Monthly Archives: October 2016
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- October 21, 2016
Brexit means that it’s likely to become more expensive to drink wines from Europe in the UK, says the country’s leading wine trade body in the starkest warning so far from the industry. Consumers may soon have to pay an extra 29 pence on average for a bottle of wine from the European Union if […]
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- October 18, 2016
Naked Wines has warned its investor-consumers that prices will rise in the aftermath of Brexit, amid a weak sterling and growing unease Britain’s EU exit strategy. Naked Wines, which is owned by Majestic Wine, has said that it will raise prices by 5% on half of its range from next month. It blamed the weak […]
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- October 18, 2016
ᵜ Ministers cut consumption ahead of general election ᵜ Bottles of Latour 1961 sold to cover costs ᵜ Xi Jinping banquet ate into stocks of Haut-Brion 1989 Officials sold six bottles of the lauded Château Latour 1961 from the UK government wine cellar to private clients, including Farr Vintners, the British […]
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- October 17, 2016
Jane Anson gets a rare chance to taste eight Bordeaux 1982 wines from top Left Bank estates and hands out three 100-point scores. Read her report below… It was one of those tastings when you can feel the emotions rising in the room; a horizontal of eight Bordeaux 1982 wines. The full line up of […]
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- October 17, 2016
Visitors to a town in Italy’s Abruzzo region can drink red wine from a free fountain set up by a local winery… The Dora Sarchese winery said on its Facebook page that it had installed the free, 24-hour red wine fountain in the commune of Caldari di Ortona. Anybody can drink from the wine fountain, but […]
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- October 13, 2016
Cristal 2009 has a lot in common with vintages of the 1960s and represents an early example of how biodynamics can subtly affect its style, according to the man responsible for making it at Louis Roederer. Cristal 2009 is the first time that Louis Roederer has skipped ahead to launch a vintage of its top […]
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- October 06, 2016
Bordeaux’s ‘driest summer since 1893’ means concerns about water stress but producers are feeling good compared to their cousins in Burgundy as the 2016 red harvest gets underway. The harvest for Bordeaux 2016 reds is now fully underway with Merlot grapes arriving in cellars across the region. But, with no rain forecast for the next […]
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- October 05, 2016
Does a new law in France have the potential to disrupt the English wine trade? Jane Anson reports… New rule opens possibility of more fine wine being stored in France UK merchants question viability Bordeaux merchants gear up to seize any opportunity Wine warehouses tend to be housed in all manner of romantic, dusty and […]
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- October 05, 2016
UK officials are planning to demand a share of the European Union’s 42,000 bottle wine cellar as part of Brexit talks, according to a report. British officials reportedly eye share of 42k bottle EU wine cellar Government to invoke Article 50 before end of March 2017 British prime minister Theresa May effectively fired the starting […]
