WINES AND MISDEMEANOURS

Counterfeit trading has plagued the wine and spirits industry for decades. Now, increasingly brand-precious wine producers are finally getting to grips with this multi-million dollar rip-off. Maggie Rosen reports on the fight against fakes

DOUBLE VISION

The Languedoc is a classically French conundrum. The region produces some of France's most distinctive entry-point varietals, yet is beset by intransigence and factions. Rosemary George MW reports on the growing gulf between those who reform and those who refuse

Fighting for Facings

Once derided as the epitome of naff, branded wines are enjoying an Australian-led renaissance, as Tim Atkin reports

Up for Clicks and Grabs

Auction markets are becoming as fragmented and as global as any other sector of the trade. What is the scale of the threat to UK auction houses from US auction houses and dotcoms, and from the thousands of individuals bringing down the hammer remotely? Is the auction market being divided or expanded, and what lessons are there for the rest of the trade? Neil Beckett concludes a two-part investigation

Global Surplus - part II

The global wine lake is getting deeper and wider. But it does not engulf everybody and everything. In the second of a two-part investigation, Neil Beckett asks who and what will be most affected and what, if anything, can be done about it?

MONDAVI JOINS CELLAR DOOR

CHABLIS SEARCHES FOR 'DIVINE' WINE LIST

CHEVAL DES ANDES STEPS OUT

By Neil Beckett

FEARS OVER 2004 EN PRIMEUR CAMPAIGN

By Jack Hibberd

NEW WORLD TAKES LESS AT VINEXPO

GALLO RAPPED BY ADVERTS WATCHDOG FOR FLIGHTS DEAL

By Stuart Peskett

SOUTHCORP REJECTS A$3bn FOSTER'S BID AS 'OPPORTUNISTIC'

BURGUNDY SETS AGENDA

By Neil Beckett

STELLENBOSCH AND VINFRUCO MERGE

KWV SACKS TWO WINEMAKERS IN SA SAUVIGNON SCANDAL

By Stuart Peskett

SCREWCAPPERS SEEK CLOSURE

By Christian Davis

CLOUDY BAY GOES SCREWCAP

IWSC BANQUET CELEBRATES THE BEST OF THE WINE TRADE

AUSTRIAN RIESLING COMES OUT ON TOP AGAIN

By Neil Beckett

'BRAND CALIFORNIA' AIMS TO OVERTAKE FRANCE BY 2007

By Stuart Peskett