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How to spot a fake whisky
With bogus bottles appearing regularly in the whisky market, collectors can get caught out. Richard Woodard uncovers the extent of the problem and talks to experts for a list of top 10 dos and don'ts.
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EU honey harvests feel the sting of climate change with record losses
Honey harvests dropped by 40% this year, on the back of extreme weather conditions, according to EU farmers association COPA-COGECA, who sounded the alarm and warned that the sector urgently needs help from the European Commission.
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Victoire de Joe Biden : la joie d’Américains résidant à Bordeaux
C’est un heureux dénouement que souligne Jana Kravitz, Américaine bien connue du monde du vin et de Bordeaux. Pour cette New-Yorkaise, vivant en France depuis de nombreuses années, qui travaille dans le monde du vin, c’est un « ouf » de soulagement. Suzanne Mustacich journaliste américaine vivant aussi à Bordeaux se réjouit de so
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Election Day Is Turning Into A Drinking Holiday
Perhaps because Americans were pre-occupied with getting in their last digs at the enemies with slurs of “Fascist!” and “Communist!”, we didn’t hear this last election a refrain we normally hear from thoughtful citizens on Election Day: “Why is it held on a Tuesday and not a weekend?”
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According To Drizly, Alcohol Sales Surged Election Night As Americans Filled Their Glasses
As results unfolded over election night (and the days following), most of the country was, well, reaching for a drink. Election watch parties may have been scrapped, but that doesn’t mean drinkers weren’t filling their glasses—according to alcohol e-commerce giant Drizly, sales jumped almost 58% (in comp
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Le premier effet Biden ? Une ruée sur le champagne à Washington
L’annonce samedi de l’élection de Joe Biden à la présidence des Etats-Unis a provoqué une ruée sur les bouteilles de champagne à Washington et certains magasins étaient déjà proches de la rupture de stock dans la capitale américaine, un fief démocrate.
Ongelooflijk!!!
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Rosé Prosecco gets green light for export, with producers selling out before wine was made
Pink prosecco has been given the green light for export by the European Union, with producers wasting no time in shipping the Italian sparkler to overseas markets.
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Hospices de Beaune open for business but without the fun
Beaune won't be buzzing next week but the legendary charity wine auction – the first look at the 2020 vintage – is going ahead, and bidding should be as fast and furious as ever
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Occitanie Wine School Launches Series Of Educational Videos
During these quiet months, Bureau de la Région Occitanie UK has been busy on its new initiative to support wine trade professionals who haven’t had the usual essential tastings, training and travel to enjoy. A new series of Occitanie Wine School videos has been swiftly filmed, to let them watch and learn anytime, anywhere in just five
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Tesla launches $250 Tequila
Automotive and energy firm Tesla has moved into spirits with the release of a namesake Tequila priced at US$250.
Leuk flesje.
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French PGI wines “maturing” towards “stricter production management”
“PGI wine offers good value for money and a dynamic, mould-breaking image”, claims Gérard Bancillon.“PGI wine offers good value for money and a dynamic, mould-breaking image”, claims Gérard Bancillon. - Photo credit : DR
PGI wines seem to tick all the boxes for today’s consumers, offering light whites and rosés, affordable p
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FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGS: ART OR SCIENCE?
Any discerning palate knows the olfactory bliss of a successful wine and food pairing, not to mention the profound effect a dish can have on the flavor of a wine, and vice-versa. To many a chef’s chagrin, the wrong wine pairing could potentially ruin a flawlessly-prepared dish. But what are the reasons behind a harmonious combination? Is it subjective to
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A flying visit to Mordorée
La Mordorée is an evocative name, a nod to the bronze-gold colour of the woodcocks hunted in the surrounding countryside and a way for Francis Delorme to combine his passions when he founded the domain in 1986. This estate has become a landmark wine producer in the southern Rhône, following a family line that began with Francis, passed on to his sons Christophe and F
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A 'noble' glass of Essex pinot noir? Winemaker jubilant at record-breaking grape
Lyme Bay Winery says harvest has potential alcohol levels of 14.7%, a record for UK pinot noir
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Pompeii is famous for its ruins and bodies, but what about its wine?
Pompeii is famed for plaster-cast bodies, ruins, frescoes and the rare snapshot it provides of a rather typical ancient Roman city. But less famous is its evidence of viticulture.
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Thieves Tunnel Into Cellar Holding Whitney Houston’s Vintage Wines, Make Off With $65K in Vintage Bottles
A wine cellar where collectors stashed their prized bottles was targeted by thieves who tunneled in. Among the missing items: Champagne once owned by Ghislaine Maxwell's father.
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Shining a light on the issue of wine fraud
University of Adelaide wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine—a potential solution against the estimated billions of dollars' worth of wine fraud globally, but also offering a possible means of building regional branding.
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Compulsory exemption for planting conventional vines as organic starting 2022
The exception has become the rule. Due to the lack of organic vine plants in France, organic winegrowers use young vines sourced from conventional outlets. The new plantings are declared in the switch-over phase to organic for 3 years, during which time they cannot produce wines.
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Burgundy’s benevolent haunting
Something is said to be resilient if it maintains its form and structure under pressure. In the context of Burgundy, form and structure translate as character and hierarchy. Thus, Pinot Noir, whose delicacy was once said to mirror Burgundy’s restricted rations of light and warmth is now, based on the evidence of prices and reviews, proving itself resilient in the
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Mythmaking in Southern Italy: A Tour of Campania, Part 1
Montevetrano’s unlikely success began decades ago in Rome on an evening full of great wines
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This Seawater-Infused Wine Is Sweet, Thick, and Not at All Salty
After 2,500 years, wine enthusiasts bring back a wine adored by ancient Greeks.
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Château Cantenac Brown plans new ‘earth’ winery
The Margaux-based Château has revealed plans for an environmentally friendly winery and barrel cellar that it hopes will be a model for sustainable design.
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The Court Needs to Adapt or Die
In the modern era, wine education and certification are tied to systems and cultures of white supremacy, gatekeeping, and patriarchy. Why the Court of Master Sommeliers, and other certifying bodies, need to be dismantled
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Sexual Harassment Scandal Roils Court Of Master Sommeliers
If one of the nation’s most prominent wine organizations didn’t need another major shakeup it is the Napa-based, approximately 170-member Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas. The organization survived a massive cheating scandal two years ago, was criticized for its insincere handling of the Black Lives Matter crisis as relative to the
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A new laser technique designed to authenticate rare whisky could also detect disease
Whisky is big business in Scotland. In 2019, the golden liquid accounted for 75% of the nation's food and drink exports, with a value of almost £5 billion to the Scottish economy. Iconic bottles have sold at auction for over £1 million. But if you are the lucky owner of such a whisky, how can you be confi
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OENO LAUNCHES FINE WINE ANTI-FRAUD UNIT
Fine wine investment firm Oeno has launched its own in-house anti-fraud unit to inspect every bottle that it handles.
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You Could Buy Your Own Prosecco Vineyard in Italy
This $13.6 million estate comes with plenty of perks and even more wine.
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Montreal is building bridges using recycled wine bottles
The city of Montreal in Canada is going to have two bridges made out of recycled glass bottles by 2021. The City of Montreal, together with the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), announces a new project that will use around 70,000 glass bottles to create two Darwin Bridges on Nuns’ Island, Montreal.
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How Ningxia is overturning all doubts about Chinese wines
You may know Ningxia, located in north China, because of its desolately beautiful desert topography, or for its ancient tomb sites or its mountain scenery.
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