New Zealand sweet wines permitted in UK
The generic trade body, New Zealand Wine Growers has welcomed a ruling that will allow the import of sweet wines into the UK.
Read more...The generic trade body, New Zealand Wine Growers has welcomed a ruling that will allow the import of sweet wines into the UK.
Read more...All of the Wine Rack stores saved from administration by Venus Wine & Spirit are to hold in-store tastings this Saturday (December 12) on a range of promotional wines.
Read more...Cloudy Bay's latest vintage and a ground-breaking spirit are among the latest releases reviewed by Claire Hu.
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Dragons Den entrepreneur, Peter Jones, is looking to attract one million people to his new online wine club and retail site, www.gondola.co.uk in its first year.
Port house Quinta Do Noval is releasing the latest vintages of its still red wines through Gonzalez Byass UK.
Read more...Tesco has launched a promotion offering Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc for £3.92 a bottle.
Read more...New Zealand producer Winegrowers of Ara has produced a new range for the on-trade.
Read more...George Fistonich, founder of Villa Maria has been recognised with the New Zealand wine industry's first ever knighthood.
Read more...One of New Zealand's largest wine producing companies has been sold to an American business.
Read more...The Guardian
Victoria Moore is reviewing Australian Rieslings. She says, Australia caught our attention two decades ago with fruity reds and sunny whites that moved us on from Bulgarian country wine, changed our expectations at the lower end of the scale and became a fixture on the chart of cheap hits.
The New Zealand producer behind the Oyster Bay wine brand has reported a 146% leap in net profit for the last half of 2008.
Read more...Here is what the national wine critics had to say over the weekend of July 17 - 19.
Read more...Selling Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc at £3.99 is commercial madness, according to First Quench's buyer - despite the business starting a half-price offer on Villa Maria.
Read more...Simon Woods gets his lips round eight new releases and suggests where they could fit into your wine line-up.
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So very few days are left in the gorgeous Central Otago autumn sunshine and still a little hung over after the harvest celebrations, my picking mates James and Martin and I have a tour of the Felton Road Winery: spotlessly clean and pervaded by the smell of the fermenting fruit.
Read more...Penultimate Instalment - End of Harvest
Read more...Picking continues apace. When we get to the vineyards now, we can see more and more picked rows with foliage of burnished yellow, rust and red. By now we are all comfortable with each other and already have a well-used stock of in-jokes. It all makes for pleasant days and lots of laughter, but speed remains of the essence.
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What the press have to say over the May bank holiday weekend.
Read more...As the days and weeks in Central pass, late summer turns into autumn. The poplars have turned into glowing colours; their heart-shaped leaves are flying in the gusts of wind, covering the road in a carpet of bright yellow.
Read more...David Cox is the new chief of New Zealand Wine Growers for the UK and Europe.
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