2009 was not a good year for Spanish wine exports, according to figures from the Spanish Wine Federation FEV (Federación Española del Vino). Spanish wine exports fell by 13.5 percent in value and 9.7 percent in volume compared to 2008. The average price of one liter Spanish wine on the international market declined by 4.2 percent to € 1.14. In > Read more …
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 official figures from the French export agency Ubifrance the French in 2009 exported 12.5 million hectoliters of wine, 8.7 percent less than in 2008. Champagne had the largest decrease of nearly 28 percent. Bordeaux fell > Read more …
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A court in the southern French city of Carcassonne sentenced twelve wine growers from the Languedoc to suspended prison terms and effective fines. They sold 18 million bottles of fake Pinot Noir to U.S. wine giant Ernest and Julio Gallo. The unsuspecting company sold the adulterated wine in the U.S. market under the brand name Red Bicyclette. The twelve convicts > Read more …
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 on the fruit dominated nose. Lots of fruit on the palate, initially simple and sweet, but after some breathing additional hints of black chocolate and sweet spices. Refreshing acidity. Had not declined when tasted on > Read more …
The Belgian distributor of wines and spirits A & F Mampaey Wines & Sprits, founded in 1920, was bought by the Dutch Distillery Dirkzwager. Mampaey is one of the Belgian market leaders and Royal Warrant Holder. Dirkzwager also bought the Belgian distribution activities for wines and spirits from brewer Anheuser-Bush InBev, which wants to focus more on its core activities. > Read more …
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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 bottle of the cooperative Mont Tauch, one of the major companies in the wine appellation of Fitou. Both are internationally registered. The counterfeit wine was discovered by the representative of Mont Tauch on the Chinese > Read more …
2007 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône (1/17/2010) Red and black fruits (ripe cherries, blackberries), kirsch and exotic spices on the enjoyable nose. Lots of ripe, sappy fruit on the palate, refreshed by cherry-like acidity and supported by kirsch, and hints of chocolate and pepper. Remained on the same level on the second > Read more …
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 lots and eventually spent HK$52.9 million (4.81 million euros), against Sotheby’s estimate of HK$40 million. Not included in those amounts are the auction charges. It seems the economic crisis is forgotten at least in Asia. > Read more …
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