CERT invests in fine wine facility
Published: 23 July, 2008
Drinks logistics provider CERT Group is investing more than 20 million in a new fine wines facility at Hoddesdon.
Read more...Rebecca Gibb wins Circle of Wine Writers Young Wine Writer of the Year award
Published: 23 July, 2008
By Christian Davis
Rebecca Gibb is this year's Circle of Wine Writers' Young Wine Writer of the Year'. The 25-year-old from Stockton-on-Tees in north-east England won with an article on the Australian cool-climateregion Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria.
Torres backs Spain and Chile for future growth
Published: 23 July, 2008
By Christian Davis
Miguel Torres, the king of vinous Spain, backs his homeland for future growth and development but is also a big fan of Chile.
Parker hires Brit to work on website
Published: 23 July, 2008
Robert Parker has tapped a little-known Essex boy to bring a British perspective to his popular wine website.
Read more...Rosemount aims for Top 10 position
Published: 23 July, 2008
By Stuart Peskett
Australian brand Rosemount, which has seen sales decline markedly in the past few years, aims to be back in the top 10 wine brands in the UK by this time next year.
Casa Lapostolle
Published: 23 July, 2008
At first sight, Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle is an unlikely standard bearer for the wines of Chile. Yet the great granddaughter of the founder of Grand Marnier has been blazing a trail since she first visited the country in 1990.
Read more...Chile 2010
Published: 23 July, 2008
Talking to dozens of winemakers on a recent trip to New Zealand, a common topic of discussion was Sauvignon Blanc and what a double-edged sword it has become for the Kiwi industry. Sure, being known as the place that does brilliant Sauvignon' is a coup that gives a small wine country enormous global visibility, but it is also a potential glass ceiling that could stifle other aspects of the New Zealand industry.
Tyrrell's gives it both barrels
Published: 23 July, 2008
Australian producer Tyrrell's has just launched a top-end red wine from McLaren Vale.
Read more...Oz winemakers attempt to find the sweet spot
Published: 23 July, 2008
By Tom Cannavan
On a recent trip to McLaren Vale, a new winemaking technique was on everyone's lips: sweet spotting'.
New Zealand Winegrowers elect new chairman
Published: 23 July, 2008
Stuart Smith, a grape grower and winery owner in Marlborough, has been elected chairman of New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW), the national trade body. Smith will represent the industry in dealings with government and media for a one-year term. The position complements his role as chair of the national grape growers council.
Islam & alcohol
Published: 23 July, 2008
Imam Shahid was born and grew up in London. He attended state primary and secondary schools, and then at the age of 13 decided, with the support of his parents, to undertake theological studies and to become an Imam. During the nine years following this decision, he attended an Islamic seminary in West Yorkshire for five years, followed by periods of study in Pakistan, Syria and Saudi Arabia. After his graduation in 1998, he served as a junior Imam in Croydon Mosque and Kingston Mosque in Surrey. He is currently Muslim chaplin at St Mary's Hospital and Kingston Hospital, and is the head of the interfaith department at the Regent's Park Mosque.
Read more...Top of the Mornington
Published: 23 July, 2008
Don't worry if you have no idea where the Mornington Peninsula is, you are in good company: it appears even Robert Parker has yet to discover the region's existence. In his latest review of Australian wines in The Wine Advocate he had space to review 21 wines (yes, 21!) from a single estate - D'Arenberg (McLaren Vale) - and even Oxford Landing came in for a remarkably good assessment.
The Interview - Neil Pinel, managing director, Dunell's Premier Wines, Jersey
Published: 23 July, 2008
Dunell's is an independent, family-owned wine merchant that has been in business for over 100 years. In addition to listing 1,100 lines, Dunell's also supplies wines en primeur and offers storage solutions. Regular tastings and themed dinners keep the events calendar busy. Neil Pinel took over from his father as managing director in 2000.
Read more...Festive fizz price war looms
Published: 23 July, 2008
By Giles Fallowfield
It looks like the UK's grocers will once more use cheap Champagne as a weapon in their fight to win business from competitors in the run-up to Christmas.
Climate scare for Oz
Published: 23 July, 2008
Australia may have to dramatically change both its wine styles and preferred grape varieties due to climate change, according to a new report from the University of Melbourne and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Read more...Threshers launches consumer wine club
Published: 23 July, 2008
Threshers has unveiled On Taste, a new consumer wine club that launches at the end of November. Membership is free and benefits include free bottles of wine with minimum purchases of Radcliffe's wines.
Architect Gehry designs new Wyborowa bottle
Published: 23 July, 2008
Pernod Ricard has released two additions to its spirits range. The first, Wyborowa Exquisite, features a bottle designed by architect Frank Gehry, who, apart from being of Polish descent, designed the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and also the Marqus de Riscal winery in Rioja.
Read more...Improve staff training to reduce violence
Published: 23 July, 2008
Poor staff training and inadequate venue management are key factors leading to alcohol-related violence in pubs and clubs in the UK, according to a new study by a team of psychologists at Nottingham Trent University.
Read more...A compound reaction
Published: 23 July, 2008
An article on volatile sulfur compounds in wine isn't likely to turn many heads. In truth, it's the sort of topic that is filed away as worthy but dull', and only ever gets read by people who are swotting up for their diploma or MW and is then promptly forgotten. Aware of this, I'm willing to strike a deal with readers: if I try my best to cover this otherwise fiercely dull and technical wine science piece in a manner that is both readable and doesn't require any specialist science knowledge, will you try to venture below the first paragraph
Read more...Wine competitions only good for unsold plonk'
Published: 23 July, 2008
by Dawn Cran
Major wine competitions in the UK have hit back at claims that medals are a money-making ploy' that are used to sell unsold stocks of "plonk"'.
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