Massive flooding in the Eastern Australia hits vineyards
With many of the grapes harvested before the floods came, only a few regions had grapes to be picked, but Hunter Valley in NSW still at risk.
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Australia’s Hunter Valley is the next wine region to face the ravages of fire
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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Spy Valley Wines win big
Spy Valley wine New Zealand Wine Producer of the Year at the IWSC 2010 awards.
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Hunter Valley gets seal of approval
Seal of approval from the IMW could help shift grape glut.
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Australia 2019/2020 bushfire season has seen drop of 4% of production
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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Camel Valley scoops top trophy in UK national competition
Camel Valley has cause to be popping a few bottles of its sparkling wine in celebration.
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Camel Valley on top of the world at International wine competition
Camel Valley Pinot Rose awarded the International Sparkling Rose Trophy.
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China recognises Napa's GI status
Napa Valley is first wine region to get GI status recognised in China
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Napa Valley name now explicitly protected in UK
Napa Valley wines have been protected under European legislation since 2007 but will now be protected in the UK under our Certification Mark scheme.
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Camel Valley win another award with the stunning 2008 Pinot Sparkling
Camel Valley Vineyard has scooped the Best Sparkling Rosé Trophy at the Bollicini del Mondo competition held in Verona, Italy.
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Camel Valley do it again winning top Rose at the Bollecini Del Mondo Awards
Camel Valley repeat their win of last year to win Best Sparkling Rose in the World trophy.
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Camel Valley awarded a PDO
After 5 years of hard work, Camel Valley's Darnibole vineyard has been award PDO status.
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Napa Valley Monopoly game on sale
The latest version of Monopoly is based around Napa Valley and includes the great and good wineries and US wine institutions.
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Australia could get broader GI zone
Discussion is under way about the creation of a broad Greater Australia Geographical Indication.
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Foster's group to keep wine business
Following a review of its wine assets which started in June 2008, Foster's is to retain its wine business but run it as a separate entity to its beer business.
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New South Wales flooding as harvest season gets underway
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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Foster's vineyards in the Yarra Valley hit by Phylloxera
Phylloxera, the insect pest that decimated Bordeaux’s vineyards in the 1860s, has hit Australia’s Yarra Valley.
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Camel Valley applies for UK first Appelation
Camel Valley in Cornwall applies for PDO recognition.
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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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Some wine spilt in Napa Valley earthquake
Biggest earthquake in quarter of century causes some damage to wineries in the Napa Valley
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Hot Chile burns as fires rip though Bio Bio and Itata
With more than 20 people dead, vineyards burnt and 40,000 ha already destroyed, the fires risk the remaining vineyards in the Southern Chile’s Bío Bío Valley and Itata Valley.
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Conviviality plans share launch to fill debt holes
Conviviality, the company behind Bargain Booze and Wine Rack, has announced plans to raise £125m in capital from the sale of new shares.
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Conviviality Direct bought by Magners Cider owners
Conviviality Direct, the wholesale arm including Matthew Clark and Bibendum Wine, has been bought by Magners owners C&C Group.
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Esk Valley red breaks new records for NZ wine
Esk Valley Estate The Terraces has been sold for what is possibly a record-breaking price for a bottle of New Zealand wine.
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Enthusiasm for English vineyards puts Bride Valley Brut on hold
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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Yarra Valley hit by Australian fires
Australian bush fires have hit the Yarra Valley wiping out a winery and many vineyards in the region.
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Napa Valley trades down
Sales of ultra premium Napa Valley wines are falling in the economic downturn.
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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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Ripening weather is unbelievable for 2013 Napa wines
Napa looks forward to a good harvest and great quality.
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World 2013 Harvest Round Up
2013 harvesting begins across the globe what effect on pricing ?
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The future is robot-sorted grapes!
Napa Valley winemaker employs optical grape sorter.
