Sherry Week 2025 is biggest yet
UK leads record-breaking Sherry Week 2025, with 1,846 events showcasing Spain's fortified wine.
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Wine News Archive
UK Budget confirms alcohol duty rise
UK wine industry warns of higher prices as budget confirms 2026 duty rise.
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Penn Croft UK's first certified Regen Vineyard
Penn Croft Vineyards achieves England’s first Regenerative Certification by A Greener World (AGW).
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Alternative yeast strains show promise for no and low wines
Non-Saccharomyces yeast offer new hope for low- and no-alcohol wines
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Beaujolais Nouveau top quality year
Beaujolais Nouveau 2025 shows its best form since 2022
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Buckfast hits new high
Buckfast sales hit new high as demand for iconic tonic wine grows
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Rise of Cremant
Crémant bubbles up as consumers seek sparkling value
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Global wine production inches up
Global wine production inches upward in 2025 despite continued climate pressure
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London Wine Fair buyout
London Wine Fair enters new era after Hannah Tovey leads management buyout
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Pink Chianti gets local government go ahead
Chianti to make rosé wine to revive region, pending national approval.
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Californian vineyards in crisis
California’s vineyards face crisis as thousands of acres left unharvested.
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Ridgeview falls under administration
Ridgeview Wine Estate seeks buyer as it continues to trade under administration.
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Ancient winery discovered in Turkey
Roman winery discovered beneath ancient mountain castle in Turkey.
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UK wine imports dip
UK wine imports continue to decline by 5.4% in value and 6.4% in volume.
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Flavescence Dorée outbreak grips Hungarian vineyards
Flavescence Dorée disease spreads across Hungary's 22 wine regions.
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Ukrainian wine theft
Ukrainian wine shipment stolen en route to London.
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Low harvests for different reasons
Low harvests hit Germany, Spain and California for very different reasons
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Wine price index revealed
Top economies reveal the real price of a bottle of wine
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Michelin to launch wine ratings
Michelin enters the wine world with new ratings plan
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Simpson’s turns up the heat for English still wines
Kent’s Simpson’s Wine Estate is shifting 60% of its grapes into still wine production.
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Pink Chardonnay is official grape variety
Pink Chardonnay joins Champagne’s roster of authorised grapes.
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Brit guilty of $100m fine wine fraud
British man James Wellesley pleads guilty in $100m US fine wine scam trial.
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By The Glass Coravin Guide launches
Premium wines by the glass are encouraging drinkers to experiment, with more consumers willing to pay £15–£20 a glass.
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France takes top spot at World Wine Tasting Championship
Les Bleus are back on top after edging out China and Australia in a high-stakes blind tasting battle involving 43 countries.
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Pinot Gris New Zealand’s second grape variety
Pinot Gris rises to become New Zealand’s second biggest grape variety.
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Shining a (UV) light on vineyard mildew control
New Zealand, the US and Europe are putting light-based tech to work against grape mildews.
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Chapel Down scrap £32m winery
Chapel Down cancels £32m winery project as strategy shifts.
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France bans copper fungicide powders
French ban on most copper fungicides sparks concern among organic winegrowers.
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amaea smoke taint fix
amaea’s VPx offers targeted smoke taint fix as California faces wild fires
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Torres trials solar pergola
Familia Torres trials solar pergola to future-proof Penedès vines.
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California harvest smallest in 50 years
California braces for its smallest harvest in 50 years but quality is excellent.
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Fine wine market faces deepest downturn in years
Fine wine market faces deepest downturn in years
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Château Lafleur exits Pomerol to embrace Vin de France
Château Lafleur exits Pomerol to embrace Vin de France
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Sparkling partnerships put F1 and England Rugby in the spotlight
Formula 1 and England Rugby have each struck major new sparkling wine deals, showcasing both French innovation and English excellence.
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Tejo PGI wines now allowed at just 0.5% alcohol
Producers in Portugal’s Tejo region can now label wines with just 0.5% alcohol as PGI, following new rules reflecting the global demand for lighter, lower-alcohol wine styles.
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English fizz takes top sparkling crown at IWC 2025
Nyetimber’s Blanc de Blancs Magnum 2016 becomes the first English wine to win the IWC Champion Sparkling Wine award, with Cherie Spriggs named Sparkling Winemaker of the Year once again.
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Champagne trims yields
Champagne trims harvest yields to safeguard its future.
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UK wine industry thriving
English and Welsh vineyards thrive as plantings and sales grow.
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US tariffs on European wines
US to hike tariffs on European wine and spirits from 1 August
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Lodi wakes up to white wines
Lodi’s white wine awakening: rare grapes redefining a red-dominant region
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Champagne fraud sees French winemaker on trial
Fake Champagne scandal lands French winemaker in court
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Champagne in human trafficking scandal
Shameful 2023 Champagne harvest leads to convictions and reform push
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Genomics revolution promises greener future for New Zealand vineyards
A groundbreaking genomic project in New Zealand could slash chemical spraying in vineyards by up to 80%, offering grape growers powerful tools to breed disease-resistant vines and combat climate change.
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Chianti producers eye new horizons as Trump tariff threat looms
Italian Chianti producers are urging the EU to help launch fresh export drives into South America, Asia and Africa, as Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on European goods push winemakers to seek safer markets.
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Fine wine market steadies in Q2 as buyers seek global gems
The fine wine market showed hints of stabilisation in Q2 2025, as Winecap’s latest report reveals a slower decline in prices, with collectors increasingly looking beyond Bordeaux and Burgundy for exciting investment finds.
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California vineyard raids
California vineyards face fear and uncertainty as immigration raids resume.
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WSET gives spirits a refresh
WSET launches refreshed Level 3 Spirits qualification as global spirits student numbers pass 100,000.
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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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Fine wine sales subdued
Fine wine market braces for slow recovery amid global challenges.
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Aussie wine bounces back
Australian wine rebounds as Chinese market struggles to recover
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