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South Africa’s wine industry has had a bad Covid-19 pandemic, temporary export bans and on again, off again prohibition has resulted in a 300m litre wine lake, but who is going to drink it up?
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South Africa has banned the sale of alcohol again as Covid-19 infection and death rates rise after the government released lockdown.
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South Africa & Germany scoop top trophies at Decanter World Wine Awards.
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A weak currency, a local market banned from drinking and a harvest that is both good quality and decent quantity. Is South African wine is set to over deliver on value?
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The Rule of 6 limits social gatherings in the UK, while South Africa's on/off ban on alcohol sales has seen the rise of modern day bootleggers.
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South Africa’s harvest for 2021 is up by 8.9% on 2020, with cooler and wetter weather the vintage was harvested a couple of weeks later.
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The practice of adding water to grape must, banned throughout Europe, could become legal in South Africa if proposals are given the go ahead by the South African government.
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South Africa is facing a third wave of coronavirus and is banning the sale of alcohol in the on and off trade for the fourth time since the pandemic began.
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The shipwreck of the Napoli container vessel could cause problems for the South African wine industry.
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Stellenbosch University has applied to the South African Government to grow genetically modified grapes in field trials. The hope is that GM grapevines will produce grapes that are resistant to fungus.
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Argentina wins best Fairtrade wine award at the 2008 Fairtrade Wine Competition.
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Californian wine brand Blossom Hill has just gone international with the launch of a range of wines from Italy, Chile and South Africa.
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The New World continues its embrace of new varieties, South Africa has its first commercial crop of Marselan harvested this week while Argentina plants Assyrtiko.
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Latest figures show that for the first time, the British are drinking more South African wine than French.
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Wine exports from South Africa to UK drop.
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France overtakes Italy in world wine sales despite reduction in exports to China
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South African wine trade say strikes nothing to do with them
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The UK government is to help fund research into the carbon footprint of the South African wine and fruit industry.
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South African wine growers in riots
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South African wine producer wins IWC lifetime award
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Over an additional £1 billion was spent on wine in retail stores in 2020, replacing the sales that normally would be in pubs and restaurants.
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A report by Human Rights Watch accuses wine producers of human rights abuses in South African vineyards.
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Emerging wine markets help French and Spanish exports grow by 20%
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Fire blazes through South Africa vineyards.
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South African drought continues, lower volumes of grapes will put further pressure on wine prices.
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The first UV-treated wine is due to be released later this year following successful trials in South Africa.
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Argentina, Caliornia, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa are joining forces as the New World Wine Alliance.
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Richard Branson buys vineyards to sell wine in luxury hotel chain
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Nederburg sponsor African cycling team
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South Africa launches a new Cape Town district pulling together 30 wineries from the town.
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South Africa flip flops, while social distancing means the treading of the grapes in Portugal may be scrapped.
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South Africa's Ken Forrester recognised as The Drinks Business Man of the Year 2023
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English fizz shines at London Wine Fair’s battle of the bubbles
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South Downs national park could jeopardise expansion of a thriving wine industry in Sussex.
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Portugal and South American countries Chile and Argentina saw big gains in the UK in 2018.
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The 2019 South African vintage will be the smallest since 2005, the volume is less than the 2018 drought hit vintage.
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Australia’s continuing drought looks likely to reduce the 2007 grape harvest by around 20 per cent, according to the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation.
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Discussion is under way about the creation of a broad Greater Australia Geographical Indication.
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Change of leadership for South African wine and spirits giant KMV
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Bush fires have broken out in New South Wales with the Hunter Valley and coastal wine regions, the next to experience fire, after the Californian fires last month.
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Supermarket chain Co-op scooped half the prizes at the first-ever Fairtrade Wine Awards last week.
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More wineries are setting their sights on becoming carbon neutral in order to avoid contributing to climate change.
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Camel Valley White Pinot 2005 triumphs in new competition held in Italy
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Wines sold at auction are up and down
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Fairhills becomes the first fairtrade brand to span all three wine producing fairtrade countries.
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South African winemakers use holographic labels to stop wine fraud
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Mandela family launch wine
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2016 harvest means potential global shortage of bulk wine.
