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What can we expect from wine in 2023? Climate chaos will decide
Wineries in eastern Australia are gearing up for the 2023 harvest having faced intensive flooding as well as drought conditions. Historic flood levels are being surpassed as water pours its way down the Murray Darling River system, taxing a system of levees that stand in the way of businesses and agricultural land. In Argentina, M
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Prosecco beats champagne in EU exports
Eurostat 2021 data: +43% share for Italian wine, 273M liters exported
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PAUILLAC AND ST. JULIEN LEAD THE WAY FOR BORDEAUX REDS, PLUS OPULENCE FROM CHINA: WEEKLY TASTING REPORT (DEC 28-JAN 3)
The Bordeaux reds that we tasted over the last week in this report are pointing toward a great year for Pauillac and St. Julien and we haven’t even reviewed such names as Mouton, Latour or Lafite. But chateaus such as Pichon-Baron, Pichon Lalande, Lynch-Bages (see their scores
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Will there be a direct UK wine-train to Bordeaux by 2026?
As the UK sees yet another round of train strikes, there may be good news for train-travelling wine lovers, as HS1 – which operates the UK leg of the Channel Tunnel railway line – is planning to open a new route from London straight to the vineyards of Bordeaux.
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IGP Pays d’Oc: Behind the scenes of a 35 year French success story
Created in 1987, IGP Pays d’Oc is now France’s leading export designation by volume and it is hard to imagine the Languedoc-Roussillon without it. But when it was introduced there was uncertainty and caution about how well the wines would be received. Fast forward 35 years and the IGP Pays d’Oc has become a success story that
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The Existential Crisis of Bordeaux's Small Grapegrowers
Protesters carried dead vines through the streets of Bordeaux, pleading for help as shrinking wine consumption in France and changes in China have left them facing ruin
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What Is ‘the Whole Point of Champagne’?
This is the easiest New Year’s resolution: Keep a bottle of sparkling wine in the refrigerator at all times. If it’s there, you will find a reason to open it. And then buy another.
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Wine's Attitude Towards Altitude
What altitude makes a 'mountain vineyard'?
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The World’s Richest Man Is Now A French Wine Producer
Bernard Arnault, a French businessman, is now estimated to be the world’s richest man according to the Forbes ranking. He has overtaken Elon Musk as a result of the dramatic drop in the Tesla share price and the strong performance of LVMH. Arnault’s net worth is estimated at $180 billion. That is $33 bn more than Musk’s. Arnault’s fortune i
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El Niño Is Coming—and the World Isn’t Prepared
Global heating will set the stage for extreme weather everywhere in 2023. The consequences are likely to be cataclysmic.
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Eichelmann WeinGuide Deutschland 2023 - 2 Climbers to the 5/5 Stars Level (World Class): Salwey (Baden) and Rings (Pfalz), Germany
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Montlouis, Pessac-Léognan et Menetou-Salon en petites lampées ...
BOURGES. Que des vins de plus de dix ans pour un apéro-dînatoire de lendemain de fête. Un montlouis 2003 de Laurent Chatenay*, un pessac-léognan 2009, le second vin de Château de Rouillac et un menetou-salon 2011, en magnum, de Philippe Gilbert.
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South Africa
In 1990, two momentous events changed South Africa in ways that are still being felt today: Nelson Mandela was released from his prison on Robben Island, setting a new course for the beleaguered nation and Apartheid was abolished, freeing the people from its grip and opening the country's economy.
