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Published: 02 March, 2018
French wines rank third in the UK off-trade in terms of value sales by country of origin (Nielsen, off-trade MAT to December 12, 2017), and fourth in terms of volume, with only New Zealand commanding a higher average price per bottle sold, at £8.80 versus £9.50 respectively.
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Published: 26 February, 2018
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Published: 21 February, 2018
Provence has long established itself as the darling of rosé of production – pale, pink, dry, with quaffable delicate fruits and a commercially-proven track record which has seen its flagship style imitated by most pink-producing regions across the world.
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Published: 21 February, 2018
French winemakers are up in arms over the French government’s plan to curb excessive alcohol consumption, which may lead to health warnings on wine bottles.
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Published: 19 February, 2018
The CIVB has issued a call out to all UK indie merchants to enter their favourite Bordeaux wines for judging in the annual Everyday Bordeaux Selection competition.
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Published: 09 February, 2018
The official Bordeaux wine body has announced a number of initiatives lined up for the UK for 2018, including an official Bordeaux Wine Month to run in UK independents throughout the month of June.
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Published: 07 February, 2018
CA Grand Crus has appointed Stéphane Charreyron as commercial director of Château de Santenay.
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Published: 29 January, 2018
Two stalwarts of the French wine industry have been elected as co-presidents of the BVIB, the Burgundy Wine Board.
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Published: 24 January, 2018
Burgundy producer Domaine Jessiaume has revealed it is gearing up to enter the UK market for the first time.
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Published: 22 January, 2018
It can be a double-edged sword being a French winemaker.
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Published: 16 January, 2018
A war over planting rights is being waged in France, where Champagne growers want to severely limit new plantings of vines by rival growers in areas surrounding Champagne’s production zone.
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Published: 09 January, 2018
Four prominent figures from the British wine trade have received the ‘Ordre du Mérite Agricole’ from the French Ambassador, Jean-Pierre Jouyet.
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Published: 08 January, 2018
Chinese investor Peter Kwok has acquired his seventh vineyard in Bordeaux with the purchase of Château Bellefont-Belcier - a Grand Cru Classé estate in Saint-Emilion.
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Published: 05 January, 2018
Europe ran the full gamut of extreme weather conditions last year - everything from frost to fires and heatwaves.
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Published: 13 December, 2017
French customs authorities have opened a major investigation into the alleged sale of more than half a million bottles of fake Bordeaux to key international wine distributors.
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Published: 08 December, 2017
Since founding Domaine Paul Mas in 2000, Jean-Claude Mas has been building up a wine empire across the Languedoc Roussillon. Harpers caught up with the Paul Mas proprietor and pioneer behind some the Languedoc’s biggest exports to discuss how the newest portfolio addition continues his quest to own estates “in all the great areas" of this versatile region
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Published: 07 December, 2017
The 2017 vintage in Bordeaux has been hailed as one of the most challenging in the region's history as extensive frost damage in April dramatically reduced yields in key appellations.
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Published: 22 November, 2017
The Languedoc is set to become one of the key regions for growing Burgundian varieties over the next decade, according to winemaker Laurent Delaunay of Abbotts and Delauney.
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Published: 20 November, 2017
Marrenon, the southeast France producer, is re-launching its portfolio in the UK with ambitions to become the leading Luberon and Ventoux winery.
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Published: 17 November, 2017
Beaujolais Nouveau Day is long past its heyday in the late 1980s when merchants made a mad dash to southern France to pick up the first release of the year. In 2017, however, London’s restaurants, bars and independents are using the day as a way to celebrate the region’s unsung heroes.
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