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Mouton to open new gallery for label collection

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 +0100

A new art gallery will open at Chateau Mouton Rothschild this summer to permanently house the travelling exhibition Mouton Rothschild: Paintings for the Labels.

Decanter World Wine Awards 2013 winners announced

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:01:00 +0100

Judges at this yearâs Decanter World Wine Awards tasted a record-breaking 14,362 wines and awarded nearly 10,000 medals, it was announced this morning.

Natural wines transported by sail power

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100

More than 3,000 bottles of wine have been sailed into London by a new company keen to demonstrate the environmental benefits of old-fashioned wind power.

Bordeaux 2012: Montrose, Clinet, Domaine de Chevalier release

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 +0100

New price releases are being met by an increasingly small pool of buyers in the Bordeaux 2012 campaign.

Michelangelo Pistoletto's Ornellaia works net Â£240k at London auction

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:52:00 +0100

A collection of commemorative bottles of Ornellaia 2010 designed by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto sold for Â£238,000 last night at an auction in London.

Chinese investors snapping-up 'one chateau per month', say estate agents

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:55:00 +0100

From the beginning of 2011, a leading Bordeaux real estate agent says, an average of one Bordeaux chateau per month has been sold to a Chinese investor.

Cambridge and Copenhagan qualify for Left Bank Bordeaux Cup final

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:58:00 +0100

Cambridge University and Copenhagan Business School have progressed to the final of this year's Left Bank Bordeaux Cup having won their places at the European semi-finals over the weekend.

Bordeaux 2012: Pichon Lalande, Malartic Lagraviere, Beychevelle release

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:00 +0100

The last two days have seen a few attempts to get what has been described as the âforgotten Bordeaux 2012 campaignâ finally moving, but customers are 'turning their backs on the vintage', merchants say.

Christie's launches vineyard sales service

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:15:00 +0100

Christieâs is launching a service to help prospective buyers of vineyard estates.

South Africa harvest at record high

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:00 +0100

Wine production in South Africa is expected to reach an all-time high this year after the 2013 grape harvest outstripped expectations to reach nearly 1.5m tons.