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Are these the most bizarre Michelin-starred restaurants in the world? Customers share the VERY strange creations they’ve been served, from edible 'mould' to crunchy ants
. Eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant may be a dream for many diners
. However as FEMAIL reveals, the actual experiences can end up being bizarre
. One eatery serves up crunchy ants on the menu, while o
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The Jewel In The Crown
In this excerpt from On Champagne: A tapestry of tales to celebrate the greatest sparkling wine of all…, Fiona Morrison MW falls in love with the Vieilles Vignes Françaises, Champagne’s most mysterious wine, which hails from a tiny walled plot of Pinot Noir vines in the Grand Cru village of Aÿ. Treasured possession of the house of Bollinger, this is a site that’s been ad
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Wine Professional 2023: Eyeopeners deel 2
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How Château Biac has become a rising star of Côtes de Bordeaux
The Asseily family may come from Lebanon, but since they took over Château Biac in 2006, in the heart of Côtes de Bordeaux, they have become very much part of the winemaking community not just in their area, but across Bordeaux. Bringing their own philosophy and ideas to a region that is still very much open to new ideas – and fami
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Prosecco DOCG launches Green Academy and Wine Tourism lab
To mark its 60th anniversary, the Consorzio of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG has announced the launch of two new initiatives. The first is a research facility called, The Green Academy, which will enable producers to work more efficiently for the benefit of the region environmentally.
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Australian winery uses new technology to combat wine fraud
CANBERRA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A South Australian winery has started trialing a new technology to combat international wine fraud.
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Global heating helps turns icy Sweden into unique wine-making territory
As the climate warms, and with up to 23 hours of summer sun to ripen innovative varieties, commercial wineries are booming
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How Climate Change Could Make Arctic Wines More Prevalent
In particular, over the past few decades, we have witnessed a dramatic change in weather around the globe. Climate change has heightened the destruction caused by natural disasters such as storms, droughts, and floods, and at the same time temperatures have been rising swiftly (via USGS). These rising temperatures are already having an
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Bordeaux Vignerons Take to the Streets in Protest
Bordeaux’s vignerons took to the streets in protest on Tuesday, drawing attention to the alarming situation facing the region’s winegrowers. Their demands include the grubbing up of vineyards, along with emergency government aid.
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Languedoc winegrowers celebrate plentiful harvest
Winemakers in the Languedoc have described the 2022 vintage as “very exciting,” despite the challenging conditions of this year.
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TOP 100 WORLD WINES 2022 AND WINE OF THE YEAR
At the end of February, I began to travel to catch up for lost time in Hong Kong after almost two years of what was essentially being locked down because of the pandemic. I landed in San Francisco, and my wine odyssey began with tasting hundreds of 2019 cabernet sauvignons and many other wines up and down the coast of California as well as Oregon a
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TOP 100 WINES OF GERMANY 2022
Our German Wine of the Year for 2022, the Künstler Riesling Rheingau Hölle GG 2021, says so much about the radical transformation German wine has undergone during recent years and about what makes high-end offerings from the country such a great choice today.
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TOP 100 WINES OF FRANCE 2022
This year’s Top 100 Wines of France list celebrates the fantastic 2019 vintage in Bordeaux. Of the more than 5,500 French wines the JamesSuckling.com team tasted this year, the 1,500 or so Bordeaux 2019s stood out for their quality of fruit, structure and freshness. And standing atop all of them is our French Wine of the Year, the Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte Pessac-
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The Tasting Book
My tasting book is finally “live.” If you're dangerously excited by that prospect and don't want to bother with all the descriptive text below, you can just go to the following link on Amazon and order a copy or two:
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TOP 100 WINES OF CHILE 2022
Our Top 100 Wines of Chile 2022 list is loaded with newly released bottles from the 2019 and 2020 vintages, but it’s the more challenging 2020 that gave us our top pick despite the drought, heat spikes and COVID outbreak of that year. The fresh, coastal Errázuriz Chardonnay Aconcagua Costa Las Pizarras 2020 is our Wine of the Year – the first time a chardonnay has t
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TOP 100 WINES OF THE USA 2022
You are going to really enjoy the diversity found on this year’s list of our Top 100 Wines of the USA 2022. We rated more than 4,500 wines from the states this year and we found so many exciting and excellent wines. It was the same with the more than 32,000 wines we rated this year from around the world.
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