Bordeaux En Primeur a damp squib
Bordeaux En Primeur campaign is lacklustre with average prices down 22% vs 2022 and quality lower.
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Swedish alcohol monopoly to change
Sweden's Systembolaget monopoly to allow winemakers to sell alcoholic beverages.
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Australian Vintage shares suspended
Australian Vintage shares are suspended as it struggles under a mountain of grapes and debt.
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Wine and cheese help reduce dementia risk
Study finds daily glass of red wine and eating cheese can help reduce the risk of dementia.
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Short measures for UK drinkers
UK drinkers coming up short when ordering wine from pubs and bars
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Aldi launch 300g glass bottle
Aldi first in UK to launch wine in super lightweight 300g glass bottle
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Judgement of London tasting
Judgement of London pits top European wines vs the rest of the world and the winner is...
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IWC announce award-winning wines
The International Wine Challenge has released its results for 2024.
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Read the fine print it could be worth wine!
UK company offered a free bottle of Pomerol to the first person who found the offer in the small print of privacy policy statement.
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Accolade eye up sale of assets
Australia's second largest producer looks to sell off assets to return to profitability
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OIV announces world's biggest wine producers for 2023
OIV announces world's biggest wine producers and drinkers in 2023
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Report shows mixed picture for UK drinks outlets
The latest UK Hospitality Market Monitor report shows a mixed picture for UK drinks outlets.
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2022 a vintage year for Port
2022 is declared a Vintage year by leading Port producers.
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British Columbia devastated by frost
British Columbia devastated by frost, leads producers to import grapes from Washington.
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UK Deposit Return scheme delayed to 2027
UK Deposit Return scheme delayed again, moving to a 2027 date
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Moët & Chandon using spraying robots
Moët & Chandon employs autonomous spraying robot
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Bordeaux En Primeur price drop
Bordeaux En Primeur campaign underway with a big drop in prices for the early releases.
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Wine guy's marathon blind tasting
Tom Gilbey tastes 25 glasses of wine while competing in this years London Marathon
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Drought leads to furlough for Freixenet workers
Continuing drought means Freixenet is to furlough 80% of workers in Catalonia
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Denbies becomes first UK Net Zero Wineyard
Denbies has announced that it has become the first UK net zero winery after a bumper harvest in 2023 resulted in a net carbon balance of -96 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
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Research to improve aroma quality of canned wines
Research suggests new simple way to improve the aromas in canned wines.
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£1.5 million set aside to fund UK winemakers training
Minister forgets to announce £1.5 million of funding for training wine producers in the UK.
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GB wine production dwarfs sales in 2023
Wine GB conference announced production and sales for 2023 that will take years to sell through
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Wine retailer Majestic purchases Vagabond Wines
Wine retailer Majestic purchases wine bar chain Vagabond.
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New visa rules for overseas somms
Overseas sommeliers will have trouble getting UK visas under new minimum wage requirements.
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Pinot Noir Top Tips
Drinks Business Pinot Master reveals some interesting trends for Pinot Noir lovers.
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Cava and Catalonia suffer worst drought in 1200 years
Cava and Catalonia experiencing the worst drought in 1200 years, leading to radical changes in the Cava DO.
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Majestic in talks to buy wine bar chain Vagabond
Wine retailer Majestic in talks to buy self-pour wine bar chain Vagabond
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Chinese wine tariffs on Australia finally removed
China has removed tariffs of over 200% on Australian wine imports.
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Learning about wine re-wires your brain in a good way
New research shows learning about wine re-wires your brain by linking language and taste.
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Naked Wines call in debt advisors
Naked Wines call in debt advisors to restructure their debts.
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Albarino doing surprisingly well in the UK
Spanish grape variety Albarino has been planted in the UK for over 15 years, but recently plantings and sales have been increasing with Balfour Winery releasing its first wine this year.
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ProWein sees launch of Iron Maiden's Darkest Red
Heavy metal band Iron Maiden's first foray into wine, with a Douro red known as “Darkest Red”
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Global oversupply affecting all wine regions & markets
China demand for Australian wine fell off a cliff edge in 2020 but the UK has seen Australian exports fall by 20 million litres and the US down by 13 million litres, according to ABARES. The French government is also supporting growers to grub up vines.
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China tariffs lifted on Aussie wine
China set to remove punitive tariffs on Australian wines, but it is too late for many as vines are being grubbed up
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Is Rioja going the same way as Cava?
Concerns the region's governing body is focused only on large industrial producers has similarities to Cava who saw an exit of quality sparkling wine producers over the last decade.
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Julia Trustram Eve leaving WineGB
Julia Trustram Eve leaves WineGB after 30 years advocating for English and Welsh wine producers.
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UK Alcohol duty frozen
UK Government leaves alcohol duty unchanged after a massive increase earlier in the year hurt government coffers.
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Wine for those with a foot fetish
Emilie Rae, an OnlyFans content creator, launches a wine for followers with foot fetishes.
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Sainsbury tightens security for top wines
Sainsbury's supermarkets are trialling a new system to keep expensive wines safe from shoplifting as Britain undergoes a shoplifting epidemic
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Tesco the biggest supermarket for wine
British supermarkets saw wine sales leap forward, but who sells the most wine?
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Deliveroo backers invest in canned wine company
English canned wine company The Uncommon receives investment from Deliveroo backers
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UK Government duty revenues fall
UK Government sees revenue duty fall after big rises.
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Brits Banqueting Out on Beaujolais
Sales of Beaujolais have exploded in British restaurants and high end hotels with sales of its Gamay grape up 35% since 2019.
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French wine & spirits exports fall by 10%
French wine & spirit exports drop, driven by the US which saw 22% volume decline according a new report by FEVS (French Association of Wine and Spirits Exporters).
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White wines are more popular than reds
Demand for sparkling wine has meant that white wines have overtaken red wines as the preferred tipple over red wines.
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A solution to smoke taint coming soon
Smoke tainted wine are becoming more of a problem as the world heats up and wildfires are increasing. A new approach has been developed to block smoke taint.
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Innovative wine brand 19 Crimes moves into Rum
19 Crimes has launched a spiced rum as it continues to expand out of wine.
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Australia and New Zealand trade tasting shines a light down under
Australia and New Zealand trade tastings reveal mixed fortunes in wine trade performance.
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Naked Wines appoints new CEO
UK boss of Naked Wines, Rodrigo Maza, has been appointed as the group's CEO.
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