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Brexit's effect on the UK wine scene
Now that the UK has left the European Customs Union and signed a tariff- and quota-free trade agreement with the EU, is it that everything’s going to change?
What do the stories of a huge drop in cross-Channel freight volumes since December signify for the choice of fine wines to buy in the UK? Will the prices of wine in the UK go up or down?
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Saint-Emilion et le Tour de France : dessine-moi un vin à vélo…
La ville et le monde du vin de Saint-Emilion, où le Tour de France fera étape pour un contre-la-montre Libourne/Saint-Emilion le 17 juillet, organiseront de nombreuses animations et festivités autour de l’événement, avec des portes ouvertes dans les châteaux, des dégustations animées par des viticulteurs, des spectacles pyrotechni
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Classement des vins de Saint-Emilion: le tribunal correctionnel a renvoyé le procès pour prise illégale d’intérêts aux 20 et 21 septembre
C’est un nouvel épisode dans ce serpent de mer qu’est l’affaire du classement de Saint-Emilion. Ce matin devait se tenir le procès pour prise illégale d’intérêts avec Hubert de Boüard et Philippe Castéja. Le tribunal a renvoyé comme le parquet l’avait laissé
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MOUTHFEEL IN MOTION: DEFINING A WINE’S RHYTHM
If there is a single, standard, canonical aide to wine education, it is probably the aroma wheel, originally developed by UC Davis Professor Anne Nobel in 1984. It’s safe to say that anyone who has taken classes from one of the major wine education organizations spent some time studying it.
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The Most Extreme Wine Tastings Around the World
Fighter jet rides, blind tasting in a cave, scuba diving for bottles: There’s a lot to do out there for adventurous wine lovers.
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Croatia's Viticulture to be Impacted by EU strategy for Reducing Pesticides
ZAGREB, 7 March, 2021 - A new strategy for sustainable development of agriculture in the European Union announces a drastic reduction in the use of pesticides, which will significantly affect a large number of farmers, especially winegrowers.
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Bordeaux vines get swept away in landslide
One afternoon at the beginning of February, Jean-Christophe Darriet who heads up Château Dauphiné Rondillon in Loupiac, went to one of his hillside vineyards in Rondillon to prune his vines only to be devastated by what he saw – the wires were broken, the posts had been pulled out and there were substantial cracks in the ground. As a result of non-sto
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Champagne: the art of blending
Perrier-Jouët’s chef de cave Séverine Frerson gives us an insight into this complicated process, including what qualities they're looking for when tasting 400 wine samples...
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Once Again ~ Georges Duboeuf’s Beaujolais Nouveau Art Label Contest Invitation
With the introduction of the Fifth Annual Georges Duboeuf Nouveau Art Label competition, the winery is once again seeking new artwork for over one million bottles of their Beaujolais Nouveau.
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Sealing the Deal: Wine Pros Weigh In on the Best Bottle Closures
Wine closure options go far beyond just corks. Over the past few decades, glass closures, screw caps, and various forms of synthetic closures have made their way onto the market, giving the wine world’s most traditional wine seal a run for its money.
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Alcohol on labels – how accurate?
Alcohol may be what distinguishes wine from fruit juice, but many wine drinkers seem pretty wary of it these days. A recent global study by leading specialist researchers Wine Intelligence found that 40% of regular wine drinkers reported that they are actively seeking to moderate their alcohol consumption. But since hotter summers encourage the build-up of sug
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Watch out for Portugal’s women winemakers
Essential spoke to some of the country’s top players in a traditionally male-dominated profession
In 2020, one of Portugal’s most accomplished wine producers told me, in his opinion, the best winemakers were usually women. Last November, wine columnist Jancis Robinson wrote in the Financial Times about “women’s proven superior tasting sensitivity”.
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MAN LIVES ON NOTHING BUT BEER FOR LENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR HOSPITALITY SECTOR
One man has made the decision to consume nothing but beer for Lent in a bid to raise money for the hospitality industry, which has taken a massive hit during the coronavirus pandemic.
Dat fabeltje dat je van bierdrinken dik wordt kan ook de wereld uit.
