US threatens to block all Brunello imports
The United States has threatened to block all imports of Brunello di Montalcino from 9 June.
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Record-breaking Bordeaux 05 Decanter tasting
Decanter's first tasting of the newly-bottled 2005 Medocs produced a record-breaking 25 awards - only two of them First Growths.
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Parker rebukes top properties over Bordeaux 2005
Robert Parker has released his scores for the first tastings of the just-bottled 2005 Bordeaux ? with another broadside at high prices from the ?museum pieces' that are the great wines.
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Withnail director drank 200 bottles of fine wine in two weeks
The director of cult comedy film Withnail & I drank 200 bottles of blue chip Bordeaux in just two weeks, he has revealed.
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China to become leading wine producer
Chinese wine will conquer the world in terms of volume and fine wine, a recent study suggests.
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Brunello may change ratings system
The Brunello di Montalcino Consorzio is considering changing the way the official rating for Brunello is decided.
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Quenin is new St Emilion president
Jean-Francois Quenin, owner of Chateau de Pressac, is to be the new President of the Conseil des Vins de Saint Emilion, as Hubert de Bouard finally steps down.
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Castel buys Oenoalliance
Castel, France's largest wine company, has bought Bordeaux wine merchant Oenoalliance.
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Bordeaux: prices from Quinault, Beychevelle, Rieussec
The first prominent red wine properties have begun to release their prices for Bordeaux 2007s ? days after Robert Parker released his scores for the vintage.
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Grange 2003 released
Penfolds has released its 2003 Grange with an estimated price tag of up to AUS$550 (£260, US$510) a bottle.
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Bordeaux 2007: Parker slams with faint praise
American wine critic Robert Parker has released his 2007 Bordeaux en primeur scores. He has awarded only three wines up to 100 points - all of them white; among the reds, only four achieved up to a potential 95.
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Bordeaux Wine Trading Company future doubtful
Wine merchant the Bordeaux Wine Trading Company is threatened with being struck off the companies register for failure to comply with UK company law.
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Watered-down EU wine reform ratified
The European Council has finally approved watered-down wine reforms originally proposed two years ago.
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Blumenthal lauded for chocolate wine
Michelin-starred techno-chef Heston Blumenthal OBE has won a Conde Nast Traveller Innovation Design Award for his chocolate wine.
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Vinopolis runs English wine week preview
Wine experts including Oz Clarke and Jancis Robinson MW have chosen a selection of English wines to be shown at Vinopolis in the run up to English wine week.
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Acker Merrall sells 'Shah's Champagne'
Acker Merrall & Condit has auctioned two bottles of 1959 Dom
Pérignon rosé Champagne that were never released for commercial sale
and that went straight to the Shah of Iran.
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Bordeaux must fight anti-alcohol lobby
Bordeaux winemakers should turn up the pressure against the anti-alcohol menace in France, says an alcohol industry lobbyist.
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Sherry: Domecq, Valdivia, Perez Marin sales
While sherry country is grubbing up surplus vineyards, there have been a number of sales and mergers in the marketplace over the last twelve months.
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Allegations of glass price fixing spark EU enquiry
A member of the European Parliament has requested an enquiry into illegal price fixing by glass bottle makers in Europe.
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Austrian wine exports soar
Exports of Austrian bottled wine jumped 30% in 2007, further cementing the country's reputation for fine wine produced in small quantities.
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