Chile harvest smaller and earlier than usual
Chile's small, ripe harvest has been hit by hot weather.
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Krug launches luxury English festival 'Into the Wild'
Into the Wild festival held in Hampshire Greek-revival Manor House.
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London Wine Fair is on next week
The UK's largest wine trade fair kicks off on Monday 22nd May until Wednesday 24th May at London Olympia.
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English Wine Week 2017 will take place Saturday 27th May - Sunday 4th June 2017
English Wine Week is only 2 weeks away with around 90 events taking place all over the UK.
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Bordeaux 2016 En Primeur starts with a hiss and a plop
Price rises in the Bordeaux 2016 vintage slow sales.
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A small Argentine 2017 vintage hit by frost
Argentina has had a small vintage hit by frost at the beginning of the season.
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CRAV are at it again destroying wines people want
French Terrorist attack Spanish wine while police look on.
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Frost wraps its ugly fingers around Northern Europe
Many parts of Northern Europe have been hit by frost, with the devastation as far south as Bordeaux.
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Taittinger Plants in Kent
Taittinger is the first of the big branded champagne houses to plant grapes in the UK.
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China now has the 2nd largest area under vine in the world
China has now the 2nd largest area under vine, one place behind Spain. France is now relegated to 3rd place.
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Burgundy installs hail chemical hailstone shield
Burgundy installs hail chemical hailstone shield that pumps silver iodide into the atmosphere to minimise the size of hailstones.
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A new wine competition “The UK Wine Awards”
The UK Wine Awards is a new wine competition focused on the English and Welsh wines.
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Bordeaux is gearing up to sell the 2016 vintages but where are the wines likely to go?
We take a look at the sales from Bordeaux exports in 2016. To work out where the 2016 vintage Bordeaux wines are likely to go.
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New Zealand Pinot shines in the Drinks Business Pinot Masters
New Zealand Pinot Noir shows a clean set of heels to other Pinot Noir countries as it takes out more Gold and Masters awards than any country.
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A new book claims the flavours in wine are simply a mental trick of the brain
A new book by Gordon Shepherd claims that the sense of flavour does not come from our mouths but from our brains. So the flavour you taste is dependent upon you age, gender, memories and emotions.
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UK’s Ridgeview introduces Non-Vintage fizz
Vintage fizz is always considered better, but it does not always mean so. Ridgeview has taken a huge decision, is it a good one?
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UK Parliament to debate law forcing UK embassies to serve English wine
Currently English and Welsh wines are not often shown at Embassies but is legislation the best idea?
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European wines imports likely to be hurt by Brexit
European wines are protected by tariffs, after Brexit those tariffs are unlikely to be relevant. So how could things change?
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Tesco add top end range to the Tesco Finest Range
Tesco has added 10 new wines to boost the top end of the Tesco Finest range.
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Champagne sales in the UK collapse in 2016
The sales of Champagne in the UK dropped by 14%, what is happening to the market?
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Olly Smith launches a new podcast “A Glass with ...”
Olly Smith has teamed up with Richard Hemming MW to produce a short series of podcasts
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Donald Trump Sued for unfair competition
Competitors to Donald Trump have started to sue the Trump organisation for unfair competition associated with people currying favour with the President of the USA
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ProWein gears up for another massive trade fair in Germany
Prowein, Europe's largest wine and spirits trade fair, starts on the 19th March in Dusseldorf.
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Drinks industry continues to snub nose at calorie labelling for wine.
Drinks industry given another chance to come up with a voluntary code for calorie information after ignoring request from the EU Parliament.
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UK Chancellor taxes small businesses and raises the cost of wine
Small wine businesses hammered by the Chancellor, as he increases tax on them in every way possible.
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The Drinks Business Retailer Awards 2017
The results for the The Drinks Business Retailer Awards 2017 for wine goes to...
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Aldi introduces Organic wine while delivering on promise
Aldi was the first of the discounters to home deliver and now they are introducing organic wine.
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Waitrose trialling electronic shelf talkers for wine
Waitrose is trialling electronic shelf talkers in Cambridge Trumpington.
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Cabernet Franc has been reported to possibly come from Navarra
Cabernet Franc has been reported to possibly come from Navarra rather than France or the Basque Country
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All change at Decanter as they elect one of their own Steven Spurrier as Decanters man of the year.
Decanter elects retiring Steven Spurrier as Decanters man of the year.
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US retail giants Amazon and eBay continue the expansion into the wine trade
Both Amazon and eBay have been adding wines and trialling new ways of retailing wines.
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Boycotting Trump is not as simple as first thought
A call to boycott retailers selling Trumps wines by the The National Organization for Women has had a unexpected start.
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Bordeaux 2016 was a big one
The weather gave producers a decent year for most to produce the style of wine they wanted.
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California exports value rise as volumes fall
California exports value rise as volumes fall, but exports to the UK are up despite currency headwinds.
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Lady Goes Gaga over Grigo Girls
Lady Gaga has been reported to be getting ready to launch a celebrity wine.
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Nyetimber takes the title of worst press in 2017 so far...
Nyetimber's ex sales director lifted the lid on what it is like at Nyetimber during an employment tribunal case of unfair dismissal.
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Christmas in Yorkshire is all about the Vodka
Christmas drinks sales results in
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Ridgeview exporting to US
British Fizz exporting to the US
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Try January not Dry January
eBay auction has bumper sales of wine related items
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Future of Gin preserved by National Seed Bank
Juniper seeds saved in UKs National Seed Bank
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Made in China wine now available at Sainsburys
Supermarket to stock wine made in China
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Prosecco applys for UNESCO status
Italy's Prosecco applys for UNESCO world heritage status
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Queens makes her own Fizz
2nd batch of Queens Sparkling Wine eagerly awaited
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What does Brexit speech mean for the trade ?
Theresa May Brexit speech and impact on wine and spirit industry
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New President of WSET
5th Honoury President of WSET announced
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Gin Lovers Valentines edition
Pinkster Gin to have limited edition Valentines bottle
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Etna vineyards blanketed in snow
Is the snow a bad thing for Etna vineyards?
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Starbucks pulls alcohol from stores
Starbucks Evenings to be cancelled in the US
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Christmas Trading Results
Sparkling wine boosts most retailers Christmas trade
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China reduces tariff on Australia wines
FTA agreement reduces tariffs on imported Australian wines
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