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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 [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]



Record prices for wine at Hongkong auction

Jan 25th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Record prices for wine at Hongkong auction

A wine auction organized by Sotheby in Hong Kong on Saturday exceeded all expectations, reports Bloomberg. Rich wine lovers bid for ten hours on 800 [...]



New studies cast doubt on health effects of red wine

Jan 21st, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
New studies cast doubt on health effects of red wine

Two new studies from Pfizer and Amgen cast doubt on the healing effects of resveratrol, a constituent of red wine that is believed to counter [...]



Buckfast Tonic Wine linked to crime wave

Jan 20th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Buckfast Tonic Wine linked to crime wave

Buckfast Tonic Wine, a fortified red wine made since 1890 by the Benedictine monks of Buckfast Abbey in Devon, south-west England, played a role in [...]



Walloons remain faithful to French wine, Flemings go for alternatives

Jan 19th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Walloons remain faithful to French wine, Flemings go for alternatives

Statistics from market researcher GfK show that people in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium drink less French wine. Bordeaux and Champagne are the big [...]



New TGV line threatens 50 Ha vineyards in the Graves

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
New TGV line threatens 50 Ha vineyards in the Graves

A planned TGV line between Bordeaux, Toulouse and Spain threatens 50 hectares of vineyards in the Graves appellation in Bordeaux. Ten wine castles would lose [...]