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Chinese dragon at a wine tasting (Photo: Midjourney)
Insights Wine 2023 Oct 2

Chinese Wine Consumption Has Fallen Dramatically Over the Last Decade. Here's Why

Kym Anderson, one of the world's leading wine academics, has just published a shorter version of his latest paper 'What's happened to the wine market in China?' in the Journal of Wine Economics. Robert Joseph considers its implications.

Reading time: 5m

 
The publishing family: Christoph Meininger, Andrea Meininger-Apfel and Frank Apfel (l.t.r.)
News 2023 Sep 22

Meininger Family Celebrates 120 Years in Wine Publishing

As a leading publisher of specialist professional magazines, Meininger Verlag has borne witness to the highs and lows of the European wine industry, through disasters, wars and expansion.

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In Champagne, manual harvesting is mandated by the specifications manual. (Image: JC Guntner, Collection CIVC)
News Wine 2023 Sep 29

Inhumane Harvest Conditions in Champagne

The Châlons-en-Champagne prosecutor's office has initiated several investigations into human trafficking. There have been reports of fatalities due to the heat during the harvest.

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The weather conditions allowed the red varieties to ripen uniformly (Photo: CIVB)
News 2023 Sep 30

Positive Vintage Outlook in Bordeaux

The CIVB has declared a good 2023 vintage, despite the harvest beginning early, in mid-August. White and red grape varieties have benefited from the climatic and weather conditions, although the yield remains uncertain.

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Mezzacorona’s modern winery in Trentino (Photo: Mezzacorona)
Sponsored reports Wine 2023 Oct 2

Mezzacorona: Sustainable And Innovative

From 11 to 1600 – in 1904 eleven founding members established the first wine cooperative in Mezzacorona, in Trentino. Since then, generations of families have devoted themselves to cultivating grapes and conserving their habitat.

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Steiermark, the Gateway to History, Culture, and Wonderful Wines
Sponsored reports 2023 Sep 18

Austria’s southern winemaking region is known to wine lovers as the source of elegant white wines, vibrant rosés and plenty of wine and cultural tourism opportunities. Here’s why you need to know about it.

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A Look Inside the Must-Attend World Bulk Wine Exhibition
Events Interviews Sponsored reports 2023 Sep 14

Each November, some of the world’s most important buyers and producers head to Amsterdam, for the World Bulk Wine Exhibition. It’s become a key event on the world’s wine calendar.

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The ‘de-normalisation project’, WHO fight against alcohol (Photo: Ralf/stock.adobe.com)
Insights 2023 Sep 19

WHO Shifts Its Alcohol Narratives and the Wine Industry Faces New Challenges

The World Health Organisation has alcohol in its crosshairs. One industry expert tells Felicity Carter that the wine industry needs to pay attention.

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Tyson Stelzer
Interviews Wine 2023 Sep 25

How a High School Teacher Built a Champagne Juggernaut. From Brisbane

Tyson Stelzer is one of the world’s top Champagne experts, with a thriving wine publishing business. He tells Felicity Carter how he did it.

Reading time: 10m 30s

Product photo of a bottle of Barbaresco DOCG from the Fior Fiore range (Photo: Coop)
News 2023 Sep 29

Italian Retail Giant Embraces Wineries

Coop's wine assortment breaks from traditional private labeling by featuring the names of wineries and cooperatives on the label.

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Marco Balsimelli assumes the new role of Production Director at Ornellaia.
News 2023 Sep 29

Changing of the Guard at Ornellaia

An Italian with a background in Bordeaux will be responsible for winemaking in the future.

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Leaving the wine business? (Photo: monticellllo/stock.adobe.com)
2023 Sep 25

Pernod Ricard to Sell Jacob’s Creek And Brancott Estate. Is It Exiting Wine?

According to a September 20, report in the Australian Financial Review, Pernod Ricard “has mandated two investment banks to conduct a strategic review of its Australia and New Zealand business, which is expected to lead to a change of control before the end of the year.”

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