Decanter News

Matt Skinner: Yes, I've recommended untasted wines

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT

Jamie Oliver's head of wine Matt Skinner has admitted to not tasting several wines that he recommends in his latest book.

Russia threat to nationalise wine is 'political'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:49:00 GMT

The Russian government is threatening to renationalise the wine industry, putting a million jobs at risk, a leading wine distributor said today.

Vaynerchuk: Wine producers should Tweet more

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:10:00 GMT

Producers are ��sticking their heads in the sand' when it comes to talking to consumers, a conference has heard.

Joe Montana's wine estate up for sale

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMT

What would you expect to pay for the wine country estate home of San Francisco 49ers' legendary quarterback and winemaker Joe Montana? US$49m, of course.

Bordeaux is in crisis: Chadronnier

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Bordeaux is in crisis and needs a radical restructure, according to one of the region's biggest exporters.

Bordeaux Cultural Centre gets go-ahead

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

After nine months of deliberations, the location has been selected for the Wine Cultural Centre in Bordeaux.

Japanese supermarkets to slash Beaujolais Nouveau prices, in plastic

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT

A Japanese supermarket group is slashing the price of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau and selling the wine in plastic bottles in a bid to beat the recession.

Great Australian Wine Dinner re-launched

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:24:00 GMT

The Great Australian Wine Dinner will be re-launched this month, as diners gather to support the Judy Hirst Memorial Foundation.

Industry delivers crushing blow to wine grape growers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:19:00 GMT

Australia has an oversupply of 100 million cases of wine and the country's main industry bodies have put together a plan to correct it.

Lab��gorce Z��d�� disappears

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Chateau Lab��gorce Z��d��, Cru Bourgeois from Margaux, will disappear from the 2009 vintage.

Copia sale imminent

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:50:00 GMT

A Santa Rosa bankruptcy judge has approved the liquidation of Copia, with a sale now imminent.

Australian producers rally to stem flood of New Zealand Sauvignon

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:49:00 GMT

Some of Western Australia's most prominent producers are pooling their resources to combat the ever-increasing popularity of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.

Top honours for Barrie at Master of Wine awards

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Susie Barrie MW won three awards for ��outstanding achievement' at the Institute of Masters of Wine awards ceremony, as eight new MWs were formally welcomed into the IMW.

Guy Woodward's blog: the last instalments

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:54:00 GMT

Decanter's editor Guy Woodward spent three weeks in South Australia, visiting upwards of 30 wineries, tasting hundreds of wines and meeting anybody who is anybody in the world of Aussie wine. We catch him here in Margaret River, with the McHenry Hohnen pigs...

First Quench to shut stores, seeking buyers

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:36:00 GMT

The administrators of First Quench Retailing are to shut 373 stores, resulting in 1,738 redundancies.

Agostini guilty

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:15:00 GMT

Hanna Agostini, Robert Parker's former translator, has been found guilty of complicity in a fraud.

Antinori releases first Romanian wine

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT

Piero Antinori and John Halewood launch a new joint venture at Romania's Italian embassy tonight.

Blog: Steven Spurrier lambasts France's 'prohibitionist' government

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT

��Wine is not a sin' were the opening words from Jean-Robert Pitte, the former president of the Sorbonne University to a wine conference in Italy last week.

Parker and Agostini drop cases

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:18:00 GMT

Robert Parker and and his former translator Hanna Agostini have dropped their respective court actions against each other.

American belief in great en primeur 'shaken and destroyed': merchants

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMT

There is considerable doubt amongst American merchants as to how they are going to sell the new and apparently stellar 2009 vintage.

Decanter Tokaji tasting first for UK

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:39:00 GMT

Decanter's Tokaji tasting yesterday in London's historic Vintners' Hall was a unique event �� the first-ever dedicated Tokaji tasting in the UK.

Constellation and Australian Vintage in merger talks

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:29:00 GMT

Constellation Brands and Australian Vintage are in talks that could result in the creation of a major new, low-cost Australian wine company.

Germany 2009 vintatge 'as good as 07'

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:38:00 GMT

Germany's 2009 vintage will be as fine as the excellent 2007 �� but with less wine, vintners say.

First Quench goes into administration

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:37:00 GMT

First Quench Retailing has gone into administration.

'All is not totally well in the garden of Eden...' Guy Woodward's Australia blog continues

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:52:00 GMT

No 12: Australian wine vernacular. For the past week, Decanter editor Guy Woodward has been at large in Australia... read his blog here