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Promoting French gourmet food pairings, wines and sensible drinking, in a positive way
Modern and moderate. Under the strapline, “Good wine goes with everything, especially when it is enjoyed in moderation”, a colourful, digitalised promotional campaign for “the men and women of the wine industry” was launched on January 11.
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Lodi winegrowing, marketing, and its Alta Mesa appellation
How does the "outside world" look at the wine regions of Lodi, which were almost unknown to the rest of the world up until the 1990s? Or, in fact, not until after the Lodi Winegrape Commission was formed by the region's growers in 1991.
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The 2019 wines from Burgundy have received plaudits from across the trade and while demand is expected to be high, there isn’t much to go round.
It was a complex growing season in Burgundy in 2019, the flowering was uneven due to a sudden cold snap and there were intensely hot spikes during the summer all of which conspired to severely limit volumes right across the region.
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Een nieuw kwaliteitslabel voor VDP-Sekt
Ruim twee jaar geleden maakte VDP.Die Prädikatsweinguter voor het eerst een eigen regelgeving over Sekt bekend. De details kan u lezen in dit artikel, maar in essentie kwam het erop neer dat leden van VDP voor het produceren van schuimwijn moesten uitgaan van de VDP-herkomstpiramide. Overeenkomstig met de classificatie voor stille wijnen -VDP.Gutswein, V
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Michelin France 2021: Château Angélus owners’ restaurant awarded star
More than 50 restaurants in France have received a first Michelin star - including one owned by the de Boüard family of Château Angélus in Bordeaux - after the 2021 guide launched this week, despite a lack of diners due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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AMORIM REVEALS DETAILS OF ‘WORLD’S GREENEST’ ANTI-TCA TECHNOLOGIES
Following news announced exclusively by db last year, today Amorim has revealed the details of new technologies to eradicate detectable TCA* for every cork it makes, calling them the “world’s greenest”.
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JohnCopier
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Wine Pairing in a Meat-free World
With more people opting for a meat-free diet, where does that leave the art of wine matching?
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JohnCopier
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Stalin, the Khmer Rouge and Wine Influencers
It’s not often that you get to read in a wine article in which “Wine Influencers” are compared to Joseph Stalin or the Khmer Rouge. In discussing the claim by Influencers that they work hard at the thing they do, James Lawrence, writing at Wine-Searcher went and did it:
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THE FUTURE OF WINE: ISRAEL’S DESERT VINEYARDS SHOW US HOW TO COPE WITH A CHANGING CLIMATE
In the Negev Desert, the sun beams down onto desolate earth. The air is dry and the land arid.
But up on a mountain ridge near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, rows of vines sprout from the scorched soil - the only glimmer of green in a barren landscape.
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JohnCopier
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The end of domestic wine in 17th century Japan
Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have found an Edo period document that clearly indicates the Hosokawa clan, rulers of the Kokura Domain (modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture), completely stopped producing wine in 1632, the year before the shogunate ordered them to move to the Higo Domain (now Kumamoto Prefecture). The researchers believe tha
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Australian winemaker hits her stride in heart of Burgundy
Jane Eyre readily admits that while working as a hairdresser in Melbourne over 20 years ago, "I probably drank more gin and tonic" - but a flair for coaxing top-notch wines from storied Burgundy vines has propelled her into the French wine firmament.
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MATROT BURGUNDY: IN THE SIXTH GENERATION, DAUGHTERS TAKE CHARGE
We have always had a special fondness for Burgundy and from our correspondence over the years with readers, it’s clear we’re in good company. Burgundy lovers and people wild about Riesling -- sometimes the same folks -- are renowned for their fervor.
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JohnCopier
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HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE BODY OF A WINE
Several weeks ago I argued that the body of a wine is not a single quality but a group of related yet distinct features that sometimes leave conflicting impressions. Thus, referring to body as either light, medium, or full, as most tasting notes do, is simplistic, sometimes misleading, and covers up a world of meaningful detail.
