Gusbourne Estate potentially up for sale
English winery Gusbourne may soon have a new owner, as Lord Ashcroft, who holds a 67% stake in the company, announces he's exploring strategic options for his shareholding.
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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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UK is top Chilean wine importer
UK is a key market for Chile wine producers, after strong growth and weak demand in China and USA.
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Higher carbon impact on vine growth
High carbon in the atmosphere speeds up plant growth, now research shows what might happen in the future.
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Pernod Ricard sells wine division
Pernod Ricard, the world's second-largest wine and spirits company, is selling most of its wine brands to the owners of Accolade Wines.
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Does California face a grape apocalypse?
Is the US joining Australia and France in having to reduce vineyard area in response to demand for their wines?
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Majestic store expansion
Majestic plans to increase stores and has identified its target areas across the UK.
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ThirtyFifty wins IWC Educator of the Year
ThirtyFifty is named IWC Consumer Educator of the Year 2024 at glitzy awards night on Tuesday 9th July.
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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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Dinosaur extinction linked to the rise of grapes
Recent research has led scientists to believe that grapes prospered after the end of dinosaurs.
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UK vineyards now exceed 1,000
WineGB announced that there are now 1,030 vineyards in the UK, an increase of 87 on last year.
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2000 year old liquid wine found in Spain
While residue of older wines have been found before, this is the first time liquid wine of this age has been discovered.
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Burgundy to New York by boat
Commercial sized sailing ships are back in fashion with Maison Joseph Drouhin from Burgundy shipping wine to New York.
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WineGB award winning wines
The medal season continues with WineGB announcing winners of the WineGB Awards 2024.
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Australia wine heading back to China
Australia has seen a sudden increase in sales of wine to China after the punitive tariffs used to punish Australian wine were removed in March.
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English Wine Week boosts wine tourism
English Wine Week is upon us, from 15th to 23rd June, with visits up 55% in the last two years since Covid.
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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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English vineyards face a wet decade ahead
England's vineyards need to prepare for a very wet decade, as moulds, mildew and flooding will become more widespread.
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Bordeaux En Primeur a damp squib
Bordeaux En Primeur campaign is lacklustre with average prices down 22% vs 2022 and quality lower.
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Swedish alcohol monopoly to change
Sweden's Systembolaget monopoly to allow winemakers to sell alcoholic beverages.
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Australian Vintage shares suspended
Australian Vintage shares are suspended as it struggles under a mountain of grapes and debt.
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Wine and cheese help reduce dementia risk
Study finds daily glass of red wine and eating cheese can help reduce the risk of dementia.
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Short measures for UK drinkers
UK drinkers coming up short when ordering wine from pubs and bars
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Aldi launch 300g glass bottle
Aldi first in UK to launch wine in super lightweight 300g glass bottle
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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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IWC announce award-winning wines
The International Wine Challenge has released its results for 2024.
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Read the fine print it could be worth wine!
UK company offered a free bottle of Pomerol to the first person who found the offer in the small print of privacy policy statement.
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Accolade eye up sale of assets
Australia's second largest producer looks to sell off assets to return to profitability
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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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Report shows mixed picture for UK drinks outlets
The latest UK Hospitality Market Monitor report shows a mixed picture for UK drinks outlets.
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2022 a vintage year for Port
2022 is declared a Vintage year by leading Port producers.
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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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UK Deposit Return scheme delayed to 2027
UK Deposit Return scheme delayed again, moving to a 2027 date
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Moët & Chandon using spraying robots
Moët & Chandon employs autonomous spraying robot
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Bordeaux En Primeur price drop
Bordeaux En Primeur campaign underway with a big drop in prices for the early releases.
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Wine guy's marathon blind tasting
Tom Gilbey tastes 25 glasses of wine while competing in this years London Marathon
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Drought leads to furlough for Freixenet workers
Continuing drought means Freixenet is to furlough 80% of workers in Catalonia
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Denbies becomes first UK Net Zero Wineyard
Denbies has announced that it has become the first UK net zero winery after a bumper harvest in 2023 resulted in a net carbon balance of -96 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
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Research to improve aroma quality of canned wines
Research suggests new simple way to improve the aromas in canned wines.
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£1.5 million set aside to fund UK winemakers training
Minister forgets to announce £1.5 million of funding for training wine producers in the UK.
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GB wine production dwarfs sales in 2023
Wine GB conference announced production and sales for 2023 that will take years to sell through
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Wine retailer Majestic purchases Vagabond Wines
Wine retailer Majestic purchases wine bar chain Vagabond.
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New visa rules for overseas somms
Overseas sommeliers will have trouble getting UK visas under new minimum wage requirements.
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Pinot Noir Top Tips
Drinks Business Pinot Master reveals some interesting trends for Pinot Noir lovers.
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Cava and Catalonia suffer worst drought in 1200 years
Cava and Catalonia experiencing the worst drought in 1200 years, leading to radical changes in the Cava DO.
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Majestic in talks to buy wine bar chain Vagabond
Wine retailer Majestic in talks to buy self-pour wine bar chain Vagabond
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Chinese wine tariffs on Australia finally removed
China has removed tariffs of over 200% on Australian wine imports.
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Learning about wine re-wires your brain in a good way
New research shows learning about wine re-wires your brain by linking language and taste.
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Naked Wines call in debt advisors
Naked Wines call in debt advisors to restructure their debts.
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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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