Four wine buyers descended on Champagne last month and with their expertise ranging from a Michelin-starred restaurant to independent merchants to drinks distributors, the insight and expectations of Champagne were unique to each buyer. Starting with a trip to Épernay via Montagne de Reims and then south to the Aube, the visits were just as varied as the buyers. Jane Parkinson reports
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Maison Louis Jadot has acquired Burgundian estate Domaine Prieur-Brunet in Santenay for an undisclosed sum.
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By Jason Haynes, Burgundy Specialist at Flint Wines
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Prior to the Bordeaux fair earlier this month, Guillaume Deglise spoke to Andrew Catchpole on the trends and developments shaping this year’s content
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Do consumers understand the full extent of Champagne’s diversity? Jo Gilbert investigates
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France is edging its way back into the limelight as a source of adventurous, engaging and innovative wines. Andrew Catchpole reports
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Vinexpo has announced an agreement with leading Chinese online platform Alibaba to promote recognition of the exhibition brand in China and deliver a partnership with its annual 9 September wine fair.
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Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is threatening to challenge the French status quo with the launch of its newest brand.
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Gruppo Campari has sold Loire Valley producer Château de Sancerre, and with it, exits from the business of selling still wine.
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Rémy Martin is the latest brand to hop on board the virtual reality train to explore new ways of engaging with customers.
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A long-term research and development project undertaken by Central Loire Valley Wines (BIVC) aimed at improving both the quality and variety of Sauvignon Blanc is close to fruition.
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Famille Helfrich is to release the first vintage from its Margaux property - Château La Fortune.
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Insights_bordeaux.pdfOur resident Bordeaux correspondent and producer Gavin Quinney gives the low-down on the highs of a fine year
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Wine writer and educator Jayne Powell has won a protracted five-year legal battle to use the moniker “Champagne Jayne” as her official trademark.
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“Ahh, so you’re the one who hates Bordeaux…” said the late, great Denis Dubourdieu when we were introduced. Bordeaux’s pre-eminent authority on white wines, Dubourdieu was a man used to having his reputation precede him. Me? Less so. As I told the master winemaker, though, I don’t hate Bordeaux. We were drinking white Haut-Brion at the time, after all. But, as I also told him – and put into print as often as I could get away with at Decanter – I do hate its arrogance, its prices, and the nauseating esteem in which it is held by those old enough to know better.
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A glass of Burgundian Shiraz, or would you prefer a Beaulojais Cru blended with Syrah?
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After 15 years of deliberation and development, Mouton Cadet has unveiled a new look to mark an upgrading of quality and repositioning of Bordeaux's most prominent volume brand
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The Bordeaux Wine Board (CIVB) is re-launching two promotional campaigns aimed at promoting the 'versatility' of Bordeaux.
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French winemaking consultant Olivier Dauga has launched a project bringing together wines from a selection of châteaux.
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Berkmann Wine Cellars took the opportunity to take the temperature of up and coming grapes, styles and regions likely to cause a stir in 2017.
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