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JohnCopier
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The glass may not be greener
The choice of packaging for everyday wine is wider than ever. And more complicated. A considerably shorter version of this article attempting to shine a stronger light on the options is published by the Financial Times.
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JohnCopier
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Wine prices 2021
Wine prices 2021 will defy the law of supply and demand, and we’ll suffer with more overpriced, mass-market wines
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JohnCopier
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The rosé renaissance and the wines set to trend for 2021
Rosé remains a top tipple for many going into 2021, becoming the fastest-growing wine category in the last five years.
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JohnCopier
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Sémillon, Meet Session Ale: Oenobiers Are the Newest Wine-Beer Collabs
In late 2018, Trillium Brewing opened its newest restaurant in Boston’s Seaport District. Its owner, Jean-Claude Tetreault, knew that he needed a wine option for diners, though its liquor license prohibited serving anything other than beer.
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JohnCopier
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Quest for a disease-resistant vineyard continues
Wine Australia’s Regional Program in Riverina continues its quest to determine the best grapevine cultivars with resistance to powdery mildew and downy mildew for Riverina.
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JohnCopier
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The Historic Pairing of ‘Wine & War’
Santa Barbara Filmmaker Mark Ryan’s Documentary Focuses on Lebanon Then and Now
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JohnCopier
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WORLD’S ‘MOST PRESTIGIOUS’ WINE COLLECTION TO GO ON DISPLAY
The wine collection of Michel-Jack Chasseuil, described (by its owner) as “the most prestigious cellar in the world”, is to be put on display for the public to view – for a €500 entry fee.
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Sebastian Thomas on climate change in Burgundy
Villages like Saint-Romain and Saint-Aubin, Maranges and Marsannay were never that high up on the ‘must-have’ list of most self-respecting Burgundy buyers in the past, but how times are changing, argues Sebastian Thomas, director and buyer of Howard Ripley. These wines from more humble locations, and those from the Hautes-Côtes, can be quite brill
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JohnCopier
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Planning for the future: Vins de Provence commit to 100% sustainability certification by 2030
One thing winemakers and growers universally agree upon is that climate change is real. Their unique perspective that bears witness to the seasons and each vintage, draws into focus the long-term effects of a warmer climate.
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"Disastrous" situation for South Africa's wine sector as 2021 vintage kicks off with 65% of 2020 vintage still in storage
The South African wine industry still has the bulk of its 2020 vintage in storage, with the 2021 harvest due to kick off in less than a week, a situation described as "disastrous" by one of the country's top winemakers.
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JohnCopier
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Lullen over bier
Of het nu Eva Jinek, Beau van Erven Dorens of Margriet van der Linden is, geen van allen maakt een praatprogramma dat meer kijkers verdient dan de gloednieuwe talkshow die aanstaande zondag (17 januari) van start gaat.
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JohnCopier
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French wines return from space for analysis
Bottles of French wine have returned to Earth following a stint on the International Space Station: with researchers now ready to assess how the wine has changed.
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FRENCH WINE RETURNS FROM SPACE
Twelve bottles of Bordeaux wine and 320 Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vine canes are among the cargo that is returning to Earth this week on board the SpaceX Dragon.
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CHAMPAGNE FILM FEATURING STEPHEN FRY TO LAUNCH AT CANNES
A film about Champagne featuring Stephen Fry, a range of high-profile figures from the French sparkling wine region, and UK wine writers is to launch at Cannes in the summer.
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JohnCopier
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Long Read: The dry truth of drought in Burgundy
As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, France faced a drought so bad that water restrictions were put in place. Nowhere was the lack of water felt more keenly than in Burgundy, where irrigation is illegal.
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JohnCopier
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DUTCH HOTEL OFFERING OVERNIGHT STAYS IN A WINE BARREL
A hotel in the Netherlands is offering guests the chance to sleep in giant wine barrels that have the capacity to hold between 15,000 to 23,000 litres of wine.
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JohnCopier
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Police bust biggest fake Penfolds operation in China
An inter-provincial police operation led by Guangzhou police has seized the biggest haul of fake Penfolds in China, with wines worth over US$20 million.
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