Penfolds has just launched its most radical project to date, the inaugural, four-bottle “California Collection” which are blends from both South Australia and California wine together – a concept that is certainly revolutionary in the fine wine world. Penfolds, South Australia’s premier winemaker, has again pushed the envelope by releasing the inaugural “Wine of the […]
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What a lovely surprise – I received a personal letter from Jacopo Biondi Santi and Tancredi Biondi Santi announcing the launch of their JeT 2020 vintage – what a nice touch! Here is a unique backstory on this wine. This wine was created out of passion and innovation The initials “JeT” represents Jacopo and Tancredi
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Preparations for ProWein 2022, the world’s largest wine and spirits trade fair, has commenced online registrations. ProWein 2019 had over 6,900 exhibitors from 64 countries and 61,500 visitors from 143 nations taking part in the show. Taking place in Düsseldorf from 27-29 March 2022, registrations for the ‘Same but Different’ event within the show will
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It was an honour and a privilege to participate as a speaker today for FIJEV [Journalistes et Ecrivains des Vins et Spiritueux] members on the topic “Digital Wine Marketing for Wine Journalists”. “Wine Journalists Represent a Global Community” It was wonderful to see
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Paris-based International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) has just revealed stats of the top ten countries that drank the most wine in 2020. Global Consumption has fallen to its lowest point since 2002. OIV reports that that overall wine consumption had fallen three percent to 234 million hectolitres in 2020 – around 6.2 billion
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Nebbiolo Prima 2021 is an important tasting that embraces the wine areas of Barolo, Barbaresco, and Roero, the champions of Piedmont. Considering this particular period, my colleague Filippo Magnani was very fortunate to participate in the 25th edition, hosted by Albeisa at the end of March 2021. Part 2 continues …. Barbaresco The area of
Nebbiolo Prima 2021 is an important tasting that embraces the wine areas of Barolo, Barbaresco, and Roero, the champions of Piedmont. Considering this particular period, I have been very fortunate to participate in the 25th edition, by Albeisa, end of March. Albeisa, Unione Produttori Vini Albesi, is a consortium, founded to promote the great wines
Wines of Argentina has been paying tribute to Malbec on April 17th since 2011. This date was chosen because on the same day in 1853 the first agricultural school in Argentina was founded, becoming a symbol of the transformation of Argentina’s wine industry. Malbec in Argentina There are 112,823 acres of Malbec planted in Argentina;
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The Consejo Regulador DOCa of Rioja has unveiled a five-year strategic plan aimed at boosting the region’s sustainability credentials, driving wine tourism and increasing exports. The aim is to boost total sales from 230 million litres in 2020 to 312 million litres by 2025, with export to account for 44% at 137 million litres, in
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New categories of wine are entering the secondary wine market for the first time, with trading up by 70% from 2019. Bordeaux, which once dominated the secondary market, now has a share of trade less than half of what it was a decade ago. But it hasn’t fallen out of favour – rather, its share
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