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Ormiale – a Bordeaux artwork - 11 dagen geleden
Ormiale – a Bordeaux artwork ‘Don’t filter your wine. Filter your customers.’ This is clearly the most valuable bit of advice received by artist Fabrice Domercq, since he quoted it to me each time we met recently – once at a tasting of his no-additive wines organised by their UK importer Dynamic Vines (see above) and then at a subsequent meeting I arranged because I was so intrigued by his stodoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Bordeaux Looks at Whole Bunch Fermentation - 11 dagen geleden
Bordeaux Looks at Whole Bunch Fermentation Bordeaux winemakers are looking to their Burgundian counterparts for inspiration, we discover this week.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Low-alcohol wines are all the rage. But something doesn't taste quite right - 11 dagen geleden
Low-alcohol wines are all the rage. But something doesn't taste quite right Light beer is everywhere. Now, so is light wine. Wines with lower-than-usual alcohol levels are booming, fueled by a growing interest in wellness trends. Powerful wine companies like Kendall-Jackson, Bota Box and Cupcake have found swift success with these products, which tend to clock 8%-9% alcohol by volume adoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Desperate Bordeaux Grapegrowers Get Aid to Pull Up Vines - 11 dagen geleden
Desperate Bordeaux Grapegrowers Get Aid to Pull Up Vines The French government will help vignerons remove acreage to prevent the spread of disease in abandoned vineyardsdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Re: Spain now has confidence to ‘walk naked in the street’ - 11 dagen geleden
Spain to be the frontrunner in organic fine wines, says MW Almudena Alberca MW, the technical director of Spanish wine group Entrecanales Domecq e Hijos, tells db why Spain is light years ahead of other winemaking nations when it comes to organic fine wines.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Re: ProWein’s Michael Degen on putting on world’s biggest show - 11 dagen geleden
What to expect from ProWein 2023 As Düsseldorf gears up to host the biggest wine fair in the world, here’s a small taste of what visitors to this year’s edition of ProWein can expect.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Spain now has confidence to ‘walk naked in the street’ - 11 dagen geleden
Spain now has confidence to ‘walk naked in the street’ Champions of Spain’s diversity articulate a wine scene that has for some time been generating excitement, revealing an increasingly compelling collective offer, with individuality, accessibility and sense of place to the fore. The country has been dubbed by some as the ‘New World of the Old’, in recognition of its ongoing innovation.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
The Bee, an Unsung Vineyard Hero, Steps Into the Spotlight - 11 dagen geleden
The Bee, an Unsung Vineyard Hero, Steps Into the Spotlight The grapes we grow for wine don’t technically need bees. In fact, the cultivated “common” grapevine, known as the Vitis vinifera, is hermaphroditic, meaning it possesses flowers with functional pistils (which act as ovaries) and stamens (which produce pollen), allowing these vines to self-pollinate.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
ProWein’s Michael Degen on putting on world’s biggest show - 11 dagen geleden
ProWein’s Michael Degen on putting on world’s biggest show Next week sees ProWein return to its traditional timeslot in the drinks industry’s events calendar after 2022’s show was switched to May, and in 2020 and 2021 cancelled entirely due to Covid restrictions. Not surprisingly, ProWein’s executive director, Michael Degen, is hugely relieved at the return to some semblance of normality for tdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
What's in Your Wine? Costing Tips for Better Accounting - 20 dagen geleden
What's in Your Wine? Costing Tips for Better Accounting Controlling the cost of making wine in our industry has been challenging with the vagaries of worldwide disruption. Inflation, geopolitical issues and the desire for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products are affecting the wine business. These are encouraging wineries to re-think how our wine is produced, packaged and dedoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
What makes Sangiovese special? - 20 dagen geleden
What makes Sangiovese special? At a packed London tasting of Sangiovese-based wines earlier this week, producers from across the breadth of Italy celebrated the versatility and expressiveness of the country’s most planted variety.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Message on a bottle – the importance of drinks labels - 20 dagen geleden
Message on a bottle – the importance of drinks labels Demand for more ‘premium’ drinks is underpinning a number of categories but consumer concern about sustainability is also shaping purchases. Laura Syrett explores how brands and their labelling suppliers are reacting to these trends.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Climate change a threat to Sherry’s flor yeast, study says - 20 dagen geleden
Climate change a threat to Sherry’s flor yeast, study says Warming temperatures are threatening the future survival of Sherry wines such as Fino and Manzanilla, according to a recently published study by a research team from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM),door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
France's wine runs: Marathon du Médoc is fun but Beaujolais is the boozy race to beat - 20 dagen geleden
France's wine runs: Marathon du Médoc is fun but Beaujolais is the boozy race to beat How do you make a marathon fun? Add wine. Lyon-based writer, wine aficionado and runner (in that order) Anna Richards argues that the best wine marathon in France takes place in Beaujolais.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
The Changing Face of Chenin Blanc - 20 dagen geleden
The Changing Face of Chenin Blanc The Loire Valley is changing and so are its grapes – especially its local hero.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
The Disenfranchised - 20 dagen geleden
