Money is tight in the UK but you can still go out, just spend less.
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Wine News Archive
With a quick change of rules, Organic Wine now exists.
New EU rules mean the term organic wine can now be used for wine made from organically grown grapes
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Turn the music up - it improves the taste!
Synaethesia studies identify a link between taste and sound.
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Arctic blast in Europe saves Czech ice wine
Temperatures dip low enough for ice wine grape harvest to begin.
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Camel Valley applies for UK first Appelation
Camel Valley in Cornwall applies for PDO recognition.
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Out with the wine list in with the iPad
Top restaurants around the world are using iPads as wine lists.
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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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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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Vine diseases the unknown and unspoken threat to UK viticulture
Are English Wine Growers ignoring a potential threat to their vines?
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Chinese man gets life imprisonment for smuggling wine
A Chinese man has been given a life sentence for illegally importing millions of dollars of fine wine into China from France, Britain and Hong Kong.
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Chardonnay top 15 clones to have their DNA mapped
Clones of the Chardonnay grape vine will be mapped to show which clone is best for which geography.
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Jacobs Creek gives lighter alcohol wines a go
Jacob’s Creek launches Cool Harvest, a range of lower alcohol wines positioned as “light and fresh”.
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Terrior now proven to include yeast, at least in New Zealand
New Zealand scientists find that yeasts could be part of wine's terroir
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No ice wine this winter, its just not cold enough
Temperatures have rarely dropped below 8C and -7C is minimum temperature required for Eiswein production
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Sips measures reinstated
UK legislation has finally changed to allow smaller sips measures of wine to be sold.
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A Rose by any other name.. Now its white Zinfandel - again
EU rules that White Zinfandel term still stands.
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Bordeaux prices collapse in 2011
2011 Winners and losers announced in Live-Ex Fine Wine 1000 index
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Red, white and rose, but what about orange?
Orange wine is the hot new wine trend amongst sommeliers in the USA who are making it fashionable by putting it on their wine lists.
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Grape waste helps control unwanted emissions!
Study shows leftover grape material drops methane emissions from dairy cows.
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Decanter hosts panel tasting of grower Champagnes
Decanter magazine's first-ever panel tasting of grower Champagnes concludes that grower champagnes have character, sophistication and are good value for money.
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New egg shaped fermentor creates a buzz
New egg shaped fermentors steal the show at SIMEI 2011 in Milan.
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European Union looks to allow unrestricted vine planting in 2016
European wine growing regions battle European Commission to allow massive vineyard expansion
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Brettanomyces genome sequenced, next stop no more sweaty saddles
Australian researchers crack the blueprint of brettanomyces to work out how to combat it.
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Wine is losing market share in the UK as prices rise
Report shows wine is £2.34 more expensive per bottle than a year ago and this is affecting sales in the UK.
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Wave Technology unleashes the flavour of wine
Why swirling wine uses the physics of wave technology to make the wine taste better.
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Paper wine bottles set to launch in the UK
Paper wine bottles latest invention to bring down wine carbon footprint.
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Screwcaps now the norm in the UK
UK wine drinkers will now happily buy wine with a screw cap closure.
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Prosecco set to grow to five times its current size by 2035
Prosecco region expanding production to keep up with increased demand for Prosecco.
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Wine Trade now has carbon calculator
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol is the new green policy for the wine trade
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English Beaujolais Nouveau?
English Winery Three Choirs produce first English wine from 2011 harvest
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Naked Wines named Online Business of the Year
National Business Awards name Naked Wines UK Online Business of the Year.
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Bordeaux embraces claret
A new term 'Claret de Bordeaux' is to be used for wines under AOC Bordeaux, AOC Bordeaux Superieur and AOC Cotes de Bordeaux appellations.
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Low alcohol and no-alcohol market breaks 1 million case barrier
Low alcohol wine is increasingly bought by consumers to appease their consciences and put less pressure on their wallets.
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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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Healdsburg won’t cap wine-tasting rooms
With 20 wine tasting rooms downtown Healdsburg council decide not to further restrict more establishments.
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Bloosom Hill changes name of White Zinfandel
Blossom Hill White Zinfandel and White Grenache will now be known as Zinfandel Rosé and Grenache Rosé as Italian authorities force change.
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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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Lindemans add NZ Sauvignon Blanc to range
Lindeman’s has now added a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc to its international Winemaker’s Discovery range.
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Top Bordeaux prices crumble as drinkers diversify
Buyers turn away from established favourites like Chateaux Lafite seeking better value wines.
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Waitrose sells wine by the glass
Waitrose follows M&S with wine by the glass, a concept ridiculed on Dragons Den.
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Oddbins relaunches, again, this time smaller, again
37 Oddbins stores will re-open with a campaign that allows customers to suggest the price of the wine.
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New Grand Cru for the Loire
Quarts de Chaume in Anjou awaits final approval to become the Loire's first Grand Cru.
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Australia's Queensland producers shift harvest date by 2-3 months by pruning
Australian winemakers to reset the biological clock of vines to improve grape quality.
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Scottish devolution of duty may increase costs for drinkers
Scottish Government asks Westminster for control of excise duty to work alongside their minimum pricing policy.
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Rioja harvest in but much smaller than normal.
Exceptionally hot weather has made for an early harvest full of potential but reduced in quantity.
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Motorhead launch the Ace of Shiraz
Motorhead joins a long list of celebrities who are dabbling in the wine trade.
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While China forges fine wine UK sticks to cheap fake wine
Fake Blossom Hill seized in Warrington, Cheshire.
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Wine sold on QVC for the first time in 17 years
Pig in a Poke wine to reach 22 million UK homes via the QVC shopping channel
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UK 2nd biggest market for Spain
Figures show that the UK is Spain's second biggest export market, behind Germany.
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Champagne's old vintages give kick to fizz
The trend for library wines is gaining momentum among Champagne’s top houses, including Krug, Dom Pérignon and Louis Roederer.
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