The wine magazine Adega began just as Brazil’s wine economy was taking off and flourished in tandem with the market. Felicity Carter hears the strategy behind a many-faceted business.

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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

Robert Joseph takes a fresh look at the potential usefulness of press releases, in an age when their most valuable readers might just be artificially intelligent robots.

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After decades of writing about wine and editing and judging other people's words on the subject, Robert Joseph wonders whether there will ever be a vocabulary that works for everyone.

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With over 60 countries represented at ProWein, the challenge facing less well-known ones like Moldova, is how to make their voices heard. Meininger's associate editor, Robert Joseph takes part in a discussion at ProWein.

Reading time: 40s

American communications professionals were out in force at Wine2Wine in Verona and they shared their insights into how the media works. Felicity Carter reports.

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In 2001, Jacques Berthomeau who died this month, shocked the French wine establishment by recommending the creation of a new classification called Vin de France that would enable producers to compete with varietal wines from the New World. Eight years later, his idea became reality. Today, it is a huge success - both for those exports, and - perhaps surprisingly for him - for many of the natural wine producers Berthomeau later wrote about in his blog.

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Instagrammers and influencers are supplanting traditional wine critics. Robert Joseph suggests that this is less of a novelty than some might suppose.

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