The Disenfranchised If you search in Google for “countries without a wine culture,” it returns an entry for “What countries are dry?”: “Pakistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Mauritania, Libya, the Maldives, Iran, Kuwait, Brunei, and Bangladesh […] have alcohol bans, as do some states in India.” This, of course, was not my question. My concern was places where the indigenous culture overwheldoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Prosecco DOC Reports Over 638 Million Bottles Sold in 2022, Worth Over $3 Billion - 20 dagen geleden
Prosecco DOC Reports Over 638 Million Bottles Sold in 2022, Worth Over $3 Billion The Prosecco DOC Consortium recently shared data on its particularly successful year in 2022. Over 638.5 billion bottles of Prosecco were sold in 2022, according to a March 3 emailed press release from the organization. The total sales value amounted to more than €3 billion euros (nearly $3.2 billion USD).door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Understanding the German VDP Wine Classification System - 20 dagen geleden
Understanding the German VDP Wine Classification System VPD — or Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter — is a group of about 200 German wine producers who act independently from the German Wine Act. Generally speaking, before 2021, the country’s wine law classified its PDO (protected designations of origin) wines into two fundamental levels: Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein, the latter of whichdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Entre-deux-Mers introduces red as well as white wines under the AOC - 20 dagen geleden
Entre-deux-Mers introduces red as well as white wines under the AOC Think you know all the Bordeaux AOCs? Get ready to add another one… as Entre-deux-Mers gets the official go-ahead to bottle reds as well as whites under its appellation name.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Re: Glass bottle shortage major concern for French wine producers - 5 weken geleden
Are lighter bottles in sight? It’s now an established fact that making and transporting glass bottles are the biggest components in wine’s carbon footprint. An international group of retailers have been researching how to reduce this most effectively and are making real progress.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Glass bottle shortage major concern for French wine producers - 5 weken geleden
Glass bottle shortage major concern for French wine producers Among the challenges facing French wine producers right now is finding enough glass to bottle their 2022 vintage – and it’s becoming so bad that some want the government to step in.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Chasse-Spleen acquires its Moulis neighbour Brillette - 5 weken geleden
Chasse-Spleen acquires its Moulis neighbour Brillette In big news for Bordeaux lovers, the much admired estate Château Chasse-Spleen has announced the acquisition of neighbouring estate Château Brillette making it the largest property in the Moulis-en-Médoc appellation.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Wine connoisseurs face testing times as climate change alters flavors - 5 weken geleden
Wine connoisseurs face testing times as climate change alters flavors Global warming is affecting vineyards and the taste of wines. Wine aficionados like to credit different soil and geographical conditions for producing a wide spectrum of flavors for the same grape varieties—even within the same area. When it comes to one of Europe's favorite drinks, people tend to think a ''door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Wildfires in Chile Threaten Communities, Destroy Generations-Old Vineyards - 5 weken geleden
Wildfires in Chile Threaten Communities, Destroy Generations-Old Vineyards Hundreds of brutal wildfires in Chile are causing widespread damage to communities in the central and southern regions of the country.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Average bottle price of Bordeaux reached €10 in 2022 - 5 weken geleden
Average bottle price of Bordeaux reached €10 in 2022 Bordeaux exports reached €2.36 billion in 2022, a 1.2% increase compared to the previous year, with a 6.7% drop in volume and a rise in average bottle price to €10.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Why do France's winemakers want to destroy their vineyards? - 5 weken geleden
Why do France's winemakers want to destroy their vineyards? The French government is planning to spend millions of euros to help winemakers. The winemakers demanded help to destroy vines and turn unsold stock into industrial alcohol, a call they say was necessary to save their livelihoods.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Dan Berger On Wine: The demand for esoterica - 5 weken geleden
Dan Berger On Wine: The demand for esoterica As a zealous buyer of dry German Rieslings, I began noticing a trend about a year ago that unfortunately has continued to plague me: I’m paying more for the driest versions.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Devil's Advocate: Vinegar or Wine? - 5 weken geleden
Devil's Advocate: Vinegar or Wine? Robert Joseph wonders if younger consumers - and sommeliers - are growing more tolerant of volatile acidity than older experts.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
France: No Likes for 'Drinkfluencers' - 5 weken geleden
France: No Likes for 'Drinkfluencers' The French judiciary has forced the Meta Group (Instagram, Facebook) to delete content from influencers who posted "unauthorised advertisements" for alcoholic drinks. As the newspapers Le Figaro and Sud-Ouest and the TV station BFM and Drinks Business reported, the 20 influencers fell foul of laws originally passed in 1991.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
How big of an issue is cork taint really? - 5 weken geleden
How big of an issue is cork taint really? I always find it curious that winemakers spend so much time, effort, and money to make the best wine that they possibly can. Then, in the very last step, many ruin a substantial percentage of the bottles by using a closure with a high failure rate.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord