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Chinese wine lover snaps up Vosne-Romanee vines

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:09:00 +0000

A wine lover has made the first major Chinese purchase in Burgundy.

Marlborough needs appellation system, says Forrest

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Marlborough growers need an appellation system with strict controls on production levels to avoid losing quality and reputation, according to a leading producer.

Spectrum and Vanquish withdraw DRC lots from auction

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Spectrum and Vanquish have withdrawn 13 lots worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from tonight's London auction because of 'apparent label discrepancies'.

Jackson Family buys Clarendon vineyard

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:56:00 +0000

McLaren Vale's renowned Clarendon Estate Vineyards - supplier of grapes to Penfold's Grange and Eileen Hardy Shiraz - has been bought by California's Jackson Family Wines.

Naples charity auction brings in $12.2m

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +0000

The Naples Winter Wine Festival charity auction brought in US$12.2m on the weekend of 29 January, bringing the eventâs total earnings to US$106.7m during its 12-year life.

Spectrum and Vanquish: Kurniawan wines are not in sale

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:31:00 +0000

Auctioneers Spectrum and wine merchant Vanquish have taken the unprecedented step of categorically denying that the consigner in tomorrow's London sale is Rudy Kurniawan.

English vineyard set for first 'terroir' designation

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:49:00 +0000

Camel Valley Vineyards in Cornwall has submitted the UK's first single grower application for Protected Designation of Origin status.

Bomb squad destroys WWII wine cache

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:31:00 +0000

A cache of pre-World War II wine found in a suburban garden was destroyed by the British army bomb squad, a reader recounts in this month's issue of Decanter magazine.

Government alcohol ad 'scaremongering'

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:41:00 +0000

New UK government guidelines warning that drinking two large glasses of wine a day triples the risk of mouth cancer are 'scaremongeringâ' an influential alcohol lobby group claims.

Tertre Daugay renamed Chateau Quintus

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:42:00 +0000

Chateau Tertre Daugay has been renamed Chateau Quintus, Domaine Clarence Dillon, owner of Chateau Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion, has announced.