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Shipping wine the old way gains favour
The Dietrich family makes its biodynamic wine in the rolling hills of Alsace, France. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Domaine Achillée’s wines is not how they’re produced but how they’re shipped. The Dietrichs export their crisp Riesling, sparkling Crémant, and funky plum wine on the wind-powered Grain de Sail. The 72-foot-long vessel is a […]
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Winery worker dies in China’s Xige after inhaling toxic fumes
One winery worker at China’s northwestern Xige Estate in Ningxia has died after inhaling toxic carbon dioxide during grape fermentation, the first known case reported by media in China’s domestic wine industry.
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Champagne Telmont goes after Asia
The Champagne house, backed by The Rémy Cointreau Group, plans to make Asia a priority market, with expansion into Singapore its first key step. Before The Rémy Cointreau Group became major shareholder for Champagne Telmont in October 2020, the brand’s presence in Asia was “extremely limited, with only a few distributors importing the brand in […]
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Master of Wine Symposium to go to Germany in 2023
The tenth international Master of Wine Symposium will take place in Germany in 2023, following the cancellation of the event in Adelaide, Australia, which had been planned for next year. Open to anyone to attend, the symposium will run over four days from 29 June to 2 July 2023, and will be hosted by the […]
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ProWine Shanghai comes to successful conclusion
ProWine Shanghai 2021, the leading wine and spirits trade fair in mainland China, came to a conclusion on 11 November after attracting more than 450 exhibitors from 18 countries and regions.
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The price of South African wine
Every now and then on social media, someone pops up and says that South African wines are too cheap. They should cost more and the suggestion is often made that the reason they don’t cost more is cultural cringe: South Africans, in some way, don’t have the confidence to price their wines high enough.
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Wildfire detection tech firm launches pilots in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake Counties
Detecting an industry ablaze with potential and government funding, San Francisco-based Pano has launched a pilot program with mountaintop camera stations that started to spot wildfires in the North San Francisco Bay late last year.
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The first sulphite-free organic wine by an 1855-classified Cru Classé
“The first natural organic wine with no added sulphites sourced from the vineyards of an 1855-classified Pauillac Grand Cru.” Cérès is one of the most innovative wines in Bordeaux, claims Château Haut-Bages Libéral.
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Vintage Wine Estates direct-to-consumer business grows in first financial quarter 2022
Vintage Wine Estates one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the U.S. with an industry leading direct-to-customer platform, today reported its financial results for its first quarter fiscal year 2022 ended September 30, 2021.
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Warehouses are overwhelmed by America’s shopping spree
Doug Kiersey has been building, buying and leasing warehouses for almost 40 years. He’s never seen a time like this. “It’s completely unprecedented,” says Kiersey, president of Dermody Properties, which owns warehouses used by some of the country’s largest retailers. “In some markets … we’re over 99% occupancy.”
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PLD Paris line-up highlights disruptive packaging designs, and issues of sustainability
PLD Paris – the trade show that specialises in the packaging of premium and luxury drinks – has unveiled its line-up for its first physical event, having been postponed from June 2020 due to the pandemic.
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Blog: For American collectors, Napa is still the only wine in town
Despite the charms of Washington and Oregon, wine investors looking to make their fortune should stick to California’s most famous region, says Bruce Schoenfeld. For those looking to drink their wines, though, there is potential, and value, elsewhere.
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Chile’s greatest upset in China
Chile has staged what could be described as the greatest upset in the Chinese wine market. Not only did the size of Chilean wine market exponentially expand but Chinese consumers now are uncorking more bottles of iconic Chilean wines than ever before.
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South African wines get boost from dispute between Australia and China
With unmasked wine drinkers now the norm rather than the exception at China’s bars, Australia’s tariff headache has turned out to be South Africa’s (SA) gain. Recent figures from Wines of SA show SA wines gaining ground in the Chinese market.
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Prosecco brand La Marca achieves ‘milestone’ environmental standard
Premium Prosecco brand La Marca has be accredited with an Equalitas Sustainability Certification, a major milestone for the fifty-year-old company, which it argues can have a big impact for its growers.
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Supply chain crisis threatens Christmas for Spanish wines
Among the vineyards of Spain’s wine country, now coloured fiery orange in the late autumn, winemakers are working as fast as they can to fill up bottles in time for next month’s peak holiday season, but it’s not looking easy in the world’s third-largest wine producer nation.
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