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Research from University of Cape Town shows old vines add value

Research from the University of Cape Town shows that using old vine fruit earns winemakers more money. South Africa has finally discovered – and celebrated – its treasure trove of old vineyards. A country that typically renewed its plantings every 15 to 20 years, pretty much as soon as the yields began to decline, was […]

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Will France’s Champagne vineyards be added to UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List?

  The candidacy has been six years in the making and producers will have to wait until July 2014 to hear the decision.   The volume of fake champagne sold on the market is said to equal the stock of the real French product. That’s 330 million bottles, according to Jean-Luc Barbier, the director of

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