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Hawkes Bay in New Zealand has been crowned one of 12 Great Wine Capitals of the World
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This week three announcements were made that put English wine in the spotlight.
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Jeremy Clarkson rates South African wine as not even fit for filling up windscreen-washer bottles
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Drinkers who live in the North of England are more likely to binge on alcohol and die younger than their southern counterparts.
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Decanter magazine’s consultant editor Steven Spurrier and his wife Bella are hoping to team up with Champagne house Duval-Leroy to start a vineyard in the south of England.
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Vineyards take stock after South Island earthquake
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Some of the worst flooding has hit Australia’s New South Wales region in 60 years, just as harvest gets underway.
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Threshers has launched a season of country festivals accompanied by leaflets to help consumers understand more about the wines they are buying.
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Two big Aussie brands are undergoing changes designed to broaden their appeal. Rosemount, the brand that four years ago was the biggest-selling wine in Australia, has seen sales drop globally by nearly a quarter
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Jost Vineyards in Nova Scotia Canadian has woven the company name and a wine bottle into the vineyards in a crop-circle like incarnation so that it can be seen on Google Earth’s satellite views of the area.
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The fear of another grape glut in parts of the New World is disappearing.
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Lager lords Carlsberg have launched a range of wines, so one has to ask the question, are they probably the best wines in the world?
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New Zealand made its mark as a producer of fine Pinot Noir this week by triumphing over Burgundy in the Decanter World Wine Awards.
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Australian wine looks likely to be hit hard by the country’s relentless drought.
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Australia has excelled in this year’s International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) by being awarded a third of all the Gold medals.
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Sainsbury’s has started selling the UK’s first widely distributed wine made without the addition of sulphites.
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A carbon calculator has been developed for the wine industry to help producers assess the environmental impact of their activities.
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Australia wins 34 awards at the International Wine & Spirit Competition
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A new BBC4 TV series about different aspects of the wine trade will be on air in February and March.
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The BBC4 documentary series about wine began this week focusing on Berry Bros & Rudd, the UK's oldest wine merchant.
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For the first time in almost a decade rosé sales are experiencing a 2% decline and the average price has risen by 5%.
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Lindeman’s has now added a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc to its international Winemaker’s Discovery range.
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New EU rules mean the term organic wine can now be used for wine made from organically grown grapes
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Australia triumphed at the Decanter Awards this week, winning six of the coveted international trophies.
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New World wines sweep the board at IWSC
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Italian still wine volumes decrease while Prosecco continues to become popular Italian wine of choice.
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Boxed wine sees a revival with smaller box sizes
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The results of the Drinks Business Pinot Noir Global Masters have been released.
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Finalists for Champion Wine Challenge 2015 announced
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Continuing implications of Brexit on the wine industry
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China has created a new 'Estate Wine' status and granted it to sixteen wineries.
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Scientists now understand how forest fires can make wines taste like ash.
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China now accounts for 33% of all of Australia's exported wine, rising by a whopping 68% in 2017.
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London held its first Chinese focused wine tasting on Wednesday, with the IWSC showing of the medal winners from its Asian competition.
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A relaxing, intoxicating drink, with a huge range of different flavours and cultivars receiving billions in investment. Is cannabis the next drink to rival wine?
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In 2019, New Zealand one of the darlings of the New World, will celebrate 200 years of making wine. Is 200 still New?
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World wine production has bounced back after a frost hit 2017 vintage with Italy the world's largest producer.
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The Drinks Business Sauvignon Blanc Master results showed New Zealand was dominant in the awards, but other countries competed well in a range of categories including golds and master awards for the UK, USA Germany.
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Supermarkets show their value in the UK, but the winners of the top trophies for each variety are not obvious and show the development of many country’s wines.
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China adds another 6.3-6.4% duty to Australian wine as it continues to complain about the dumping of Australian wine. The small increase in duty is not thought to be material considering the 107.1-212.1% duty already levied on Australian wines.
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Each year France and Italy vie to be the world's largest wine producing country, with this year Italy coming in at top place with 19% of the world's wine production vs France at 18%.
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The world was drinking 3% less wine in 2020 but the UK saw a 2.2% rise according to the OIV.
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Drought has raised the question of irrigation in Barolo.
