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Frustrating Champagne labelling
As an enthusiastic Champagne drinker first, and wine professional second, I’m frustrated by the lack of information on Champagne bottles.
Especially with non-vintage (NV) Champagnes, which are normally blends of several vintages, I like to have some idea of the wine’s age, and preferably, the length of time it spent maturing on its lees.
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Is Stealing Wine the Right Choice for a Life of Crime?
One of the fundamental principles of thievery (as it has been explained to me) is the value per pound of the item to be stolen. The greater this ratio, the more complex the thriving operation: heavy things are hard to move while lighter things are more easily spirited away. This explains why identity theft is so attractive. The object of t
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Inter Beaujolais’ new MD Bossan-Redon on a year of change
Talk about a baptism by fire. In her first year in charge of Beaujolais’ producers association, Inter Beaujolais, new managing director Cécile Bossan-Redon has overseen the region reinventing itself against the backdrop of a global pandemic and US tariffs. Despite that, exports are up and a whole raft of changes are in progress from var
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Beaujolais: Winemaking Techniques
MS Chris Tanghe and Jennifer Angelosante of GuildSomm are joined by Maxime Perrachon of Laurent Perrachon & Fils for a presentation on key Beaujolais winemaking techniques.
Trek er wat tijd voor uit. De video duurt ca 1.30 uur.
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WSU researchers studying spread of red blotch virus in vineyards
RICHLAND, Wa. – Grapevine red blotch disease spreads through vineyards and blotches leaves, shrinking wine and juice grape harvests.
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WSU researchers discover new methods to fight invasive yeast in red winemaking
New research from Washington State University scientists has revealed better techniques to fight a barrel-dwelling spoilage yeast that has frustrated winemakers for decades.
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The Christmas I learned that prosecco is not a personality
I thought my friends bought me fizz because I was fun. In fact, it was because they barely knew me any more
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A caricature fuels controversy over male chauvinism in the French wine industry
The whole issue flared up on 24 November, when Sandrine Goeyvaerts, a journalist and wine merchant, discovered the cartoon published on page 161 of the latest issue of the En Magnum magazine. The cartoon, titled “Covid calls for new strategies” depicts a young female wine merchant offering sexual favours to a male
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Pop the bubbly? Spain's cava takes milder pandemic punch than expected
BARCELONA (Reuters) - With bars and restaurants shut for months in parts of Spain and tourism drying up due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s 1.2 billion-euro ($1.46 billion) cava wine sector had been expecting a devastating year.
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Is Burgundy hot or not?
This weekend’s Hospices de Beaune auction saw buying records smashed, and a result that was the second best in the event’s history. But, elsewhere, the price of Burgundy is falling. What’s going on? Felicity Carter takes a look.
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Polyphenols in Wine Authenticity
Polyphenols constitute a diverse group of bioactive compounds occurring in both grapes and wines. Polyphenols also exhibit a significant role in modern food technology and human nutrition and are frequently key ingredients in functional foods. The benefits derived from the moderated wine consumption for human health have been well elaborated with several group
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Wine's Problem with Old, White Men
A New Zealand wine critic's attack on a natural winemaker has left a sour taste.
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PRIVILEGED OLD WHITE GUYS AND NEGATIVE WINE REVIEWS
One of New Zealand’s top wine judges Jim Harre, after sampling a Pinot Noir from Ekleipsi, sent an email to winemaker Jess Mavromatis with the following message:...
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SA now has 300 million litres of unsold wine - here's how it will probably play out
Ahead of the incoming harvest, South African wine producers are still stuck with surplus stock of 280 million to 300 million litres of wine.
This is the equivalent of total wine sales in the country in the past year.
Wine prices have already started to fall as producers try to shift product, while next y
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Delayed malolactic fermentation: exploring the stylistic and practical impacts
Though almost universally referred to as malolactic fermentation, the process through which tart-tasting malic acid is converted to softer tasting lactic acid and carbon dioxide released is not technically a fermentation. More accurately it is a conversion or transformation.
