UK wine scene continues to evolve with Brits drinking more South American and Portuguese wines.
Portugal and South American countries Chile and Argentina saw big gains in the UK in 2018.
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Nyetimber sparkles in International Wine & Spirit Competition
An amazing 96% of English wines were awarded medals in this year’s International Wine & Spirit Competition
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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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White Port and Tonic - the refreshing drink for 2021?
Taylor's launched their Chip Dry White Port with Tonic in a Ready to Drink can last month, now available in the UK, USA and Portugal.
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Cheapest and dearest countries to buy wine
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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Decanter Awards announced
Decanter Wine Awards were released this week with some surprising high marks for smaller European regions.
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Covid 19 Round up
South Africa flip flops, while social distancing means the treading of the grapes in Portugal may be scrapped.
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Global wine consumption falls to 60-year low
Global wine consumption hits a 60-year low in 2024 to 214 million hectolitres, a third consecutive year of decline.
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Sales of Spanish Albariño from Rías Baixas take off in the UK
Spain's Albariño grape that makes fresh white wines sees 50% increase in exports to UK in 2019.
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OIV publishes the top wine producing countries in 2020 with Italy on top
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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UK Wine Consumption up 2.2% in 2020
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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Decanter announces award results with Wine Society winning Outstanding Retailer of the year
The Wine Society picked up 6 awards and won Outstanding Retailer, with Waitrose winning Supermarket of the year.
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Romanian Pinot Noir, is it the future of entry level Pinot Noir in the UK?
Romanian wine has seen sales growth in the UK and recent listing of their Pinot Noir in Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, the Co-op and Majestic has helped drive growth.
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Wine capsules dropped in Waitrose trial
What's the point of wine capsules? Not much according to Waitrose who are dropping the neck sleeves on some of their wine.
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Hawkes Bay one of 12 Great Wine Capitals of the World
Hawkes Bay in New Zealand has been crowned one of 12 Great Wine Capitals of the World
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CIA list of the world's biggest drinkers, where is the UK?
The American CIA tracks the worlds biggest drinkers, by how much they are drinking per capita. Where does the UK feature?
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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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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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Pinot Noir Top Tips
Drinks Business Pinot Master reveals some interesting trends for Pinot Noir lovers.
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2022 a vintage year for Port
2022 is declared a Vintage year by leading Port producers.
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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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IWC announce award-winning wines
The International Wine Challenge has released its results for 2024.
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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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Wine harvest bounces back in 2018, with Italy taking the top spot
The Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has announced that 2018 was one of the bigger crops in the last 18 years with the three big producers Italy, France and Spain all with much larger crops than previous years.
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Awards, Awards, Awards - Decanter, The Drinks Business and Drinks Retailing all announce winners.
The Drinks Business Awards 2018, Drinks Retailing Most Influential 100 People and top medals at Decanter World of Wine Awards 2018 all announce winners. And the winners are...
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New Grapes for Bordeaux Wines?
Bordeaux looks to new grapes in light of changing climates
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Priorat bids for world heritage site but a shortage of grapes mean demand cannot be satisfied.
Catalan wine producers in Spain are pressing ahead with a bid to have Priorat recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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France considers putting duty on wine
With tax on French wine where will we go for cheap plonk ?
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Wine demand increases whilst world supply decreases
Price increases expected as wine supplies are affected by the weather
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Protectionist EU wine regions lobby to stop reform
15 out of 27 EU countries to register their disagreement over proposed increased vineyard plantings.
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Scotland's alcohol pricing policy comes under fire - again
More European countries oppose Scotlands policy on minimum unit price for alcohol
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IWC winners announced
Gold Medal winners announced only Gold Rose in the world is from England
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IWC reveals Trophy winners
111 of the world's best wines have been awarded trophies by the International Wine Challenge.
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Wine awards results out
Cornish wine producer Camel Valley was among the gold-medal winners in this year's International Wine Challenge for its 2007 Bacchus.
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Three wines shine with four IWC trophies
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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France takes away most medals in IWC competition
France has come top of the medal table at this year’s International Wine Challenge
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Port hit heavily by hail storms
This year’s port crop has been hit by a heavy hailstorm. Initially, it was thought that up to 80 per cent of the crop in the Douro’s vineyards had been decimated, but top port producers have said that losses are now less than predicted.
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Cliff Richard duped by F-Word Gordon Ramsey
Last week was no summer holiday for Sir Cliff Richard when celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey duped him into rubbishing his own wine.
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