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Scare Tactics: Robotic technologies applied to bird scaring
Small autonomous robots are being trialled as bird deterrents across Marlborough this growing season as the developer looks to demonstrate their utility in the role.
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Winemakers Are Reimagining Grape Waste as a Resource
Discarded grape pomace, free-run press juice, and dropped fruit can all become key ingredients in other revenue-driving products, from cosmetics to vermouth
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How sheep wool is helping vineyard make better wine
A farmer’s novel idea to help deter pests from eating allotment vegetables could help kickstart a revolution in the Welsh wine industry.
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Bordeaux winemaker turns north to make Breton Chardonnay
Bordeaux winemaker Pierre Sallaud has been appointed head of wine operations at a new estate in Brittany acquired by prominent Breton businessman Dominique Lamballe.
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French Wine Region Bourgogne Should No Longer Be Translated To ‘Burgundy’
Bourgogne stands alone as France’s only wine region with a name translated into different languages. Everyone calls the Loire Valley the Loire Valley, for example. Bordeaux is Bordeaux. But Bourgogne is commonly referred to as “Burgundy” in English — there’s also “Burgund” in German and “Borgogna” in Italian.
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Sauternes – shaken or stirred?
With consumer interest in sweet wines dwindling, some producers are looking to mixology as a new sales avenue.
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‘Godfather of Semillon’ says the variety can now age for 50 years
Bruce Tyrrell spills the beans on taking the Hunter Valley from a “primitive little area” to the global epicentre of Semillon.
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Sustainable Scandinavian wine thanks to Climate Change
While for many Europeans today wine production is associated with France, Italy and Spain, the last 30 years have seen a new development in the Nordic countries and especially in Denmark.
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Argentina begins harvest early, with estimates for lowest yield since 1960
A warm summer and low yields has prompted most of Argentina’s wine regions into an early harvest with picking already underway — including Malbec in some regions.
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‘Absurd’ health warning wine labels in Ireland angers Europe
Wine producers in Europe are railing against planned legislation in Ireland that will mean “stark” health warning wine labels of liver disease and cancers will appear on wine and other alcohol products.
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Wine label compliance, part 2 the back side
In my post on February 14th, I shared about the TTB requirements for the items required to be listed on wine labels and a bit about how those required items are connected to the label approval process.
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The VinePair Podcast: Why Is Burgundy Hot and Bordeaux… Is Not?
On this episode of the “VinePair Podcast,” hosts Adam Teeter and Zach Geballe discuss why Burgundy continues to see strong sales and a sterling reputation, while Bordeaux is struggling to remain as popular or relevant in modern wine circles. Tune in for more.
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Wine, Terroir and the Human Touch
We think of terroir as natural magic, but what is the human contribution to this elusive concept?
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Pibarnon rouge 2009 et blanc de Lastours 2021 en petites lampées...
BOURGES. Brouillade truffée puis petit salé fondant pour un dîner ... léger entre amis. Pour le premier plat, on vous recommanderait probablement un rouge, moi je préfère un blanc, trouvant que les œufs se marient mal avec les tanins... Et pourquoi pas ce corbières bio 2021 de Chateau de Lastours, assemblage de vermentino et
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Leary’s Global Wineology 2023 Released
The handy guide takes readers through the world of wine education and helps offer guidance on which route is best to take, depending on your goals and experience. It covers well-known courses, such as the WSET and Court Master Sommeliers, as well as looking into detail at smaller schools and education opportunities in different countries of the world — fr
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Bottling And Preserving Diversity
In the global supermarket of seemingly endless choice, the real and genuine foods available to us are sadly getting fewer and fewer. If we are what we eat, then we should all be concerned that this diminuation of food and drink is impacting negatively the very quality of our lives, as well as making our planet poorer.
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Struggling Bordeaux wine producers offered aid to clear stocks
PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - France will provide subsidies to wine producers in regions like Bordeaux to offload surplus supplies, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, as the renowned industry struggles with declining consumption.
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French government approves fund to help French vignerons
The French government has announced a €160 million fund to help vignerons deal with oversupply of wine and has approved in principal the uprooting of vines.
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History of Sparkling Wine Production in Portugal
What comes to your mind when you are asked to name a wine from Portugal? I bet that a great part of you will name a Port wine! And you will be right! This wine from the picturesque Douro valley has gained worldwide recognition and there is a great number of reasons why other wine producing countries decided to elaborate their own versions of for
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IF YOU CAN’T TASTE WINE FAULTS, CAN YOU TASTE WINE? PART 6: MLF + high Ph = FAULTS GALORE!
I just spent a day in College Station in the most enjoyable way possible -- at a Texas A&M University course in “Wine Faults”. Almost everyone was either a winemaker or an academic taking a deep dive into the subject.
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Climate Change Leads Some Bordeaux Wine Producers to Plant Olives
Farmers in the western French department of Gironde have met with national production officials to discuss the future of olive oil production in the non-traditional area.
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Wine – The Glass is Half Full
Over the past several weeks, two key industry reports have indicated the glass is half empty. First, from Silicon Valley Bank’s State of the Wine Industry Report 2023, one writer recapped, “Younger consumers are not reaching for wine in anything like the older consumers did.” Many other writers conveyed similar points. Second, the 2023 Direct to Consumer Shipping
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We Asked an A.I. Chatbot to Write a Drinks Review. Here’s What Happened
Like everyone else, I’m a little obsessed with the arrival of artificial intelligence bots—also known as A.I. chatbots—but specifically ChatGPT, a tool that debuted in November 2022 from the research lab OpenAI.
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How Romanée-Conti 2020 captures the ‘soul’ of the vintage
The first unveiling of the finished Romanée-Conti 2020 wines took place in London last Thursday – an event that rivals Christmas for importance to most wine critics, and an event that engenders such FOMO that lucky invitees to Corney & Barrow HQ are forbidden to post images or mention the event before it happens. 2020 was the hottes
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Bordeaux 2019 – best ever?
I have good news for those who took advantage of the relative bargains that were Bordeaux’s 2019s offered en primeur. Now that the wines have well and truly settled into bottle, on the basis of tasting 270 of them blind two weeks ago, I can report that the vintage is looking very good indeed, perhaps the best I have ever tasted at this stage.
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Domaines Ott* receives organic certification
Provence’s pioneering wine producer Domaines Ott* has officially obtained France’s organic growing certification after successfully completing a hereculous task of converting close to 300 hectares of vineyards into organic production.
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Can vines benefit from reiki therapy?
A reiki practitioner, who aims to improve the “flow of energy” in vineyards, says that business is booming.
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The French Colonization of Algeria and the Untold History of the French Appellation System
Algeria - and French Settler Colonialism
For some, wine offers a feeling of belonging - a rootedness to beauty, wealth, and culture. For others, however, wine is a symbol of colonial and religious oppression. After the arrival of French settlers in the mid 1800s, the success of viticulture in Algeria
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Dan Berger On Wine: The greatness of Sauvignon Blanc, Part 1
Nearly a year ago, I opined here that “the best white wine in America today is Sauvignon Blanc.” Nothing in the intervening 11 months has changed that notion except that consumer demand for SB is way up.
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