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Wine growers in Italy’s Alto Adige go biodynamic

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Wine growers in Italy’s Alto Adige go biodynamic

The wine growers in the northern Italian wine region and autonomous province of Alto Adige are arming themselves against global warming by planting their vineyards higher in the mountains, reports the British wine magazine Decanter. Biodynamic cultivation is also getting more popular in Alto Adige. Famous wine growers such as Alois Lageder and Manincor already are partly biodynamic. Lageder is still expanding his biodynamic  holdings, he said in a telephone interview with a journalist of the American newspaper The [...]



2005 M. Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Mar 5th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans

2005 M. Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-Pape – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (3/3/2010)
Sweet red fruits (cherries, strawberries), kirsch and fruit syrup on the nose. On the palate [...]



Spanish wine exports fall by almost ten percent

Mar 5th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Spanish wine exports fall by almost ten percent

2009 was not a good year for Spanish wine exports, according to figures from the Spanish Wine Federation FEV (Federación Española del Vino). Spanish [...]



French wine exports lowest in ten years time

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans

Last year French wine exports fell by almost twenty percent to 5.5 billion euros. This is the lowest level in ten years time. According to [...]



American farmer protests on YouTube against wine company

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans



French wine growers sell fake Pinot Noir to E & J Gallo

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
French wine growers sell fake Pinot Noir to E & J Gallo

A court in the southern French city of Carcassonne sentenced twelve wine growers from the Languedoc to suspended prison terms and effective fines. They [...]



2007 M. Chapoutier Coteaux du Tricastin

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans

2007 M. Chapoutier Coteaux du Tricastin – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Coteaux du Tricastin (2/11/2010)Red and black berries, aromatic spices and a whiff of alcohol [...]



Ninety-year old Belgian wine distributor in Dutch hands

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans

The Belgian distributor of wines and spirits A & F Mampaey Wines & Sprits, founded in 1920, was bought by the Dutch [...]



Highlights of Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair 2009

Feb 11th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans



Chinese counterfeit 400.000 bottles Fitou wine

Feb 11th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Chinese counterfeit 400.000 bottles Fitou wine

400,000 bottles of counterfeit Fitou wine circulate on the Chinese market. The bottles probably contain Chinese “wine”. The counterfeiters have copied the label and the [...]