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Head of Champagne Bollinger to step down

Published:  23 July, 2008

France: Ghislain de Montgolfier will be replaced by Bollinger's newly appointed md Jrme Philipon in 2008

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John Smith retires from PLB

Published:  23 July, 2008

PLB's managing director retires having been with company since its launch.

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Heat treatment tests on vines

Published:  23 July, 2008

A Chilean winery is experimenting with a machine, which blows 100C heat at 200km an hour on to the vines to control pests.

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Vinum tasting kicks off with 300 expected

Published:  23 July, 2008

Italian specialist Vinum's annual tasting has started in London's Whitehall, with around 300 visitors predicted to attend.

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Bordeaux is world's best-known wine region

Published:  23 July, 2008

A new survey has shown that Bordeaux is the best-known wine region in the world.

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Three Oceans Wine Company to target North America

Published:  23 July, 2008

Western Australia producer Palandri has teamed up with South Africa-based The Company of Wine People to set up a joint wine importing and marketing venture in North America.

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MW scholarship offered by Yalumba

Published:  23 July, 2008

MW students given the chance to win a trip to Australia

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Thierry Cabanne dies in car crash

Published:  23 July, 2008

Founder and chairman of Thierry's Wine Services, Thierry Cabanne, died in a car accident in the early hours of yesterday morning

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New tracking scheme for Aussie shipments

Published:  23 July, 2008

Wine and Spirit companies have successfully trialled use of a unique identifier number to track and trace products moving between the UK and Australia.

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Italian police tackle wine fraud

Published:  23 July, 2008

Italian military police have qualified as sommeliers to sniff out wine fraud.

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London's diners pay highest prices

Published:  23 July, 2008

UK: London is most expensive city in the world for dining out

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Tesco launches autumn wine promotion

Published:  23 July, 2008

UK: Tesco's autumn wine festival has wine discounts of up to 50%

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Government health campaign to be announced

Published:  23 July, 2008

UK: Health secretary, Alan Johnson, is today announce a series of measures today that will improve the nation's health, including alcohol use, from the "womb to the tomb".

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New law lets Uluru tourists drink alcohol

Published:  23 July, 2008

Tourists to Uluru and other Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory will be allowed to drink alcohol, following the Australian government's controversial amendment to a new law.

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South African exports up

Published:  23 July, 2008

South African wine sales in the UK, its biggest market, are up more than 2% on last year, but still well below the 10% total global export growth for the first half 2007.

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EU saves the pint

Published:  23 July, 2008

Pints have been saved, with the European Commission set to confirm it will continue to allow the UK to use imperial measurements.

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Gerard Basset opens new hotel

Published:  23 July, 2008

UK: Basset opens Hotel TerraVina in the New Forest

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Scottish smoking ban improves public health

Published:  23 July, 2008

UK: Year on year hospital admissions down

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Aluminium bottle tests the mettle

Published:  23 July, 2008

In another move toward environmentally friendly wines, an Australian company has produced a range of aluminium-bottled wines.

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Record Australian wine exports

Published:  23 July, 2008

Australian wine exports set new records, rising 8% by value and 9% by volume in the year ending August 31.

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