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Sam Lindo nominated for IWC Sparkling winemaker of the year
Camel Valley winemakers has been nominated for International Wine Challenge sparkling winemaker of the year
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Napa quake hits wine region
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has hit California's Napa Valley but its too soon to count the economic cost and any impact on the price of Napa wines.
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Loire optimistic for 2014 vintage
Loire Valley 2014 harvest gets under way.
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Quality and quantity winning combination for English Wine Producers
Number of English Wine Producers doubles in last 2 years as 2014 looks set to be a great vintage.
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Napa Vineyards could be threatened by fire
Californian Valley fire destroys homes vineyards could be next.
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Stags Leap lawsuit
Is the Napa Valley lawsuit stifling competition?
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Cornish wine producer Camel Valley gets Royal Warrant
Camel Valley, the Cornish Wine producer, has been given the Royal Warrant in recognition as a supplier to the Royal household.
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Napa Winery cancels Oregon contracts over smoke taint
Oregon wines from the Rogue Valley have been refused by a Californian grower over smoke taint concerns.
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Silicon Valley Bank Wine Division up for sale.
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is hoping to sell its wine business worth $1.2 billion in loans.
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US winery woes
US wineries struggle with a big fall in Direct To Consumer sales and winery visits.
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Crystal Springs is new Napa AVA
Crystal Springs named Napa Valley’s newest AVA
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Too hot to harvest? Global warming threatens US wine makers
Lebanese harvest
Chateau Musar harvested a vineyard before the ceasefire in Lebanon. Local villagers helped rescue one of Musar’s trial vineyards in the Bekaa Valley.
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English sparkling wine venture planned with Duval-Leroy
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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NZ Syrah: top quality and coming soon!
Syrah looks set to be the next big grape variety coming out of New Zealand.
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Midlands winery makes wine with an international feel
Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, Californian Zinfandel and Italian Pinot Grigio might sound like a pretty standard selection of wines, but not when you hear that they are all being made by a company in the West Midlands, using grape juice and concentrate from
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NZ beats Burgundy at its own game
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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US TV wine series host is Communicator of the Year
Karen MacNeil has been named International Wine & Spirit Competition’s 2008 Communicator of the Year.
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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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English sparkling wine triumphs in Italy
Camel Valley White Pinot 2005 triumphs in new competition held in Italy
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Port house declares 2007 vintage
2007 has been declared a vintage year in the Douro Valley by the Symington family across three of their Port brands, Graham's, Warre's and Dow's.
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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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World's largest wine appellation is in the States
The world's largest wine appellation is about to come into being and will be fifty times bigger than Bordeaux. The area, in the United States, will be known as the Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA
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Constellation terminates 300 contracts
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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Moths threaten Californian vineyards
A grape-eating moth is threatening crops in the Napa Valley wine region in California.
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Chateau Grillet sold to Francois Pinault
Rhone Valley estate bought by Francois Pinault
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Early picking season in Europe
More reports of an early picking season in Europe with a bumper harvest expected in the Loire Valley.
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Camilla is next president of UK Vineyards Association
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has taken over the role of President of the United Kingdom Vineyards Association (UKVA).
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Hailstorms hit Mosel wine region
The Mosel Valley in Germany has been hit by hailstorms which have damaged houses and cars and devastated some of the regions vineyards.
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Californian rain could mean a rotten harvest
Producers in California are worried that rainstorms in early October could affect the quality of the crop resulting in under-ripe grapes lacking concentration of fruit.
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Could Fife become the new Loire Valley?
Scotland's first wine grower plants vines in Fife.
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Crushpad Napa could close if funding attempts fail
The Napa Valley company Crushpad has warned that it is likely it will close the business if it fails to get funding imminently.
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Decanter World Wine Awards results
France delights in multiple awards at DWWA.
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Australian fires destroy wineries and risk 2013 vintage
Vineyards on red alert across Australia as wildfires threaten to wipe out crops
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Ocean aged wines more open and complex?
