Californian fires get under control
Californian fires get under control but the effects of the fire are yet to be felt in the wine regions.
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Wine News Archive
Beaujolais bucks trend with 35% increase in red wine exports to the UK
Beaujolais’ exports to the UK appear to be bucking a trend with exports up 35% in volume and 19% by value in the first 8 months of 2019.
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UK follows worldwide trend of fall in with drink driving deaths
Deaths in the UK caused by drink driving dropped by 64% between 2006 and 2016, along with declines in 34 out of 36 countries.
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Wine Scholar Guild launches new Spanish wine course
Wine Scholar Guild has launched a new Spanish wine course, to accompany its French and Italian courses
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2017 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign was one to sit out, but Italy is gaining support
As the 2017 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign is about to be delivered it appears that most investors appear to have lost money. But Italy appears to be a country that is becoming more popular with LIV-ex investors.
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Italy confiscates Prosecco Pringles
Pringles' Prosecco & Peppercorn flavoured snacks were confiscated in Italy this week.
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Wales to go ahead with Minimum Unit Pricing despite lack of success in Scotland
Welsh minimum pricing for alcohol appears to be going ahead despite evidence showing it makes no difference in Scotland.
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Blaufränkisch and Blue of the Danube comes to London
A tasting in London focused on the quality eastern European grape variety Blaufränkisch is coming up on the 28th October.
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Buried Champagne from the 1890s tasted for the first time, and the conclusion?
Champagne producer Pol Roger whose cellar collapsed in 1900, burying up to to 1.5 million bottles, has this week opened and tried two of the recently recovered bottles.
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Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero make new grounds with new wines
This week Spain’s Rioja has unveiled the first official single vineyard Rioja, while Ribera has created a white Ribera del Duero DO.
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Naked Wines sells Lay & Wheeler
Lay & Wheeler, founded in 1854, sells fine wines, En Primeur and wines by subscription and has been sold for £11.3 million.
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Chapel Down announces largest loss of over £1 million
Chapel Down, one of the UK's largest winemakers, has seen its loss quadruple from £230,000 to over £1 million.
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New Zealand celebrates 200 years since the first vine was planted
New Zealand celebrates the first vines planted in the Bay of Islands by Reverend Samuel Marsden, 200 years ago.
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WSET in new Wine and Food Academy partnership
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust and the Institute of Hospitality are to run the Academy of Food & Wine Service as a joint venture.
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French police raid trafficked harvest workers
An organised crime gang suspected of exploiting more than 160 vineyard workers in France has been dismantled following police raids, according to Europol.
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Minimum pricing in Scotland appears to reduce alcohol purchases
Report on minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland appears to have reduced alcohol purchases.
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Cava continues to be shaken as producers abandon Cava and set up a competitor hierarchy
Rebellious Corpinnat producers have been setting up their own DO with the Penedès DO.
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Scotland’s change to lower drink drive limits does not seem to be working
The Scottish drink drive limit was changed in 2014 and research indicated it made no difference to the accident rate in Scotland.
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American trade war on European wines gets green light
Trade war on French wines is ready to take off, as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) says America can impose tariffs for subsidies paid to Airbus.
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The great Calais booze cruise set to end with a No Deal Brexit, but is Duty Free the way to go?
UK Government will remove from the public the opportunity to buy car loads of cheap wine in France and replace it with a limit of 5 bottles of slightly cheaper wine.
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WSET kick off wine education week with World Record for the biggest ever sommelier lesson.
The WSET kicked off wine education week with Guinness World Record for the biggest ever sommelier lesson with 330 participating.
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Is cork finally environmentally friendly?
Has cork finally become environmentally sustainable? New research by Amorim shows that its most popular cork has a net carbon sink of about 1.8g per stopper.
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Heatwave risks vines in Europe, but England’s vines enjoy the sunshine
Record temperatures were recorded in Paris, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands as the current heatwave continues to damage vines in France.
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New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston escalates Brexit, as the industry continues to stockpile.
Boris Johnson has stepped up plans for a no deal Brexit, with the wine industry investing £5m into stockpiling.