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The US sees bulk wine imports jump by 10% to nearly 490 million litres
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China and Australia in negotiations over wine tariffs.
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Wine production around the world the lowest in over 60 years due to adverse weather conditions.
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France is largest wine producing country in 2023, just pipping Italy to the post.
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OIV announces world's biggest wine producers and drinkers in 2023
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Mid-alcohol wines becoming popular in the UK
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America’s trade war is in full swing, with tariffs on all wine imported into the U.S. rising between 10% and 30%.
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Accolade Wines and Pernod Ricard's wine portfolio have merged under Australian Wine Holdco Limited (AWL), forming a global wine powerhouse now known as Vinarchy.
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South African wine producer Vilafonte is filming its 2007 harvest and putting out a daily videocast to give consumers an insight into what’s involved in getting a high-quality red wine to bottle.
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French wine industry activists have attacked supermarkets in the Herault region in the south of the country.
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German and Austrian wine growers have shown their opposition to the EU wine reform’s proposed ban on adding sugar.
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A South African wine producer has adopted foot treading for some of its grapes but hardly in the traditional way since the treading is being done by an elephant.
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The Co-op is highlighting Fairtrade Fortnight, which kicks off on 25th February
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Riverina, the largest wine-producing region in New South Wales, has harvested a record-breaking crop of grapes
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Campo Viejo supported by a £1 million ad campaign in London and the South East.
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The militant French winemaker group CRAV have set fire to a cooperative and vandalised a bottling line in the south of France.
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Direct Wines, owner of the Sunday Times Wine Club and Laithwaites, is to launch a new wine club with Hong Kong newspaper, The South China Morning Post.
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Improvements in grape quality makes Fosters reconsider selling off wine division.
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Australian winemakers to reset the biological clock of vines to improve grape quality.
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Australia is set to benefit from the best growing conditions in the past twenty years but Champagne has seen the worst growing season in decades.
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France delights in multiple awards at DWWA.
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Evidence shows winemaking in South of France as early as 5th Century BC
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The world’s largest and most important living grapevine collection at the Domaine de Vassal vineyard, in the South of France, is to be relocated.
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A fake pub has been installed at the London South Bank University (LSBU) by its psychology department, to study drinkers and their behaviour.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were in New Zealand last week and as part of their tour visited a vineyard in Central Otago, South Island.
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Wine Australia has issued a message to producers clarifying the use of the word 'orange' for wines not produced in the region of Orange in New South Wales.
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Sales of wine drop during World Cup tournament.
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Yields down as hot growing season takes it toll.
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World wine production 2016 one of the poorest in 2 decades according to the latest figures from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
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Many parts of Northern Europe have been hit by frost, with the devastation as far south as Bordeaux.
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The successful TV program The Wine show is set to return to the UK in January 2018. This time the group will be in the South of France, with Jancis Robinson appearing.
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Helix corks are now available in the UK being used by the South African winery Anthonij Rupert to seal its Protea wine range.
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James Martin, best known in the UK for the Saturday Kitchen TV show, has teamed up with Wine and Brands to launch a new range of wines.
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Australian producer and the world's most recognisable wine brand is planning on selling their 7258ha of vineyards in Australia.
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The wine region of Sussex, south of London, has gained PDO status similar to the French Appellation Controlee or Italian DOC.
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Australia is flooded again with flood water taking weeks to drain, disrupting the Australian Spring.
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Choosing the right wine can take a while, but the time taken in different parts of the UK varies.
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WSET starts trading again in China, just in time for new CEO Michelle Brampton. In January 2021 WSET had to suspend all courses and exams in mainland China after falling foul of Chinese laws.
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New World popping corks as this year’s 2006 vintage looks set to be a winner
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Sales of Kiwi wine are growing by leaps and bounds in the UK. According to recent figures released by market analyst Nielsen, we’ve been buying 23 per cent more New Zealand wine in the past year.
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Tesco intends to put more fine wine into more of its stores.
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Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux has written a cookery book with all the recipes designed to go with one single wine - Vin de Constance.
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The first-ever Fairtrade Wine Tasting takes place in London this week. Oz Clarke will be on hand to talk to visitors at the event, which is hoped will become an annual one.
