UK top destination for Rioja
The UK is the top importing country for Rioja.
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Wine News Archive
Climate change to alter future grape-growing
Grape-growing is going to change in the future because of global warming.
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Tetrapaks shown to have environmental advantages over glass
Tetrapaks use 80% less energy to produce than glass, making them a good packaging alternative from the environmental point of view.
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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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Argentinian Malbec and rosé making their mark
Malbec and rosé were the big success stories last year as far as wine from Argentina is concerned.
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German wine finding favour with UK drinkers
Germany is in a unique position to offer consumers a wine with less punishing levels of alcohol than many other countries’ wines
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Elephant treads grapes for SA wine
A South African wine producer has adopted foot treading for some of its grapes but hardly in the traditional way since the treading is being done by an elephant.
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Jacob's Creek to cut alcohol levels by up to 1%
Jacob’s Creek is planning to lower the alcohol level of its wines to not more than 14%.
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Transportation is only small part of a wine's carbon footprint, say Aussies
Australian wine doesn’t necessarily have a much higher carbon footprint than wine coming from other countries to the UK
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M & S's Pink Port - one for the girls
Marks & Spencer is targeting younger, female drinkers with the launch of a ‘brand new port style’.
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Oddbins to go for case sales like Majestic
Oddbins is to go down the route of Majestic by starting to sell wine by the case in nearly 50 stores later this year.
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ONS takes bigger glasses and stronger wines into consideration
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has updated its methods for calculating wine consumption in drinking surveys
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Alsace producer puts sweetness level on its labels
An Alsace producer is putting the amount of residual sugar on the labels of its Rieslings to help consumers know which wines are sweet and which dry.
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US sparkling wine labelled Champagne destroyed
A shipment of more than 3,200 bottles of Andre sparkling wine made in California was seized and destroyed by Belgian customs authorities
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Italian dispute leaves wine nameless
What do you put on the label of a bottle of wine that doesn’t have a name? That’s the problem right now for producers in Friuli Venezia Giulia
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We like wine more if it costs more, says study
Drinkers think that more expensive wine tastes better, no matter its quality, according to a recent study.
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Yalumba defines old vines
Australian wine producer Yalumba has established an Old Vine Charter
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Sales of Burgundy on the up
Sales of Burgundy have outstripped production for the second year running.
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Study shows drinkers fib about amount they drink
A study by Norwich Union, the UK’s leading life and critical illness insurance provider, has found that nearly a quarter of people lie about their alcohol intake.
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UK exempt from EU planting ban
UK wine producers have got the New Year’s resolution they were hoping for – exemption from the EU-wide planting ban.
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Bottle shortage a worry for wine industry
A glass shortage has been causing concern for the wine industry in Europe.
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2007 Aussie wine exports grew more by value than volume
Australian wine exports went up more by value than by volume last year.
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UK biggest importer of NZ wine
The UK takes more New Zealand wine than any other country.
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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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Call for a level playing field on selling low-alcohol wines in the UK
Low-alcohol wines are still struggling to make it to shops in the UK
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EU agrees watered-down wine reform
A diluted EU wine reform has been agreed this week.
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Asda's £30 Dom Perignon popped out of the shops
If you thought you’d head to Asda to grab hold of some top-notch bubbly at a rock-bottom price for Christmas, well, don’t bother.
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English sparkling wine in world's top 10
An English sparkling wine has been ranked in the world’s top 10 in the Effervescents du Monde competition.
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Demand for champagne doesn't stop high street discounting
In spite of the fact that demand for champagne is soaring, UK retailers still seem to be slashing the prices of their festive fizz.
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MEPS from cooler wine regions vote against sugar ban
German and Austrian wine growers have shown their opposition to the EU wine reform’s proposed ban on adding sugar.
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Trinity Hill Syrah scoops top Air NZ wine award
Trinity Hill Homage Syrah 2006 won the top prize at this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
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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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Vintages don't really matter any more, says Hugh Johnson
It might be hard for some wine connoisseurs to swallow, but wine critic and author Hugh Johnson has declared that wine vintages hardly matter any more.
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No Penola GI leaves grape-growing community nameless
Penola community grape growers appeal against decision not to have a GI
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Oddbins reports increased losses
Wine merchant Oddbins saw losses almost triple last year to £8.7 million from £3m in 2005.
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Supermarkets take different route with greener packaging
After trialling two own-label wines in PET for three months, Sainsbury’s is putting them back into glass because it is worried that they won’t sell fast enough during the winter for the wine to stay fresh.
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RidgeView wins gastronomic prize
English sparkling wine producer RidgeView has been awarded the prestigious Grand Prix of Gastronomy.
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Waitrose wins Wine Buyer of the Year again
For the fifth year in a row, Waitrose has picked up the International Wine & Spirit Competition’s Wine Buyer of the Year award.
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Champagne aims to expand its vineyards
France is looking to extend its Champagne region in a bid to keep up with increasing demand.
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Co-op excels at Fairtrade Wine Awards
Supermarket chain Co-op scooped half the prizes at the first-ever Fairtrade Wine Awards last week.
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Russian fizz beats top Champagnes
A Russian sparkling wine beat far more expensive bottles from some of the top champagne houses in a recent blind tasting.
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Brazilian wine crops at the double
Anyone who knows anything about wine knows that vines produce grapes once a year, but just to prove there’s always an exception to the rule, Waitrose is selling a Brazilian wine called Rio Sol, which is a double-cropper.
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Top chef opts for English wine list
Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens is to have an all-English wine list at the fish-and-chip restaurant he is opening next month.
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NZ company stops grape seeds going to waste
A New Zealand company has devised a way of turning the grape seeds from wine production – usually a waste product – into a saleable commodity.
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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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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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Stopper makes wine preservative-free
An Australian winemaker has invented a stopper that will remove the preservative from wine as the bottle is opened.
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Australia is top scorer in wine competition
Australia has excelled in this year’s International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) by being awarded a third of all the Gold medals.
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Wine scanners to detect spoilage without opening the bottle
American scientists have invented two devices that can detect cork taint and oxidation in wines without having to open the bottles.
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Namibian vineyard proving it's possible to make dry desert wine!
Who would imagine anyone could produce good wine – let alone wine at all – on the edge of the Namibian desert, but a British-born businessman is proving just such a thing is possible.
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