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The generation game: Geoffrey Dean on the rise and rise of Luis Cañas
“At Luis Cañas, being green is not a marketing trend – it is our philosophy and the key to success,” says Juan Luis Cañas.
Half a century on from a chance meeting that led the family to bottle their own wine rather than send it to the local co-operative, the story of Luis Cañas, the leading Rioja Alavesa producer, has be
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Grape genetics research reveals what makes the perfect flower
Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it’s only happened twice in nature in the last 6 million years. And since the domestication of the grapevine 8,000 years ago, breeding has continued to be a gamble.
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It's okay to love Chardonnay
Sorting out the misperceptions
Please excuse the title of this post. No one who loves Chardonnay need ever apologize for harboring a hankering for this varietal, the world's best selling white wine of any sort for going on 30 years. When it comes to wine, or anything of an artistic nature (art, music, literature, fashion, even cars!), you rule your own
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‘It Has to Be Vibrant’: The Evolving Rosés of Provence
A bottle of Provence rosé can evoke similar feelings to a beautiful sunset. Its color and luminous bottle precipitate enjoyment. The pleasure begins before the bottle is even opened.
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Gérard Bertrand: “I think that 50% of vineyards will be organic in 10 years' time”
Leading Languedoc wine industry personality Gérard Bertrand has written an unexpected essay, which reads like a mission statement. In the 192-page ‘La Nature au Cœur’ published by Albin Michel, Gérard Bertrand calls on his readers to become individually aware of the collective challenges posed by climate ch
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New integral and 100% organic fermentation activator
X-PRO® Verve is the activator that can also be applied in low-sulphite winemaking, ideal for obtaining wines in which the full expression of the variety and terroir is of primary importance, without any interference at the organoleptic level, in order to produce wines that respect the original concept of the product.
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Cypriot grapes perform well in heat and on taste
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found several grape varieties native to Cyprus, which tolerate drought conditions better than some international varieties popular in Australia, contain chemical compounds responsible for flavors preferred by Australian consumers.
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The Other Aromas of Winemaking
The harmonious blend of sweet fruit and spicy oak isn't the only bouquet associated with winemaking.
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The new generation of liners for wine screw caps offers unique protection against oxidative and reductive ageing
The introduction of aluminium screw caps for closing wine bottles in the late 1960s was revolutionary and instantly offered wine consumers the convenience to open and reseal their wine alongside reducing wine faults related to premature oxidation and cork taint.
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Influence of different screw caps on wine quality
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Screw caps differ in the oxygen barrier effect of their sealing inserts. Too much oxygen promotes oxidative ageing, too little oxygen promotes reductive ageing. Reductive ageing under hermetically sealing bottle closures is due to the formation of increased levels of volatile sulphur compounds, in particular thiols and H2S, whose odour
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Araex to go 100% organic for its growers in Spain
Leading group of Spanish wine growers, Araex is to go 100% organic across its 3,800 hectares of vineyards by 2025, the drinks business can exclusively reveal.
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London Wine Competition: Best Wines and Producers by Country
Taking part in a global wine competition is a chance to benchmark your wines against the best wines being made around the world. But it is also a chance to see how you are doing in your own back yard, which is why winning the best wine from your country is one of the most sought after accolades in the London Wine Competition. Here’s
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Bordeaux En Primeur 2021: Médoc
Die Weine des Médoc sind auf einem sehr hohen Qualitätsniveau und erfüllen damit per se die Ansprüche, die einen Subskriptionskauf sinnvoll erscheinen lassen. Auch wenn die Preise im Vergleich zum ausgesprochen wohlfeilen Jahrgang 2019 etwas angeziehen werden, so liegen sie immer noch auf sehr ansprechendem Niveau.
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Industrializing paper bottle production: Pulpex and Stora Enso join forces
Pulpex, a sustainable packaging tech company established by Diageo, and Stora Enso are partnering to industrialize the production of eco-friendly paper bottles and containers made from wood fiber pulp.
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Vintage 2020: Bordeaux Rolls Out Another Classic
The release of the 2020 wines shows the lockdown vintage lived up to its promise.
