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The Bronco Wine Company best known for its Charles Shaw 'Two Buck Chuck' is to launch an Australian Chardonnay in the US under the brand name 'Down Under' and market the wine as 'Three Dollar Koala'.
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Penfolds is trialling a revolutionary glass stopper system - on the 2006 Grange.
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Sparkling wines triumphed at the English & Welsh Wine of the Year Awards while Ridgeview Wine Estate outperformed rival wine producers.
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Britain's biggest wine company celebrates its 40th birthday.
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French winemaker Jean Hugel, credited with rebuilding the Alsatian wine trade after World War II, has died in France at the age of 84.
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Wine producers in New York are facing reduced crops due to late spring frosts.
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Australian Albarinho is not the promising Spanish variety Albarino. Instead they been supplied with the almost unheard of French variety Savagnin Blanc, this is a very different variety to Sauvignon Blanc.
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The fear of swine flu has led a catholic church in Sydney to stop offering sacremental wine at Holy Communion.
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WRAP has saved over 20,000 tonnes of glass since 2006 through its GlassRite Wine project and increased the bulk importation of wine to the UK.
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Vineyard plantings in the UK continue to increase according to the latest DEFRA figures which show there are 1,106 hectares now under vine.
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EU plans to allow red and white wines to be blended to make rosé have been dropped after months of lobbying from wine producers
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Herbs have been detected in a wine jar that dates back to 5100BC from the tomb of one of ancient Egypt's first rulers.
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British consumers will soon be able to purchase a low alcohol wine 2 years after it was banned by the French government.
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Bloomsbury Auctions is to hold their first ever wine auction in New York on 19 June 2009.
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The most powerful person in the wine world according to the Decanter Power List for 2009 is Richard Sands, chairman of Constellation Brands.
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A study has found that a glass of wine a day can protect against gallstones. Drinking two units of alcohol a day reduces the risk of developing the painful stones by a third.
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The Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadine DOC zone will become a DOCG from the 2009 vintage.
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Pomerol producers are opposing new legislation forcing them to make their wines within the appellation's 780 acres by 2018.
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This week sees British supermarket Waitrose plant its own vines at Leckford Farm Estate in Hampshire.
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The 2006 Saint-Emilion classification which was scrapped by the French Court of Appeal in March has been partially reinstated.
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Closure company Zork has launched a resealable closure for sparkling wine that will retain the fizz in the bottle for several days after opening.
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English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber has appointed a new sales manager Francis Brackley.
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The International Wine & Spirit Competition has released the 2009 results for Northern Hemisphere wines.
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The militant French winemaker group CRAV have set fire to a cooperative and vandalised a bottling line in the south of France.
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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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Penfolds has released the 2004 vintage of the legendary Grange at £170 a bottle.
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London's first commercial vineyard has been planted at Forty Hall Organic Farm in the London Borough of Enfiel
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Fine wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd is to close its Dublin store at the end of July and make 12 staff redundant after ten years of trading.
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The 2009 UK Sommelier of the Year award has been won by Laura Rhys from Hotel TerraVina in Southampton.
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UK government maintains a cellar filled with wines and spirits worth nearly £800,000, according to a Foreign Office minister.
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Plans are underway to create a quality standard for English sparkling wine.
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The results of the annual Liv-ex survey are out and Lafite Rothschild has been voted the wine of the 2008 vintage.
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The UK government has raised the duty on alcohol by 2% in this year's budget.
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Tim How, former CEO of Majestic Wine, is confirmed as the new chairman of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association.
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English Wine Week will begin on 23rd May, a countrywide campaign to promote English wines.
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Sales of ultra premium Napa Valley wines are falling in the economic downturn.
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Château Latour has released its 2008 vintage at €110 per bottle, almost half the 2007 price.
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Wine consumption around the world has fallen by 1% according to a report the Global Drinks Market: Impact Databank Review and Forecast.
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Hurry while stocks last - First Quench has issued another 40% off voucher on wine and champagne at any of its Threshers, Wine Rack, Victoria Wine or Bottoms Up stores until April 13.
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Berry Bros & Rudd verdict on the 2008 Bordeaux is that it's a mixed bag in terms of quality.
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Wine presenter Olly Smith has won the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year award for 2009.
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Australian grape production is forecast to fall by 13% to 1.6 million tonnes in 2008–09.
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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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EU plans to allow rosé to be made by blending white and red wine together.
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Bordeaux's 2008 En Primeur campaign is under pressure from British importers to reduce prices.
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Wine producers who were on trial for illegally adding sugar to their wines have been found guilty.
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Wine movie Bottle Shock in cinemas from 20 March
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The French Court of Appeal has ruled that the 2006 Saint Emilion classification will be scrapped.
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A recommendation by UK chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson to impose a minimum price on alcoholic drinks of 50p per unit in England and Wales has been rejected by prime minister Gordon Brown.
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Plans by the Scottish government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol and increase the alcohol buying age to 21 have been put on hold for at least a year.
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