across fourteen appellations of Burgundy.
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Alsace winery, Domaine Zind Humbrecht has appointed Gonzalez Byass as its exclusive UK distributor.
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Winemakers are reporting an excellent Chablis vintage this year, despite potential turmoil caused by hailstorms as the harvest began.
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Geoffery Dean gets the inside scoop on this year's harvest from some of the iconic Champagne houses
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As the harvest draws to a close in Bordeaux, Gavin Quinney talks us through the early predictions and explains why the 'Bordeaux rule of five' is likely to come into play this year
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The Alsace harvest looks set to be high-quality, despite slightly lower yields, according to early reports.
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While the 2006 vintage of Veuve Clicquot's La Grande Dame does not sing quite like its much lauded 2002 counterpart, which had better structure and more depth, the latest release is another very impressive offering from the celebrated Champagne house
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Wine producers across the Rhône Valley are reporting a high-quality vintage after this year's harvest.
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Crémant de Loire producer Ackerman is set to re-establish itself in the UK market.
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Borough Wines is launching its new Shoreditch store and wine bar with an exclusive event for the press and trade.
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The D&D London restaurant group is launching its own range of wines to offer its customers.
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