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- June 26, 2017
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- June 13, 2017
12th June 2017 2009 vintage Dom Pérignon to be released before 2008 How harsh or mild the seasons are throughout the year very much affect the quality of the fruit that is harvested. 2009 was a warm year compared to the cooler 2008 and this has made both vintages differ in the maturity and the time […]
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- May 31, 2017
Rosé Champagne or pink Champagne, is famously known as one of the most romantic of all drinks, pink being the colour of love. It is the current trend now amongst the younger drinkers to opt for this selection as the preferred choice. Decanter HQ in London recently had their experts, Michael Edwards, Simon Field MW, […]
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- August 27, 2016
The Tuscan Village winery and community complex in Lake County was reduced to ashes by a California wildfire last weekend. Fire crews fought to control the Clayton Fire but were unable to prevent it burning through several buildings owned by Terrill Cellars. Local media said police have charged a man with arson in relation […]
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- August 08, 2016
Balaclava-clad wine terrorists attacked the Biron merchant in Sete overnight, local media reported. They cracked open five vats, sending wine gushing into the nearby streets of the port town. Sete is around 20 minutes by car from Montpellier in Languedoc-Roussillon. Miliants claimed allegiance to the activist winemaker group CRAV, short for Regional Action Committee of […]
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- August 05, 2016
Professor Daniel Attinger is now working with a team of scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne in Switzerland to develop the non-stop wine machine. His ‘micro winery on a chip’ is capable of continuously producing wine at a rate of one millilitre per hour, according to the university. But, Attinger’s miniature device isn’t intended […]
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- June 09, 2016
The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index has risen for the sixth consecutive month, the first time it has done so since March 2011. It closed May on 254.31, up 1.56 points (0.62%) on April’s closing level of 252.75. The index’s gain bucked the trend of recent years where the Liv-ex 100 has dipped during the […]
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- June 09, 2016
French president François Hollande has officially opened Bordeaux’s 80-million-euro Cité du Vin wine centre, despite a backdrop of national strikes plus protests at the venue from campaigners against pesticide use in vineyards. Hollande took to the stage alongside one of his main political enemies, Bordeaux mayor Alain Juppé, to officially open the Bordeaux […]
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- June 09, 2016
Another rash of releases this week has seen some of the biggest names of Bordeaux show their hands, as price rises continue to mark the 2015 en primeur campaign. Among the most significant Bordeaux en primeur rise has been Chateau Canon 2015 from St-Emilion, up 55% to €60 ex-Bordeaux from its 2014 price of […]
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- June 01, 2016
A secret stash of rare wines worth 1m euros has been found in a Czech castle that once belonged to suspected Nazi sympthasisers, according to Coravin, which has offered its wine access system to assess the cellar’s quality. Château d’Yquem and Corton Charlemagne from 1892 were just two of the 133 bottles of fine […]
