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Nyetimber launches £175 rosé to rival Champagne
English sparkling wine estate Nyetimber has launched a prestige cuvée rosé priced at an ambitious £175 a bottle in a bid to compete with top-end Champagnes, making it the most expensive English fizz on the market.
8 people you see at every wine show
Ahead of our Wine & Spirits Show this October, we spoke to drinks journalists, marketing teams, sommeliers and industry folk working their own trade shows to find out the characters who stick in their heads after every event
Camouflage artist plays hide and seek at Ruinart
Chinese performance artist Liu Bolin, known as ‘The Invisible Man’, played an epic game of hide and seek at Champagne house Ruinart. Can you spot him among the vines?
Usain Bolt to open London restaurant
Having hung up his trainers, Jamaican sprinter and all-round entertainer Usain Bolt is to open a rum-focused restaurant in London’s Liverpool Street next month.
Torres opens new winery in Costers del Segre DO
Spanish wine producer Familia Torres has opened a new winery in Costers del Segre dedicated to its Purgatori wine, with the Garnacha and Cariñena harvest for the 2018 vintage of this label now underway.
Felton Road: Biodynamics takes seven years to be reflected in vineyard
While the conversion process typically takes three years, Blair Walter, winemaker at New Zealand’s Felton Road, believes vines require seven years to fully reflect the change to biodynamics, with the resulting wines becoming “more expressive of their site”.
Léoville Barton trading at new highs
Four vintages of Léoville Barton have hit new all-time highs on the Liv-ex Exchange over the last month. Is it a label on the move?
Meat maestro Mallmann makes London debut at Cut
Argentine meat maestro Francis Mallmann will make his London debut next month at a three-day pop-up held at Wolfgang Puck’s steakhouse Cut at 45 Park Lane.
Maine investigates restaurant that gives lobsters pre-boil marijuana
Following news last week about a restaurant giving cannabis to crustaceans, officials in the state of Maine are now investigating the procedure with the restaurant reportedly halting production of its ‘smoked lobster’.
Free masterclasses to be held at The Wine & Spirits Show
The Wine and Spirits Show has announced a schedule of free masterclasses for its event in October, featuring a Royal Warrant-holding Champagne house, an English sparkling wine producer, award-winning beers and the latest from iDealwine.com.