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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Concha y Toro has biggest vineyard plantings worldwide
Chile’s Concha y Toro has become the world's biggest vineyard owner after Treasury Wine Estate’s sale of 111 hectares in California's Alexander Valley to E&J Gallo.
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Champagne house Pommery first to release English Fizz!
Vranken Pommery Monopole launches English Fizz grown and made for them by Hampshire wine producer Hattingley Valley.
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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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English producers shine at the IWC Awards
Bob Lindo from Camel Valley and Cherie Spriggs from Nyetimber win top trophies at the IWC Awards.
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E&J Gallo has acquired Napa Valley winery Pahlmeyer
Iconic winery Pahlmeyer has been purchased by E&J Gallo as part of its super premium strategy.
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The Drinks Business Sauvignon Blanc Masters results shows its value and diversity
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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The Wine GB 2020 awards announced this week
The Top Sparkling Wine award for the UK went to Hampshire winery Hattingley Valley for their King’s Cuvée.
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France and parts of Europe hit by the worst frost in decades
Wide spread frost has hit many vineyards over several nights, devastating many of France's top wine regions and parts of Europe.
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Yellow Tail vineyard sale
Australian producer and the world's most recognisable wine brand is planning on selling their 7258ha of vineyards in Australia.
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Wildfires and drought damage wine regions
Wild fires in Bordeaux and drought in Northern Italy as summer weather causes problems for wine regions.
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Queen's death means wine companies with a Royal Warrant need to reapply
Camel Valley, Pol Roger, Lanson and Bollinger all have Royal Warrants that will expire now the Queen has passed.
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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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Lebanese harvest despite conflict
Ixsir completes 2024 harvest despite conflict and crisis
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Mosel gets name change
The laborious Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is going to become simply ‘Mosel’ from the 2007 vintage. The change comes after years of lobbying by the region’s growers’ organisation.
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Zinfandel under the microscope
A team in the US is conducting research into the diversity of the Zinfandel grape.
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Aussie drought lops grape harvest
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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Californian wine pioneer Ernest Gallo dies
Ernest Gallo, who, with his brother Julio, helped build the American wine industry, died last week aged 97.
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Grape potential in the Cotswolds
The Cotswolds has the potential to become a region for grape growing.
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English sparklers are top medal winners
English wines scooped a record number of medals in this year’s International Wine Challenge, with sparkling wines taking all the highest awards.
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Kodak helps fight wine fraud
Kodak’s printing technology is helping the wine industry in its fight against counterfeiting, which is thought to affect as much as five per cent of wine sold in secondary markets.
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Moth a worry for US wine region
A new insect pest has arrived in California, which is being seen as a serious threat to the grape crop.
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Women pick wine they want
Women are often the decision-makers when it comes to buying wine and now an Australian wine show has created an award that reflects that - the Wine Women Want Trophy.
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Germans name region in one word: Mosel
The Germans are really going all out to make their wines as consumer friendly as possible.
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Drought may slash Australia's 2008 vintage
Australian wine looks likely to be hit hard by the country’s relentless drought.
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Oz and James take a New World wine adventure
‘Wine buff’ Oz Clarke and ‘petrolhead’ James May returned to TV screens last week for a second series of their Big Wine Adventure.
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Middle classes labelled hazardous wine drinkers
Middle-class wine drinkers have been slammed by the media after a study showed them to be the worst offenders when it comes to hazardous levels of drinking alcohol.
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Co-op flags Fairtrade Fortnight
The Co-op is highlighting Fairtrade Fortnight, which kicks off on 25th February
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Waitrose to plant English vineyard
Waitrose is going to plant its own vineyard in England, so that it can start to make sparkling wine in a few year’s time.
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Aussie wine producers are on the increase
The number of Australian wine producers is on the increase despite all the recent concerns over drought and water restrictions.
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Still white wine sparkles in UK competition
A still white wine has taken the top prize in this year’s English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition.
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English harvest underway
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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English wine harvest in full swing
The harvest is well underway in English vineyards with producers reporting healthy yields, high sugars and balanced acidity in the grapes.
