South Africa adds water to wine
Aug 25th, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansThe Wine and Spirit Board of South Africa proposes to allow vintners to add water to grape musts. Because of global warming the grapes contain [...]
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Study: even moderate drinking increases breast-cancer risk
Aug 25th, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansAccording to a study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, even moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of breast cancer. [...]
Languedoc AOC becomes pyramid
Aug 25th, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansLanguedoc, one of the largest wine regions in France, will receive a ’simpler’ AOC classification from mid 2011. The comprehensive Languedoc AOC remains the base [...]
Bordeaux-prices go through the roof
Jun 22nd, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
It seems that we can write this article every year during the “en primeur” campaign in Bordeaux. But 2009 “en primeur” prices for Bordeaux [...]
Eight years jail for babysitter who let baby drink wine
Jun 22nd, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansA female babysitter of 41 years from Georgia, USA gets eight years in prison and four years probation because she gave wine to a [...]
Plastic disc preserves freshness of open wine
Jun 15th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
The Australian inventor Barry Rees has invented a thin plastic disc that preserves the freshness of an opened bottle of wine for several days. You [...]
AOC Tricastin changes name to Grignan-Les Adhémar
Jun 11th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
The French Institut National de l’Origine et de la qualité (INAO) has finally approved the name change for the AOC Tricastin. The name change has [...]
Study: Moderate drinkers healthier because of lifestyle
May 20th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Moderate drinkers are healthier than teetotalers, but alcohol has nothing to do with it. According to a French study published in the European Journal of [...]
New Pinot Noir fraud in South of France
May 19th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
In southern France, a new case of fraud with Pinot Noir has been discovered. The chairman and director of the cooperative winery of Coursan Armissan [...]
Wine fraude in Burgundy
May 18th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Last year, a “well-known” vigneron from Burgundy let 2500 hectoliters of Burgundy-wine for a total value of 2.135 million euros disappear from his accounts, according [...]