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MR YQUEM: HOW LEONID SHUTOV GOT LONDONERS SIPPING SAUTERNES
After an hour on the phone with Leonid Shutov, the immaculately attired Russian restaurateur behind diner deluxe Bob Bob Ricard, I’m reminded of the Oscar Wilde quip: “I’m a man of simple tastes. I’m always satisfied with the best.”
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LAFITE RELEASES ‘THE ALMANAC’
Château Lafite Rothschild has released ‘The Almanac‘ as part of the celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the Rothschild family’s acquisition of the historic estate.
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Blockchain-powered Bordeaux? IBM announces wine supply chain tracing system
"The future of the wine industry lies in verifiable provenance, transparency and traceability."
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Bordeaux property: Four stunning ‘hobby’ vineyard estates for sale
If you've ever dreamt of owning a Bordeaux vineyard estate and making your own wine then here are some examples of renovated properties...
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BOTTEGA: WE NEED TO DECREASE PROSECCO PRODUCTION
The amount of DOC Prosecco produced is “at its limit”, according to Sandro Bottega of leading label Bottega, who would like to see production decreased in the region.
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Bordeaux is ready to plant its new grape varieties
Three weeks ago, the national institute of appellations and origin, INAO, gave the 4,500 winegrowers producing Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur the go-ahead to plant six of the seven varieties for which they had requested trials in a bid to adapt their vineyards to the challenges of climate change. Although Petit manseng was struck off the list
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IDEALWINE UPDATE: ONE-WAY CRICHËT
The undulating hills of the Langhe in north-eastern Italy are home to the country’s answer to Burgundy: the notoriously pernickety Nebbiolo grape, which, when grown in the right conditions and vinified with respect, produces hauntingly fragrant Barolo and Barbaresco with the kind of finesse most commonly associated with the Côte de Nuit
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Europe’s largest wine estate offers a shining example of resilience to climate change
Can 429 hectares of vineyards at Europe’s largest wine estate, Domaine Royal de Jarras in Aigues-Mortes, in the Camargue, be converted to organic? If you listen to Laetitia Carbonell, head viticulturist at the 2,000-hectare Grands Domaines du Littoral, the switch-over is more a formality than a challenge.
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Loire Wine Show changes dates and combines with fringe events in 2021
Rather than run the risk of cancellation due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Loire wine show’s organisers have decided to circumvent the issue by postponing the event by two months. The show will now run on Sunday 11 and Monday 12 April at the Angers exhibition centre.
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Gewurztraminer, International Wine Grape Of The Cool-Climate World
With a little understanding, the bold wines made of the Gewurztraminer wine grape win lifelong devotees, this writer included. Like Riesling, the grape can work wonders across cool-climate zones, its wines same-place alternatives to those taut ones.
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Justin Keay: Why export is key to Lebanon wine’s long road to recovery
The international response in the aftermath of the August 4 blast in Beirut harbour was fast and effective. For Lebanon’s wine industry the message was simple – buy Lebanese wines so that winemakers there can have hard currency to work with. For it is the financial crisis in Lebanon that is putting the country most at risk
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Russia's wine renaissance
Igor Serdyuk reports on the most influential people behind the current Russian wine renaissance.
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GLOBAL WINE TREND PREDICTIONS FOR 2020 – HOW DID WE DO?
Yes, we missed one obvious one – but then so did everyone else. How did our predicted wine consumer trends for 2020 stand up in the face of an extraordinary 12 months?
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Aha! Door dit trucje smaakt goedkope wijn lekkerder
Door dit simpele ingrediënt toe te voegen geeft het net wat meer smaak.
Voor wie graag het glas klinkt, maar ook een beetje op de centen let: wij hebben een goede wijntip voor je.
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The first yield monitor sensor is on its way
By 2022, winegrowers will no longer need to walk up and down their vine rows as the harvest approaches to estimate their yield. A sensor developed by Vivelys will do it for them. “It is equipped with several LEDs and two cameras. The first one assesses the distance between the clusters to determine their size, whilst the second one takes very high q
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