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Twin billionaires to plant vines in the Channel Islands
Billionaire twin brothers David and Frederick Barclay, owners of the Daily Telegraph and the Ritz hotel in London, are planting their first vineyard on the island of Sark in the Channel Islands.
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French wine banned in Australia for masquerading as Kiwi wine
A French Sauvignon Blanc, called Kiwi Cuvee, has been prevented from being sold in Australia because of its name.
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IWC results out
Tesco and Marks & Spencer top the charts in International Wine Challenge competition.
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English & Welsh Wine Competition results
More medals than ever before were handed out this week at the English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition.
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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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Wineries go under down under
Australian and New Zealand Wineries feel the pressure.
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Mixed response to new Chilean wine areas
Chilean wine producers have expressed concerns over the three new wine areas for Chile which were approved earlier this year.
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EU planting ban planned phase out by 2015
Many fear liberalisation will lead to lower quality EU wines and are campaigning to maintain planting rights.
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Australia drops tasting panel to let natural wines be exported
Australia has dropped the requirement that all wines to be exported must pass a tasting panel so that faulty natural wines stand a chance.
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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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California wine producers make secret stash of wine
Un-named producers are making 'Pot wine' fashionable in California.
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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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Australia has best growing season in decades while Champagne has one of the worst
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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English wine volumes down 30% hit by weather and squirrels?
2012 vintage English Wine thwarted by forces of nature and theft.
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Could Turkey's Anatolia be the home of domesticated vineyards?
Decade of research provides DNA evidence to suggest Southeastern Anatolia is the birthplace of domesticated vineyards.
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California brings in big harvest as the world continues to move into undersupply
The 2012 harvest in California is a record year both for the amount of grapes crushed and the price paid for them.
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Facebook starts selling wine in US through gift store
Wine producers in the US have started selling their wines on Facebook phone app.
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Cava DO facing quality crisis
Leading Cava producer quits DO to set up new Sparkling Wine appellation
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Sailing Boats - they're the latest thing!
Natural wine transported by sailing ship for real sustaintability
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China to protect the Champagne name
China has agreed to protect the name Champagne so that only wines produced in the French region can bear the name.
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The Drinks Business top 10 Wine Brands
The Drinks Business announce the top 10 global wine brands
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Australia's Baron of Barossa dies
Peter Lehmann winemaker dies aged 82.
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English harvest a corker
English Wine Growers upbeat about 2013 harvests
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IWC 2014 results
IWC 2014 results
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Where is the UK fizz in the Government
Government spending on fizz revealing.
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Where in the world are the vineyard hot spots?
Global vineyard price report.
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Northern Chile winemakers suffer from drought
Winemakers forced to abandon vines as water lacking for irrigation
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Californian drought continues
The four-year drought in California is having an impact on smaller producers of inexpensive wines.
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IWC releases results
Own Label supermarket wines do well in the Great Value Awards category
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Rathfinny bottle first wines
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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OCH-I-THE-NO to Scottish Wine
Scotlands first homegrown wine branded undrinkable
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Earth Wind and Fire
Elements across the world prove challenging to wine makers
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Hampshire vineyards a force to be reckoned with
Hampshire wineries form wine association
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New Pinot grape reduces toilet trips
Australians develop Pinot grape which is anti-diuretic.
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Bordeaux name protected in China
Chinese authorities agree to give legal cover to Bordeaux appellations.
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English wineries do well at awards
Tom Stevenson's Champagne & Sparkling Wine Awards
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French harvest, less a harvest more a hunt for grapes.
French reported weakest harvest in 30 years
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Sussex wines apply for PDO status but what about Brexit
Will Sussex wines get PDO status now we have Brexit
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A small Argentine 2017 vintage hit by frost
Argentina has had a small vintage hit by frost at the beginning of the season.
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Mini heatwave in June saves English harvest
After the terrible frost in May that many thought would decimate the 2017 harvest, the mini heatwave in June may have saved the vintage.