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Winners announced for the Wine GB Awards 2019
The Wine GB Awards recognise the best UK producers and with 254 wines were entered there were 39 Gold medals, 53 Silver medals, 124 Bronze medals awarded and a total of 19 trophies announced.
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Cork producer Amorim guarantees its sparkling wine corks are cork-taint free
All of Amorim’s NDtech corks are tested for cork taint and claim to give a guarantee that there is no detectable amount.
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After a low world vintage in 2017, 2018 sees a return to normal wine production levels
World wine production has bounced back after a frost hit 2017 vintage with Italy the world's largest producer.
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US wine distributors in legal fight to open nationwide shipping
Four new legal cases are filed to force open US interstate shipments rules after US supreme court ruled outlawing discrimination in wine shipping last month.
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As the weather warms 1 in 3 British drinkers don’t know you can chill red wine
In the survey commissioned by Cono Sur, 36% of British drinkers thought that chilling a red wine was completely wrong.
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International Wine Challenge (IWC) Trophy awards
International Wine Challenge (IWC) awards were announced this week. Along with a huge range of trophy wines and award-winning businesses, a few of the awards stood out.
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Ridgeview Wine Estate listed in World's Best Vineyards
The list is created by the World’s Best Vineyards Academy and ranks Ridgeview as 36th of 50 top vineyards in the world and the only UK entrant.
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Climate change causes major changes in Bordeaux and Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Bordeaux and Châteauneuf-du-Pape are changing their grape varieties to help combat climate change.
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Eurostar limits the UK booze cruise
Eurostar has changed its policy limiting travellers to bring wine to the UK aboard.
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Russia up to old trick of banning Georgian wines
Anti-Russian protesters cause Russia to ban Georgian wine.
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First report on Scotland's Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol is far from convincing
Scotland introduced Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on the 1st May 2018, and the latest NHS Scotland report shows alcohol purchased in Scotland fell by 3%.
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New Zealand grape harvest remains low for the third year in a row
The small but perfectly formed New Zealand grape harvest will see pressure on prices for the next year at least.
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Oddbins shrank by a third while in administration
Oddbins continues it long desperate demise with 13 store closures since going into administration.
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Savagnin Blanc has existed for at least 900 years say scientists
Savagnin Blanc, the key wine in Jura's Vin Jaune, has existed for at least 900 years according to scientists.
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Soave adds 13 Crus to its vineyards
Soave adds 13 Crus to its vineyards in a move to add more diversity to the once cheerful quaffer.
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Majestic announce surprise loss
Majestic, the UK wine retailer, release their results with a loss of £8.5 million as more money is diverted into online retailer Naked Wines.
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China's top three on-trade suppliers by country
China’s wine sales in restaurants and bars were released in Wine Business Solutions latest report.
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A primary school teacher died from alcohol poisoning from drinking wine
A primary school teacher died from consuming just over 1 bottle of wine.
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What is the strategic direction of the UK Wine Industry?
Concern has been raised about the lack of data, coordination and planning for vineyards.
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China responds to Trump trade war by increasing tariffs of US wine
China has raised tariffs on £60bn worth of US goods including a 15% increase in the tariff on wine.
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Decanter release their awards for 2018
Decanter Magazine has released the results of their 2018 Awards. Of the 50 Best in show, France came first with 13, followed by Spain with 8 while Australia came third with 6 best in shows.
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The UK’s vineyards are to expand by 24% this summer as 3 million vines go into the ground.
The UK's largest planting season so far has been announced, making the UK the fastest growing wine region in the world.
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Robert Parker retires from The Wine Advocate
Robert Parker retires from The Wine Advocate he founded in 1978.
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Chateau Palmer leads price rises in Bordeaux 2018 En Primeur campaign
Chateau Palmer has put the price of its 2018 vintage release price at €240 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, 25% higher than the 2017 vintage.
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English Wine Week 25th May - 2nd June
Just in time for English Wine Week, Furleigh Estate and Chapel Down release new wines.
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Frenchman spent 127 days adrift crossing the Atlantic in a wine barrel
Frenchman Jean-Jacques Savin spent 127 days drifting across the Atlantic in an unpowered wine barrel.
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