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Romanian wine exports to UK in growth

Published:  05 April, 2013

Romanian Winegrowers has announced it will be returning to the London International Wine Fair this year, on the back of significant growth in exports of Romanian wine to the UK.

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Piccini introduces rosata to Memoro Vino d'Italia range

Published:  05 April, 2013

The family-owned Italian wine producer Piccini has introduced a third wine, a rosata, to its Memoro Vino d'Italia range.

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English sparkling wine could be threat to Champagne sales

Published:  05 April, 2013

English sparkling wine could become the biggest threat to future Champagne sales if the quality and diversity of offer...

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Producers get behind Vin de France

Published:  04 April, 2013

More than 700 French wine producers are now supporting the Vin de France promotional classification scheme, which came to operation in 2010.

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German wine stocks are at an all-time low

Published:  04 April, 2013

German wine stocks are at their lowest ever levels since reunification, with high demand also driving up prices.

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World's first €1million bottle of wine goes on sale

Published:  31 March, 2013

The world's most expensive bottle of wine - Domaine of the Bee 'Reductio ad Absurdam' 2010 - goes on sale today with a price tag of €1 million.

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English sparkling wines get rave reviews at ProWein

Published:  29 March, 2013

English sparkling wine was seen as one of the big successes at last week's ProWein with wines from the five participating wineries receiving rave reviews, writes Miguel Cruz Liljegren

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Chablis exports to UK grew last year

Published:  28 March, 2013

The UK remained the number one export market for Chablis last year, with just under 10 million bottles - worth over €43 million - shipped over in 2012.

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Douglas Blyde on the widening horizons of Chablis producers

Published:  28 March, 2013

Chablis, a collage of Chardonnay often sown on fossilised oysters, spans almost 5,000 hectares of villages, valleys and riverbanks. When I last visited in 2010, producers were wary. Tough economic times spelled strain when it came to their major export market - Britain. But, on my latest visit, it felt as if they had learnt to minimise risk by reaching out to a number of new markets.

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Record numbers from around the world visited ProWein 2013

Published:  27 March, 2013

More international visitors than ever before visited the largest ever ProWein this week. The three-day fair hosted 4,783 exhibitors from 48 countries and more than 44,000 trade visitors, up from 40,667 last year.

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Lidio Carraro to produce official World Cup wines

Published:  25 March, 2013

Lidio Carraro has been named the producer of the official licensed wines for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.

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World of wine heads to ProWein 2013

Published:  24 March, 2013

ProWein 2013 opened today in Düsseldorf looking to cement its increasingly respected position as the...

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Garnacha for Campo Viejo as Pernod launches first experiential wine event

Published:  22 March, 2013

Pernod Ricard is adding a Garnacha varietal to its Campo Viejo brand adding as it looks to increase the number of its well-recognised yellow labels on shelf.

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Anne Krebiehl on wines from Pfalz

Published:  21 March, 2013

The notion that Germans allegedly don't have a sense of humour was severely tested last Thursday night: Markus Schneider, a young winemaker from Germany's sunny Pfalz region, was in London to present his unusual wines alongside a specially designed menu at Vinoteca Marylebone.

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UK remains number one for Rhône exports

Published:  20 March, 2013

Wines from the Rhône enjoyed continued popularity in the UK in 2012, with exports up 6.5% on the previous year.

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New Caballeros appointed to Gran Orden

Published:  20 March, 2013

Restaurateur brothers Sam and Eddie Hart, and winemaker Antonio Sanz are the latest people to be invested into the Gran Orden de Caballeros.

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Four new Sogrape red wines for Stevens Garnier

Published:  18 March, 2013

Stevens Garnier is taking on four red wines from Sogrape's Casa Ferreirinha "House of Little Ferreira" in the Douro valley, which were shown to the trade at last week's Wines of Portugal tasting in London.

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John E Fells to represent Champagne Henriot

Published:  18 March, 2013

John E Fells has taken over agency duties for Champagne Henriot in order to bring the producer's brands under one roof.

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PLB brings Estrella Galicia to UK in on-trade exclusive

Published:  18 March, 2013

Estrella Galicia, a premium beer brand, which to date has only been imported by small independent Spanish importers in bottle format, is now being brought into the UK in kegs by PLB exclusively for the on-trade.

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Everybody wants to rule the world

Published:  15 March, 2013

British wine companies are increasingly looking to capitalise on the UK's reputation around the world to explore new commercial opportunities outside these shores, as Lucy Britner investigates

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