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Single bottle of wine sells at Charity Auction for $350,000
Most expensive bottle ever was sold at Carnivale du Vin, US chef Emeril Lagasse’s annual charity wine auction, on 4 November in New Orleans for US $350,000.
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France has been rocked by two massive wine frauds
Two wine frauds involving millions of bottles of wine are currently being prosecuted in Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley.
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The UK’s love of sparkling wine has seen a boost for Crémant de Loire
The UK’s love of sparkling wine has seen a boost for Crémant de Loire. Sales were up by 34% in 2017.
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Penfolds target Napa and Champagne for overseas expansion
Penfolds is shifting the traditional marketing approach to wine with Champagne and Napa reds for the Australian brand.
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The UK is to launch its own Geographical Indicators
The UK is to launch its own Geographical Indicators, as it prepares for Brexit.
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2018 vintage underway in the Northern Hemisphere.
The 2018 vintage is looking much better than 2017.
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Apprentice star selling ice wine, but has it been sweetened by Lord Sugar?
Jackie Fast, currently competing on BBC’s Apprentice, has launched a Canadian Ice Wine this week in London.
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Supermarkets offer 25% off wine and fizz
It's that time of year when the supermarkets have the best discounts. 25% off all wines, with several offering discounts on Champagne, the savings can really add up.
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Vivino wine app predicts future wine trends
Beaujolais and Toro are the top up and coming regions while Napa replaces Chateau d’Yquem as top-rated 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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Peak Prosecco and a gin boom that is going pop create opportunities in 2020
We take a look at some drink industry trends that may come about in 2020.
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California's Glass Fire claims wineries and restaurants
Wineries in Napa have been burnt by the latest wild fire to threaten the region. The fires were sparked on Sunday and fanned by flames early in the week.
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Smoke from California and Oregon fires means many grapes will go unpicked.
The Glass Fire that has destroyed 18 wineries so far is the tip of the iceberg, with many producers planning to not pick grapes because of smoke taint.
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Napa and Sancerre harvest, both have big falls in volume but for very different reasons
Napa has a 25-30% drop in volume at harvest due to drought, while Sancerre harvest is down 50% due to frost and rain causing mildew.
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Freixenet Copestick expands portfolio to NZ
Freixenet Copestick portfolio continues to expand with the purchase of New Zealand icon Wither hills.
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Welsh Wine Week 4-12 June 2022
Welsh Wine week is happening, from 4th to 12th June.
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2022 heat and drought means vines are being picked earlier than ever
From Napa to Bordeaux, heat waves and drought year mean that the harvest is earliest ever in a number of regions.
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NZ regions hit by Cyclone Gabrielle
New Zealand’s Hawkes Bay and Gisborne smashed by Cyclone Gabrielle
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Chile uproot vineyards due to water shortages
Chile uprooted 4.5% of vineyards in response to water shortages.
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English wine in the spotlight
This week three announcements were made that put English wine in the spotlight.
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Spate of English vineyard sales
There has been a spate of English vineyards being sold or up for sale.
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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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British Columbia devastated by frost
British Columbia devastated by frost, leads producers to import grapes from Washington.
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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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WineGB Awards 2024 trophy winners
Wines made in 13 different counties were awarded trophies at this year’s WineGB Awards.
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Luxury wine brand Duckhorn up for sale
USA's luxury wine brand Duckhorn is up for sale to private equity firm Butterfly for US$1.95 billion.
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Constellation Brands set to exit the wine industry
Constellation Brands set to exit the wine industry, prompting a potential industry shake-up.
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London Wine Fair 2025: Battle of the Bubbles
English fizz shines at London Wine Fair’s battle of the bubbles
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Barossa gets investment in low and no tech
Barossa leads the charge with pioneering low and no alcohol wine facility.
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Celebrate English Wine Week: Discover, Sip and Savour Local Wines
From Saturday 21 to Sunday 29 June 2025, English Wine Week returns with special events planned at vineyards.
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