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 [...]
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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: Wine beats shares as investment
Apr 14th, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansWine is a better investment than shares, conclude two Swiss economists, after a comparison of the development of wine prices and the (American) [...]
Lighter Champagne bottle
Mar 29th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
The Comité Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) reports that almost all Champagne houses within two years will use a new, lighter bottle [...]
‘Catastrofic’ fall of Bordeaux wine exports in 2009
Mar 16th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
Exports of Bordeaux wines in 2009 declined “catastrophically”, says Alain Vironneau, president of the Conseil interprofessionnel des vins de Bordeaux (CIVB). Exports [...]
Wine growers in Italy’s Alto Adige go biodynamic
Mar 11th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
The wine growers in the northern Italian wine region and autonomous province of Alto Adige are arming themselves against global warming by planting [...]
Spanish wine exports fall by almost ten percent
Mar 5th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
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 SchildermansLast 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 [...]