The New Zealand region of Marlborough is enhancing its quality standards by introducing minimum sugar ripeness levels. Additionally, grapes must now come from a more narrowly defined area.
The conflict in Ukraine tragically affects everyone in that country. Sergey Panov pays tribute to wine photographer, Arsen Fedosenko, who lost his life in the fight to protect Kharkiv against Russian aggression.
Weather conditions and market responses are creating a patchwork landscape across Europe's bulk wine regions. While some areas register minimal frost damage and long-awaited rainfall, others brace for potential price increases due to lower harvests elsewhere.
The global bulk wine market has reached the midway point of 2024 with activity levels that appear healthier than they were at the same stage of last year. This is largely due to three areas of activity.
The founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, who achieved legendary status by securing first place in the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting and went on to be a leading light in the California wine industry has died.
An Andalusian research project is investigating Sherry with reduced alcohol content. This project particularly focuses on Fino and Manzanilla varieties, which are aged under a layer of flor.
Austria's largest wine fair, VieVinum, is held in perhaps the most beautiful venue in the wine world, the Hofburg palace. An increasingly international audience now gathers under the chandeliers.
Niederösterreich, Austria’s largest wine-growing area, consists of eight independent quality regions designated as DACs, or Districtus Austriae Controllatus. They stretch in close proximity to one another, often taking their names from their own distinctive landscapes.