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A wine diet might sound like an oxymoron but a new book, published this week, argues the case for drinking moderate amounts of red wine every day as part of a healthy lifestyle.
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Phylloxera, the insect pest that decimated Bordeaux’s vineyards in the 1860s, has hit Australia’s Yarra Valley.
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Spend £5 on a bottle of New World wine and you’ll be in right royal company, as it’s been disclosed that the Queen does just that for serving to guests at Palace receptions.
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The Cotswolds has the potential to become a region for grape growing.
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The impact of global warming highlighted in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report signals how grape growing across the world is likely to change in the future.
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Piper-Heidsieck is hoping to reinvent the way we drink champagne this summer by promoting the idea of serving its bubbly over ice.
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Recyclability and environmentally friendly seem to be the wine industry’s current buzzwords, as companies search for ways to make their products greener.
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Whether it’s the result of climate change or just the vagaries of nature, the weather has heralded an early harvest in parts of Europe.
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Three-for-two and other multi-buy discounts on alcohol are to be outlawed in Scotland as part of the country’s crackdown on binge drinking.
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The Argentines got us into salsa and now it seems our interest in their wine is stepping up too.
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Who would imagine anyone could produce good wine – let alone wine at all – on the edge of the Namibian desert, but a British-born businessman is proving just such a thing is possible.
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An English sparkling wine has been ranked in the world’s top 10 in the Effervescents du Monde competition.
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A vineyard venture in Dorset by Decanter magazine’s consultant editor Steven Spurrier and his wife Bella looks unlikely to happen
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano has become the second Tuscan wine to come under investigation
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A Burgundy, a Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and a Central Otago Pinot Noir have all excelled in this year’s International Wine Challenge
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A bottle of 1951 Penfolds Bin 1 Grange has sold for a record price of AUS $54000.
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The English harvest is well underway and early predictions are for a light 2008 but not as light as last year.
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Above average rainfall across Australian vineyards will help rebuild water levels during a long period of drought.
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Australian bush fires have hit the Yarra Valley wiping out a winery and many vineyards in the region.
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In the final episode of the BBC Four series 'Wine', the International Wine Challenge will be featured.
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London's first commercial vineyard has been planted at Forty Hall Organic Farm in the London Borough of Enfiel
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Catholic churches in the Diocese of Plymouth have been advised to stop serving wine at communion in response to swine flu.
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London's Vinopolis celebrates its 10th birthday this month.
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Australia's biggest buyer of wine grapes, Constellation Wines, has advised 300 growers in the Murray Valley that their contracts will be terminated after the 2012 vintage.
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Australia's grape crush was down 5.4% in 2008-09 weighing in at 1.7 million tonnes while exports were up 5.2%.
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The world's second biggest synthetic cork maker, NuKorc, has gone bankrupt.
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Laithwaites opens flagship store at Vinopolis with a focus on fine wine.
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With the Asian passion for wine intensifying, Hong Kong is fast becoming the world's leading wine auction centre.
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Hong Kong auctions redefine global Lafite prices.
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National celebration of Australian wine.
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English winery launches Malbec and Royal Wedding sparkling wine.
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Counterfeit Jacobs Creek wine is seized in the UK.
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More reports of an early picking season in Europe with a bumper harvest expected in the Loire Valley.
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Chilean wine producers have expressed concerns over the three new wine areas for Chile which were approved earlier this year.
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Waitrose follows M&S with wine by the glass, a concept ridiculed on Dragons Den.
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Camel Valley in Cornwall applies for PDO recognition.
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Pierson Whitaker Grand Cru Champagne house has partnered with English landowners in Hampshire to produce a sparkling wine called Meonhill.
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Scotland's first wine grower plants vines in Fife.
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London wine tasting venue Vinopolis is to undergo refurbishment.
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Rabobank Q2 report shows global wine inventories at lowest point of the past decade.
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2012 vintage English Wine thwarted by forces of nature and theft.
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Decade of research provides DNA evidence to suggest Southeastern Anatolia is the birthplace of domesticated vineyards.
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Vineyards on red alert across Australia as wildfires threaten to wipe out crops
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With tax on French wine where will we go for cheap plonk ?
