A number of big reforms to the Bordeaux wine region were voted through at last week's general assembly of the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) - including the establishment of a vin de pays category for the region.
Read more...Having made headlines last year for its alliance with Thresher Group, Lay & Wheeler has teamed up with another unlikely partner - The Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.
Read more...At the request of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), Comit Vins, the European trade association for wine, has sought legal advice that provides clarification on the EU Directive on Allergens (D 2003/89/EC), which comes into effect on 25 November 2005.
Read more...Chilean winery Cono Sur has launched a new on-trade exclusive range in conjunction with Novum Wines, the wine company set up by former Oddbins buyer Steve Daniel.
Read more...It has become a truism that the wine trade can't organise a knees-up in a winery.
Read more...As Italians begin muttering about abandoning the euro, news comes that the crisis in the wine sector is deepening. In May 2005, according to statistical researchers ISMEA, prices for wines at source fell 2.4%.
Read more...Hennessy Cognac is launching a series of workshops, or 'Friday Tonics', in key institutions around London in an effort to educate new consumers about Cognac.
Read more...Champagne GH Mumm launched its long-awaited NV Grand Cru cuve onto the UK market at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's in London on 10 June.
Read more...astel Frres has appointed Anne Burchett, the former UK head of Loire giant Vinival, to the new role of managing director for Castel UK.
Read more...Happily we have not had to wait as long for an English translation of the German Wine Bible' as John Wycliffe and his followers had to wait for an English version of the Gospel.
Read more...The newly unified Consorzio Chianti Classico released the results of its Project 2000 viticultural study last week and also launched its new logo and UK marketing campaign.
Read more...George Fistonich, founder and managing director of New Zealand's Villa Maria Group, has received one of his country's highest honours by being made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Read more...Rogue traders are decimating the businesses of legitimate licensed wholesalers and cash and carries, according to the chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD), Rodney Hunt.
Read more...Wine-by-the-case specialist Majestic Wine has posted another year of record pre-tax profits - up 23.9% to 13.2 million.
Read more...Lynne Coyle, the last member of the pioneering team of buyers who between them made Oddbins the most exciting of the multiple specialists during the nineties, has quit the retailer.
Read more...Sicilian producer Firriato is to be reunited with Australian flying winemaker Kym Milne MW after PLB snapped up the agency from current UK importer - and Milne's former employer - Italvini (part of WaverleyTBS).
Read more...Anjou-Saumur extends from 60km west of Angers to 15km east of Saumur, from Durtal in the north to Thouars in the south. Touraine abuts Anjou-Saumur in the west and reaches Blois in the north-east, Saint-Aignan in the south-east. Together they include 39 appellations, ranging in degree of familiarity from Vouvray to Cour-Cheverny.
Read more...In the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision on direct sales between wine producers and consumers (see Harpers, 20 May), the focus of activity has shifted to individual state legislatures.
Read more...The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) begins moving to its new home, the International Wine & Spirit Centre, on 10 June.
Read more...The 2005 Geoffrey Roberts Award, an annual international travel bursary worth 3,000 (US$6,000) and named after the UK's New World wine pioneer, has been won by Mary Taylor of New Zealand.
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