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Six new grape varieties approved in Bordeaux
The Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) has formally approved the use of four new red and two new white grape varieties for official use in Bordeaux as the region makes strides to future proof itself against the effects of climate change.
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Bordeaux Adapts with New Grapes
In entry-level bottlings, winemakers can begin using Touriga Nacional, Marselan and other varieties chosen for suitability in a changing climate
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Scandal over pesticides in Bordeaux
Anti-pesticide-association judged guilty "denigrating Bordeaux wines."
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Disparaging Bordeaux wines costs an anti-agrochemical association €125,000
On 25 February, the civil division of the Libourne court of justice condemned the “Alerte Aux Toxiques” (AAT) association and its spokesperson, Valérie Murat, to 125,000 euros for disparaging Bordeaux wines. The hard-hitting and immediately enforceable ruling sanctions AAT's messages on 15 September 2020, which den
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Discord in Valdepeñas
Several winegrowers' associations will leave the DO.
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60 vintages strong: Still in the thick of it
Elder statesman of wine Tim Knappstein will this month embark on his 60th vintage, and after a lifetime observing the wine business from the inside, there’s one thing he knows for certain about the Australian wine industry.
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The True Chameleon: An Introduction to Muscat
Wine lovers often marvel at the tremendous versatility of Chardonnay. Ever the chameleon, Chardonnay gives us such disparate entities as Montrachet and Champagne; steely Chablis and buttery California examples; hordes of supermarket bottlings and a handful of botrytized Ruster Ausbruchs. What other grape offers so many wildly diverse expressions? I
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Grape hopes for King Valley vignerons
King Valley vignerons and wineries are poised to rebound strongly from last season’s bushfire ravaged vintage that exacted the worst ever commercial losses exceeding $50 million.
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One Cru Classé reinvents Sauternes, with a sparkling wine and a rosé
It’s not just a matter of vocation, “the strategy of a Sauternes classified estate is to produce stellar sweet wines” claims Didier Galhaud, deputy managing director of Château d'Arche. For the past year, his guiding question for the 1855 Sauternes Grand Cru Classé has been a crucial marketing issue: “Do my products meet
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BORDEAUX 2020 VINTAGE REPORT
Our Bordeaux correspondent, Colin Hay, unpicks Gavin Quinney’s Bordeaux 2020 vintage report and gives us as taste of what we can expect from this year’s en primeur campaign.
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TOP BORDEAUX CHÂTEAUX ARE GOING ORGANIC
A growing number of top Bordeaux châteaux are experimenting with organic and biodynamic viticulture. James Lawrence brings us the lowdown on the region’s green revolution.
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Wines produced from organic or biodynamically produced grapes do taste better, according to two separate studies analysing the scores of 200,000 wines given by independent critics in both California and France.
Magali Delmas, a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and Olivier Gergaud, a professor of Economics at the KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux, first pub
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Do Organic and Biodynamic Wines Get Higher Scores? That Isn’t What the Evidence Says.
In issue 183 (2021) of Ecological Economics Magali A. Delmas and Oliver Gergaud purport to present results that show that externally certified organic and biodynamic wines score 6.2 and 5.6 percentage points respectively higher in blind tastings by expert wine reviewers than wines without these certifications
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Lessons in eradications
Following successful efforts, experts are asking what went right and if we can do it again with future infestations.
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Wine Enthusiast Podcast: The Insane Appeal of South African Chardonnay
In this episode of the Wine Enthusiast Podcast, we talk about the world’s most popular white wine grape: Chardonnay.
Say its name, and wine lovers typically turn to well-established “classic” regions for the variety: Burgundy and California. But what about the rest of the world? Surely there are other locations suited to
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Next Round: The World’s Largest Cork Producer Fuses Nature and Technology
Airing between regular episodes of the “VinePair Podcast,” “Next Round” explores the ideas and innovations that are helping drinks businesses adapt in a time of unprecedented change. As the coronavirus crisis continues and new challenges arise, VP Pro is in your corner, supporting the drinks community for all the rounds
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Put a Cork in It? The Wine Closure Industry is Changing
The next time you open a bottle of wine, take a closer look at the stopper, or maybe even give it a sniff. Whether it’s made of natural cork or a manufactured material, it may have been specially designed to eliminate tainted wine.
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