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A Napa Valley winery claims that ageing wine on the ocean floor makes it more complex and open than its land-matured equivalent.
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Peter Lehmann winemaker dies aged 82.
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Following a freeze on vineyard expansion since over supplies in 2008, wine growers in New Zealand are starting to plant vines again.
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Author launches Fifty Shades of Grey wine range
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Wine Terrorists attack telephone exchange
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France opposing the creation of new web domains.
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A 15-litre Nebuchadnezzar of Chapel Down sparkling Blanc de Blancs is to be auctioned at Christie’s to raise funds for a British arts charity.
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IWC 2014 results
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Fruit flavoured wines are the next big thing but its really just ancient history.
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Riverland wine growers forced to diversify in order to survive
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Climate change enables more wine production in Nordic countries.
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Rising exports of New Zealand wine fuel demand for vineyard space in Marlborough.
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Winemakers forced to abandon vines as water lacking for irrigation
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Sussex wineries apply to create a Sussex appellation.
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Hardys has re-launched its premium quality William Hardy range with a much tighter regional focus.
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Rathfinny Estate in Sussex, one of the newest and biggest English wine producers, has bottled its first wines around one year after opening its winery.
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Cancer rates linked to pesticides in Bordeaux
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Trade body head steps down
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Winemakers watch Etna erupt with interest
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More variety of Chilean wine styles
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Australians develop Pinot grape which is anti-diuretic.
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Torres announces reluctance to invest in too hot Southern Spain.
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What's on offer at Glastonbury 2016 for food and wine lovers.
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11 wineries on the WSTA English Wine Trail
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Christmas drinks sales results in
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The sales of Champagne in the UK dropped by 14%, what is happening to the market?
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Into the Wild festival held in Hampshire Greek-revival Manor House.
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Wine Intelligence's Global Wine Brand Power Index for 2018 has been released, giving the top brands in wine.
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The bushfires that ravaged Australia over the Christmas period are expected to cause a 4% drop in production in 2020, according to Wine Australia.
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The Top Sparkling Wine award for the UK went to Hampshire winery Hattingley Valley for their King’s Cuvée.
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Like-for-like sales were up 59% on the same time last year, but with only 38% of pubs having an outdoor space it is small beer in the big scheme of things.
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The Wine Society picked up 6 awards and won Outstanding Retailer, with Waitrose winning Supermarket of the year.
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Two different scholarships were awarded this week. Both in the name of Gerard Basset, the well known and much loved late Sommelier.
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London Wine Fair takes place on the 7-9th June at Olympia in London with tickets going on sale this week. An early bird rate is available of £35 down from the normal £45.
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Penfolds is to launch a wine made in China to get around China's punitive taxes on Australia
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Wild fires in Bordeaux and drought in Northern Italy as summer weather causes problems for wine regions.
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Four new Premier Cru Climats in Pouilly-Loché and Pouilly-Vinzelles are expected in Mâcon, Burgundy, in the next 18 months. This will add to the 22 Premier Cru sites (or Climats) already in Pouilly-Fuissé announced in 2020.
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Comparemyjet.com looked at wine from the 38 OECD members to find out the most expensive and the cheapest countries to buy wine in.
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New Zealand’s Hawkes Bay and Gisborne smashed by Cyclone Gabrielle
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The high cost of gas and general shortages caused by an overhang from Covid has meant some glass bottles have doubled in price or are no longer available.
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World Alcohol Free awards post results with a number of wines winning gold medals, including two that are available in the UK.
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Chile uprooted 4.5% of vineyards in response to water shortages.
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In a difficult year for many producers, harvest is now underway in France.
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Jumping on the bandwagon of a day for everything, Grenache Day looks to highlight the versatility of this grape.
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England's largest wine producer Chapel Down is targeting listing on the AIM stock market.
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Wines made in 13 different counties were awarded trophies at this year’s WineGB Awards.
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Wine production in Jumilla could drop by 80% due to severe drought
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Viña Concha y Toro joins bottle weight accord to cut carbon footprint.
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ProWein 2025 upbeat despite dip in visitor numbers for third year in a row.
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Cabernet lovers in the US seeking better value for money
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Barossa leads the charge with pioneering low and no alcohol wine facility.
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