Wine

Meet the Women Changing Bordeaux’s Historic Wine Traditions

Bordeaux has been a male bastion for centuries. With a handful of exceptions, men have run the famous region’s great châteaux and made the wine...

Edward Dillon and Co Records Profit Rise in 2015

Edward Dillon and Co, distributor of premium spirit and wine brands, recorded a rise in profits in 2015. According to The Irish Times, the company, whic...

Study Reveals Most Popular Spanish Wine Regions

Consultant company Castro Galiana has published its annual report on Spanish wine, identifying the seven most popular regions in the country. The most p...

Wine Industry in UK Braced for a Boost From Warmer Climate

The UK's £100 million wine industry will thrive in warmer temperatures caused by climate change, so long as investors carefully site vineyards a...

Can a Strong 2015 Vintage Change the Game for Sagging Bordeaux?

Next week, the movers and shakers of the global wine world will swoop down on Bordeaux for the region’s annual spring ritual of en primeur. Everyone...

Wine Tech Upstart Drops Smart Bottle on a $300 Billion Industry

For wine, the hangover can start as soon as the bottle is opened. Oxygen is toxic to the lovely, inebriating juice, which as every moment passes...

Bordeaux Winemakers Are Snapping Up Napa Estates

Alfred Tesseron, who owns Bordeaux château Pontet-Canet, hunted for a Napa Valley property for years. When he and his niece Melanie saw the late Robi...

France Is Changing the Way It Makes Wine, Whether It Wants to or Not

Unprecedented heat has pushed global average temperatures into alien territory, and scientists have long established humanity as the dominant cause. Now...