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Published: 03 October, 2012
En-route to the sixteenth century Salentein castle in Nijkerk, wind-farms replace windmills. Once crunching the gravel drive, I glimpse decorators painting window frames. The structure has evolved from mud house to mansion and children's home. For the past 30 years it served as headquarters of Pon Holdings, established by entrepreneur-tycoon, Mijndert Pon, also founder behind the Argentinian wine brand, Salentein.
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Published: 28 September, 2012
Two new additions to DeBortoli's Willowglen range are the Willowglen Pinot Grigio 2011 and Willowglen Gewürztraminer Riesling 2011 (rrp £7.29).
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Published: 28 September, 2012
Julio Faustino Martinez of the Faustino Group has been awarded 'Personalidades Ilustres del Rioja', for his contribution to the expansion of the Rioja brand both in Spain and globally.
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Published: 26 September, 2012
France's third biggest wine group, AdVini, has appointed Phil Priest as its new UK trading director.
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Published: 25 September, 2012
Six winemakers from Australia and New Zealand hit the road last week as Negociants embarked on its first ever UK winemaker tour, in order to re-establish close links with the trade. In the first of a new series, Virginia Willcock, chief winemaker at Vasse Felix in the Margaret River, blogs about her return to the UK and what's happening at the vineyard back home in Oz.
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Published: 24 September, 2012
It's not often that regional merchants come to London to show their wares, but a rather popular north-western player, Booths, showcased 100 wines from its wine range at the Saatchi Gallery's Mess Room on Friday afternoon.
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Published: 21 September, 2012
Virgin Wines has launched its second Virtual Winery, the Rioja Experience, where customers can become virtual winemakers and interactively help create a new wine.
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Published: 21 September, 2012
FE Barber, which trades as Kingsland Wine & Spirits and Legacy Wines, has acquired Stratford's Wine Agencies out of administration and has underlined that it is "business as usual".
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Published: 20 September, 2012
The annual Wines of Chile trade tasting found itself settling in at its new home this week, the MCC, or Lord's to the rest of us. Over 80 exhibitors turned up to showcase just over 850 wines, including some familiar faces, Errazuriz, Cono Sur, Valdivieso, and some not so familiar faces, Junta, Quebrada de Macúl and, one of my favourites, Quintay. The last three wineries are seeking UK agents so please, at least, someone pick up Quintay.
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Published: 19 September, 2012
The first 26 wines to be receive the new, traceable ethical seal in South Africa will be on show at next week's Cape Wine trade exhibition in Cape Town.
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Published: 17 September, 2012
Bibendum Wine has confirmed it has sold the Argento Wine Company to the Argentine group, Inversora Agroindustrial Sudamerican.
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Published: 13 September, 2012
Beaujolais is predicting a lower than average harvest for the 2012 vintage after repeated hail storms.
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Published: 13 September, 2012
The first wines to carry South Africa's new, fully traceable, ethical seal that protects employers against unfair discrimination, are to be showcased at Cape Wine 2012.
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Published: 10 September, 2012
Australian producer McWilliams is the first winery to sign an endorsement deal with Weight Watchers, the international diet programme, aimed at bringing lower alcohol wines to a new wider audience.
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Published: 10 September, 2012
Owner and managing director of Villa Maria, Sir George Fistonich, is to celebrate the winery's 50th Vintage with a roadshow of events including one in the UK.
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Published: 07 September, 2012
Ehrmanns has been appointed Luis Felipe Edwards UK representative for the off-trade and ecommerce.
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Published: 06 September, 2012
Find out more about all the latest on-trade events for September and October.
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Published: 05 September, 2012
Pernod Ricard has introduced Malibu Red to the UK market ahead of the run-up to the festive season.
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Published: 04 September, 2012
Pernod Ricard UK has created 4 million individually designed and numbered bottles for its new limited edition Absolut Unique range.
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Published: 30 August, 2012
Pernod Ricard's annual results show its best growth since the financial crisis began - up 8% - although UK sales tumbled by 4%.
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