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Four new Premier Cru Climats in Pouilly-Loché and Pouilly-Vinzelles are expected in Mâcon, Burgundy, in the next 18 months. This will add to the 22 Premier Cru sites (or Climats) already in Pouilly-Fuissé announced in 2020.
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The UK is not the nation of boozers we think we are, ranking only 18th out of 38 of Europeans heaviest drinkers.
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One of Chianti most extreme villages is to add Terraelectae, a new top tier, to its classification.
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Ireland has announced a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) that will go live on February 2024 and include glass, aluminium and plastic bottles.
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UK wine businesses are holding more stock after Brexit, Covid and Ukraine war puts pressure on supply chains.
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Moet Hennessy CEO Philippe Schaus said the group was “running out of stock” of some of its Champagnes.
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Barefoot Pinot Grigio is the UK's most popular white wine
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Australia is flooded again with flood water taking weeks to drain, disrupting the Australian Spring.
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Uncommon, the uniquely designed alternative packaging producer, has just launched in New Zealand, with a sparkling Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir Rosé from Marlborough.
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A new month, new chancellor and a new economic direction, but Jeremy Hunt, the UK Chancellor, did not mention alcohol duty in his Autumn statement.
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Accolade, owners of Hardys, Banrock Station and Petaluma brands, is selling it’s Bristol based bottling plant to bottle manufacturer Encirc.
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Wine Traders for Alternative Formats (WTAF) release open letter encouraging alternative formats.
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New Zealand wine exports for the last 12 months reached £1 billion for the first time, while at the same time Australian exports dropped to £1.11 billion.
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4.6 million bottles of Bordeaux wines were really fraudulent Spanish plonk.
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The latest version of Monopoly is based around Napa Valley and includes the great and good wineries and US wine institutions.
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Details of the duty rates are expected to be announced in the Autumn Statement on 17th November
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Rathfinny Estate has won an unfair dismissal case after employee held responsible for ruined 2017 Classic Cuvee
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Chapel Down will be the UK largest winery this year with 2 million bottles from the 2022 harvest.
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The UK government has reversed its planned freeze on alcohol duty that it reversed weeks ago.
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Rioja rivals are granted new Vineyards of Alava appellation (PDO) but it overlaps with Rioja, who are not happy.
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Michel Chapoutier suggests that if he was to make wine in the UK he would not follow the sparkling crowd. He has suggested he would go for Chasselas in the Isle of Scilly.
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England is starting to become a test bed for rule changes in the Champagne region.
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Some un-grafted vines survived this year's hot dry summer better than others.
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Fly With Wine suitcases are perfect for carrying wines back from a holiday
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Wine magazine Decanter announced its wine retailer awards with the overall winner Jeroboams, with 8 shops in London. While North West England's Booths won best Supermarket of the Year.
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While most of the UK has seen an increase of 18% in seated restaurant meals, London sales are down 14% for September compared to pre-covid numbers.
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Just as Champagne's last grapes have been picked, the UK is gearing up for its harvest, with picking times getting earlier in the season for all producers.
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UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has scrapped the planned changes to the UK duty rates, freezing duty in this week's mini-budget announcement.
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The Drinks Trust is offering hospitality workers up to £350 for those facing fuel poverty
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The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2022 has announced their results and Italy won the most medals with 53 Gold and 129 Silver.
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Can’t afford a WSET course, new initiative helps fund studies
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Insolvencies for pubs, bars and restaurants have jumped 59% to 2,156 to the year ending on the 31st August 2022.
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Château Figeac promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé A in St Emilion re-classification.
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California produces most of the wine from the US, but what are the top 10 wine regions?
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Camel Valley, Pol Roger, Lanson and Bollinger all have Royal Warrants that will expire now the Queen has passed.
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Wine trading up as demand for “inflation proof assets rise”
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Drought has raised the question of irrigation in Barolo.
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From Napa to Bordeaux, heat waves and drought year mean that the harvest is earliest ever in a number of regions.
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The WSET is to resume courses in China after being suspended in January 2021. China had been one of WSET largest markets with 90 course providers.
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UK government's new tax scheme that is supposed to simplify alcohol duty by introducing a huge number of rates has been delayed.
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This week the Uniform Law Commission passed a model Alcohol Direct-Shipping Compliance Act, that when adopted by states will severely limit direct shipping of wine interstate.
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Adding jalapeños to your rose is a new TikTok trend for summer 2022
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Myrkl, the pill that reduces the uptake of alcohol into the body, reducing the effects of intoxication and hangovers has sold out in the UK in less than a week
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Wild fires in Bordeaux and drought in Northern Italy as summer weather causes problems for wine regions.
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ThirtyFifty, a leading wine education company, is awarded the IWC Consumer Educator of the Year 2022
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Red wines in winter, whites in summer, may be sensible advise for hayfever sufferers according to DrinkWell UK.
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Myrkl has been released in the UK, the pill reduces the uptake of alcohol into the body, reducing the effects of intoxication and hangovers.
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Naked Wines share price drops by 44% after they predicted falling sales in the coming year. The announcement has caused the shares to tumble in what has been typically classified as a fast growing but loss making business.
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Influencers who take cash to promote drinks need to follow the law as Whisp Drinks ad is banned in the UK by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
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A Scottish cross party group has raised dire concerns about the viability of the proposed Scottish Deposit return scheme (DRS) due to go live in August 2023.
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