Lafite will use Prooftag as anti-fraud measure
Chateau Lafite Rothschild is to seal all its bottles with the Prooftag bubble seal as an anti-fraud measure.
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Is the booze cruise still worth it?
Exchange rates have fallen but duty will save you some money so is it still worth stocking up from over the channel?
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Argentina wine sales rocket on the back of Malbec
Sales of Argentine Malbec increase in the UK after heavy promotion and reduced value of Argentine Peso.
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Wine Competition Award Winners for 2012 announced
Results from IWSC Northern Hemisphere, Decanter World Wine Awards and International Wine Challenge are announced.
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1952 Tawny Port given royal approval for Queens Diamond Jubilee
Unusually old tawny port from Graham's is released for Queens Diamond Jubilee.
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Scotland to set minimum alcohol price at 50p
New miniumum pricing set to reduce alcohol abuse in Scotland and save up to 60 lives in the first year.
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France's new Vin de France wines selling well
Vin de France sales nearly reach their target of one million hectolitres.
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The Apprentice does English Fizz
Denbies play host to the latest BBC The Apprentice episode.
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Sparkling wines, are they going screw cap?
Guala launches sparkling wine screw cap closure to keep your fizz fizzier longer.
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Strong Pound could mean a move back to French & European wines
Could the pound's four year high against EURO see a shift back to French wines in the UK?
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Latest New Zealand harvest means cheap NZ Sauvignon Blanc a thing of the past
New Zealand has had a fantastic April and promises to deliver very good quality wine but quantities are still unknown.
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Vintage Tale to star Brad Pitt
Billionaire's Vinegar to be released in 2012 starring Brad Pitt.
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Pancho Campo resigns from Institute of Masters of Wine
First Spanish Master of Wine resigns as damning report about to be released.
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Bordeaux 2011 pricing still unclear
Will Bordeaux 2011 prices be low enough to get the campaign off the ground?
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Drinks trade people moving up the Sunday Times Rich List
Several wine people creep up the Sunday Times Rich List.
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Champagne crops hit badly by frost
Early budding vines in Champagne spurred on by a warm March are hit by April frost.
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London International Wine Fair to host UK Sommelier competition
33rd UK Sommelier of the Year competition to be held at London International Wine Fair
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Study shows that potentially wine experts taste differently to non-wine experts
Are wine experts born supertasters or can tasting skills be learned?
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UC Davis tackles Pierce's disease with genetic engineering
Gene fusion research project could help fight Pierce's disease in California.
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California wine producers make secret stash of wine
Un-named producers are making 'Pot wine' fashionable in California.
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Bordeaux unveils prices for 2011 vintage but Latour unveils more
Shakeup in the Bordeaux pricing world as Lafite releases 30% below last year and Latour announce exit from en primeur market.
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Another wine investment wine company goes bust
Bordeaux investment companies go bust after swindling clients.
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Red wine could help fight obesity
Researchers in the US have discovered a compound called piceatannol that is present in red wine and is able to prevent fat cells from developing.
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Sparkling wine from across the world makes a splash in the UK
Sparkling wine sales are outperforming Champagne in the off trade.
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Innovative wine in plastic glasses sell by the pack
A Californian company Stacked Wines has launched a unique wine bottle containing four individually-sealed containers stacked on top of each other.
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Methuselah Madness in England and Saudi Arabia
Camel Valley Vineyard is launching a six litre bottle of its 2010 Sparkling Pinot Noir Rosé to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee while Saudi millionaire splashes out on Cristal.
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Bibendum claims Olympics boost for London
Wine distributor Bibendum and supplier of wines for the Olympics say London's hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars could generate an extra £300m from the Olympics.
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Bordeaux 2011 En Primeur gets under way with calls for lower prices for an average vintage
En Primeur 2011 is under way and the message is that quality is mixed and pricing will be much lower than 2010.
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Less costs more with high end wines
Australian winemaker Neil McGuigan calls on the trade to work together to educate consumers about the quality of premium wines and how 'less is more'.
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Minimum pricing plans may have little impact on wine
A report reveals that only 5% of wines are currently being sold in supermarkets at below the proposed minimum price of 40 pence per unit of alcohol that the UK government is planning to introduce.
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The great English plant up is underway in southern England
New Sussex vineyard aims to produce 1 million bottles of sparkling wine a year.
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Duty increase in UK budget 2012
Implications for duty on wine from March 21 UK budget.
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Brane Cantenac to use Carmenere
Carmenere grape re-introduced to feature in Bordeaux's Grand Vin.
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Laithwaites buy third Bordeaux estate
25-hectare Castillon Cotes De Bordeaux estate bought by Laithwaites
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Rudy Kurniawan arrested over million dollar wine fraud
US millionaire wine collector arrested for selling counterfeit wine worth £800,000.
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Nicolas stores sold to Spirited Wines
The Castel family exit the UK selling 43 Nicolas Stores to Spirited Wines.
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Chilean wines big hit in indpendents
Chilean wines displace Italy by volume with 10% share of the independent retail market.
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Camel Valley Rose 2010 another record winning vintage
Sparkling Wines continue to fly the flag for English Wines while Sainsbury's get in on the act.
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Paul Symington is named Decanter wine man of the year
Paul Symington of Symington Family Estates accepts award on behalf of the whole family.
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Bordeaux 2009 greatest vintage ever tasted since 1982
Wine critic Robert Parker rates 19 2009 Bordeaux's a perfect 100 and prices start to rise.
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Consumers prefer low alcohol wine but grape variety is still king
Low alcohol content is a major consideration when choosing wine but grape variety is still the most important factor.
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Chapel Down restaurant closes
Restriction on number of weddings forces restaurant to close
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Chateau Margaux experiments with screw caps and organic farming
Alternative farming methods and bottle closures tested by Margaux
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GM wines fight Pierces disease
Californian researchers seek to protect grapevines from Pierce's disease
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Russia wines devastated by worst winter in half a century
Half of Russia's wine harvest devastated by plummeting temperatures.
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Moscato the next big UK grape variety?
Moscato sales in US risen by 70% and set to take the UK by storm in the spring
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Quick the French are coming!
Pierson Whitaker Grand Cru Champagne house has partnered with English landowners in Hampshire to produce a sparkling wine called Meonhill.
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Money is tight in the UK but you can still go out, just spend less.
Leisure industry report shows that consumers are going out more regularly but spending less.
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With a quick change of rules, Organic Wine now exists.
New EU rules mean the term organic wine can now be used for wine made from organically grown grapes
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Turn the music up - it improves the taste!
Synaethesia studies identify a link between taste and sound.
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