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Guy Seddon: Does Bordeaux 2020 make a ‘holy trinity’?
The Bordeaux 2020 en primeur campaign is underway and comparisons are already being drawn between 2018-20 and that other excellent trilogy of vintages 1988-90. Early indications are that it is a Right Bank year with Merlot, and the soils that dealt with fluctuating water tables, helping to produce the best wines. Here Corney & Barrow’s
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Pink Prosecco shortage predicted this year
With pink Prosecco proving an unprecedented success, producers are predicting a rosé Prosecco shortage this year, due to a lack of availability of eligible Pinot Noir grapes
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Pantone uses its colour chart to promote Bordeaux rosés
Well-known for its numerical colour system, the American company Pantone, based in Carlstadt, New Jersey, has just signed a co-operation agreement with the Bordeaux wine company Famille Bouey, based in Ambarès, Gironde. Called ‘Colors’, the range of rosé wines involved in this unprecedented partnership, comes in two numbers: Colors 721, s
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How the bubonic plague changed drinking habits
Alcohol deaths in England and Wales in 2020 were the highest for 20 years. The Office for National Statistics recorded 7,423 deaths from alcohol misuse, a 19.6% increase compared with 2019. Although this is likely to have many complex causes, data from Public Health England suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting lockdowns are at lea
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WINE TRADITIONS, AUTHORITY, AND AUTHENTICITY (I)
Many wines, especially artisanal wines and wines of terroir, are a representation of the winemaking tradition from which they emerge. But what counts as an authentic representation of that tradition and who decides?
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Caroline Gilby MW on Hárslevelű – Tokaj’s ‘forgotten’ second grape
Often neglected because of Furmint, its more famous parent, Hárslevelű is due its ‘time in the sun’, argues Hungarian wine world expert Caroline Gilby MW. Hárslevelű is blended into acidic Furmint to build the mid-palate, making the wine longer and deeper, but curiously the other way round and just a small percentage of Furmint
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Vineyard analysis tool launches global expansion
Terraview has announced the global launch of the most powerful and advanced version of its operating system for the wine industry.
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Gran Vino de Rueda classification launches
Spain’s most important region for white wines, Rueda, has launched a Gran Vino de Rueda classification aiming to add prestige and value to the on-trade.
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Moulin-à-Vent association launches
Thirteen domains from Moulin-à-Vent, one of the 10 Beaujolais crus, have joined forces to create an association to promote the appellation.
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Bordeaux aims for 30% of its wines to be certified ‘Bordeaux Cultivons Demain’ by 2030
At the Bordeaux wine marketing board’s AGM (CIV on May 3, the region’s industry representatives noted the lack of interest in the Bordeaux wine industry by opinion-leaders and concluded that it was absolutely essential to develop and roll out its collective approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
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The Fatal Spring 2021 Frost In France
“C’est reparti (Here we go again),” posted Véronique Drouhin-Boss on Instagram April 5 Her image, of a hazy night sky punctuated by hundreds of smudge pots flickering amidst frozen vineyards, foretold the unfolding guerre de gel (war on frost) in early April between Mother Nature and French vignerons. Estimated vine losses range from 50% to 100%, with fina
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Polar Blasts Test French Vintners’ Resolve
Wine regions from Champagne to Bordeaux have been hit by multiple frosts in the past month; now the industry is calling for new tactics and government support
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How frost decimates vineyards
Frost has been much in the news lately, as early spring frosts have decimated vineyards throughout Europe, especially France and the northern half of Italy.
Leading Champagne grower Larmandier-Bernier estimated the April 6th to 7th frost damaged 30% of their vines.
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Between the frost and a hard place
Climate change is planting Syrah in the Loire and -8°C frost in April in the Roussillon. It’s harvest one week earlier than last year – every year – and picking grapes at dawn. It’s summers so hot the vines shut down, and winters so mild that parasites stay alive and the vines can’t rest.
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30 percent crop loss in France
First estimates put frost damage at 12.5 million hectolitres.
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