The Glass Half Full-Winecast : Ep2. Beaujolais Trip. Oyster Bay Fizz Review. News Briefs.
The Glass Half Full Episode 2 A run down on my recent Beaujolais Trip with Harpers/Inter-Beaujolais I review Oyster Bay Sparkling Wine News briefs – Recent events in wine news … Continue reading
Margaux opts for organics
Château Margaux is considering converting to organic farming for its first growth parcels following viticultural experiments over the last five years. Photo credit: François Poincet Speaking at a tasting in … Continue reading
Trade pledges needed for National Wine Month
Touch PR, the agency behind the first National Wine Month last May, is urging for pledges from the trade, in order for the 2012 campaign to go ahead. The proposal … Continue reading
Natural wine fair for UK
Natural wine remains ‘marginal’ in the UK, but organisers of the UK’s first artisan wine fair still aim to attract 1500 people to the inaugural event. More than 150 natural … Continue reading
Codorniu taps into sparkling wine surge
Grupo Codorníu has launched a blanc de noirs addition to its Anna de Codorníu range. The pale pink, 100% Pinot Noir, traditional method sparkling wine will be the first Cava … Continue reading
Expert independent seminar at London SITT tasting
On and off-trade visitors to next week’s London SITT tasting are able to get first hand advice on running an independent business by leading merchants and on-trade wine consultants. The … Continue reading
Russian producers ‘on brink of wipe-out’ after worst winter for decades
Russian producers are calling on the government to avert a crisis as the worst winter weather in half a century has wiped out up to half this year’s wine harvest. … Continue reading
Part two of indie merchants’ Beaujolais blog-Laura Heywood, Harpers
In the second blog from Harpers’ Independent Buyers Trip to Beaujolais, run in conjunction with InterBeaujolais, we hear from a few more of the independent retailers who went out to … Continue reading
Indie merchants blog from Beaujolais-Laura Heywood, Harpers.
Last week Harpers Wine & Spirit, in conjunction with InterBeaujolais, invited a handful of leading independent wine merchants to go out to Beaujolais and discover the wines for themselves. With … Continue reading
Moet to produce Chinese wine
Moët Hennessy is understood to have bought a vineyard in China, where it plans to make red wine for the domestic market. According to French magazine Challenges, the luxury drinks giant … Continue reading
Champagne House makes own English sparkling wine
The owner of an established Grand Cru Champagne House has ventured this side of the Channel to produce his own sparkling wine from English grapes. Didier Pierson, owner of the … Continue reading
Digital Wine Communications Conference announces key speakers
The Digital Wine Communications Conference in Izmir (Turkey) has announced its three keynote speakers. It will feature American author and winemaker Randall Grahm of southern California’s Bonny Doon vineyard, and British … Continue reading
The Truth About Tannins
An important component of red wines, they can be plush and pleasurable or mouth-scrapingly awful. Why? At a party recently, I watched as John bet Chris that he couldn’t manage … Continue reading
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