Friday, November 30, 2007

Namibia – the next wine country?

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A Britsh born business man has planted a vineyard in Namibia, just on the border to the desert. Allan Walkden-Davis so far onl...

Antinori launches Napa wine and expands with Stag’s Leap

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Piero Antinori, head of the famous Tuscan Antinori wine family has presented the first vintage of his new wine from Napa Valle...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Swedish Hill pioneers new hybrids?

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Melody, Corot Noir, Valvin Muscat are perhaps not the best known grape varieties with wine lovers. They are all “hybrids”, i.e...

Australia top-seller in Sweden

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The ranking of the most popular wine countries at the Swedish monopoly retail chain Systembolaget (September 2007) is as follo...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Brazil

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Some parts of Brazil are certainly tropical but it is a big country. In the colder south, near the border to Uruguay, the...
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Spain’s first ice wine!

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Icewine is made by picking the grapes in the winter, when temperatures are below minus seven. It’s not exactly something that ...
Monday, November 19, 2007

Nordic sommelier champion: Thilde Maarbjerg from Denmark

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Thilde Maarbjerg from the Kong Hans restaurant in Copenhagen won the title in the Nordic Sommelier Championship in Helsinki. I...

54% market share for the Swedish monopoly

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Systembolaget, the Swedish retail monopoly, announced in its latest newsletter that their market share in Sweden is growing (o...

The Swedish monopoly grows sales too

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The Systembolaget increased sales from January to October with 5.1% measured in ‘pure alcohol’. Wine sales grew with 5.4%. Ani...

The state vodka company grows its sales

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V&S Vin & Sprit Group, the state owned company that primarily makes Absolut vodka, announced in its third quarter figu...

New economic perspective on gastronomy and wine

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The Association of Wine Economists have joined together with the Society of Quantitative Gastronomy (yes, they both exist!) t...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

”Le Grand Tasting” in Paris 30 November to 1 December

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“Le Grand Tasting” (in bizarre Frenglish) is the name of another wine fair in Paris. They present a more modest, but still lar...

Spitting competition (!) at the Paris wine fair on November 22-26

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We’re not quite sure how it will be judged (length? precision? beauty? originalty?...) but at the annual Salon des Vignerons ...

Whisky from Öland

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As opposed to many other internationally famous spirits (Calvados, Cognac,...) whisky does not have a regionally protected name. Y...

New edition of the most classic Bordeaux book

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The first edition of “Bordeaux et ses Vin” (Bordeaux and its wines) was published in 1850. It is an extensive collection of (almost) al...

Château La Pointe and Château Carignan sold

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Château La Pointe, a Pomerol property with 25 ha, has been sold for an estimated 32-35 million euro to the insurance company ...
Friday, November 16, 2007

New appellation: Coteaux du Languedoc Pézenas

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The new appellation Coteaux du Languedoc, with the suffix Pézenas (which is a town in the region) is a red wine and should be...

Anselme Selosse makes Italian sparkling wine

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Anselme Selosse is one of the most respected independent wine makers in Champagne. Together with Azienda Feudi di San Gregori...

Warning for pregnant women

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Well, its not the pregnant women who are dangerous of course, but drinking wine while you are pregnant. At least according to ...

German harvest: big volume, excellent quality

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A sigh of relief can also be heard in Germany after this year’s harvest. they had an early flowering and good weather during t...