Russia blocks wine imports from Georgia and Moldova
2006-06-12
Wine prices are expected to go up with 30% in Russia after the government outlawed wine imports from Georgia and Moldova. The ban has been
Wine prices are expected to go up with 30% in Russia after the government outlawed wine imports from Georgia and Moldova. The ban has been
Château Montrose, a 70 ha property, Grand Cru Classé in St Estèphe (Medoc, Bordeaux), has changed hands. Martin & Olivier Bouygues bought the chateau and
According to The Independent, the British government under Tony Blair has bought wine for approximately £1 million since Blair took power in 1997.
The Ecole Supérieure d” Agriculture in Angers in the Loire Valley offers a study program that leads to a Master of Science (MSc) in Wine.
The primeur tastings – the one week wine jamboree for the trade in Bordeaux to present the latest vintage – are now over. Everyone seems
François and Jacques Lurton are already successful winemakers in several wine regions: Languedoc, Chile, Argentina, Spain,… Their next project is, apparently, Portugal. They have already
Institut des Hautes Etudes du Goût de la Gastronomie et les Arts de la Table Behind this long name hides an interesting education that was
Now is the time to start thinking about how to brighten up the autumn season so I thought it would be a good idea to
Korsika är på stark frammarsch. Kvaliteten är fortfarande lite ojämn (men var är den inte det?) men här finns mycket gott, både vitt, rött och
I SBs senaste nyhetsbrev läser vi att det nu finns 2361 märken i det ordinarie sortimentet och 3882 i beställningssortimentet (för de som lyckas beställa
Systembolaget har fått klagomål på att en del viner har markerats som från ”Israel” i sin katalog. Det gäller vin producerat på krigsdrabbad mark. Systembolaget
Inför skolavslutningen har Systembolaget lanserat en kampanj för att få föräldrar att inte ”köpa ut” till sina barn. De har gjort ett antal filmsnuttar med
This period of the year is traditionally full of news about the “primeur” tastings of the latest vintage in Bordeaux. You will find links to
CoolBoy is a sort of electric cooling funnel invented by Ian Thompson, a university student in Britain. Thompson was tired of having his and his
Mumm recently launched a prestige champagne called, simply, Mumm Grand Cru. They only made 2300 hl (30,000 bottles) of the first “edition”. It is not
Champagne covers about 33,000 hectares (e.g. the equivalent of a third of Bordeaux). The main sub-districts are: Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne and
Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), one of the world’s largest wine producers (if not the biggest), buys Vincor (TSX: VN), a Canadian company that also belongs
Every year since 1999, the two last days in January there is a conference in Paris called Wine Evolution, organised by Skalli & Rein, a
While large parts of the wine marking world (France, Australia, California,…) seem to have great problems with over production collector wines apparently do not have
Tills vi själva provat Systembolagets nya telefonreklam för att behålla monopolet och sig själv som enda butik, här är vad några andra tyckt om kampanjen:
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