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Wildfires blaze in Napa County and Mendocino
Deadly wildfires have been raging in northern California for the past five days and include blazes in the wine regions of Napa County and Mendocino.
Pearl Jam charity wine sells out in minutes
A limited edition charity wine released by American rock bank Pearl Jam to help tackle homelessness in their home city of Seattle has sold out in just 15 minutes.
“Sommeliers need training” on organic wine, according to Spain’s producers
Staff in the on-trade need “more training” on organically-grown wines to promote their quality, according to one third generation winemaker hoping to transform Spain’s approach to viticulture.
Is this the unluckiest wine shop owner ever?
The owner of a wine shop in Sydney has spent the past month dealing with mysterious instances of public defecation on the premises.
Spuntino to open in Heathrow T3
Russell Norman’s popular New York-style diner, Spuntino in Soho, is to open a second site at Heathrow Terminal 3 featuring a donut maker and a roller skating maître d.
Spanish fine wine counterfeiting network dismantled
Spanish police have taken apart a counterfeiting ring that has been making fake versions of some of Spain’s leading wines including Pingus and Vega Sicilia.
English fizz supply is set to double – but will the demand follow?
The production of English sparkling wine is set to double within the next decade – but who’s going to buy it?
Screwcaps ‘like ageing wine in a really cold cellar’
Screwcaps are the best closures for wine as they slow down the ageing process “like a really cold cellar”, according to Chester Osborn of d’Arenberg.
Italy protests Australian ‘Nero d’Avola’ in the UK
Italy’s quality and anti-fraud agency under the Ministry of Agriculture has called for wine merchants in the UK to block the selling of Australian wines bearing the name of the variety Nero d’Avola on their wine labels, the latest protest from Italy against Australia following the contentious wrangling over the use of ‘Prosecco’ on Australian sparkling wines.
Kendall-Jackson petitioning for white wine emoji
Sonoma county Chardonnay pioneer Kendall-Jackson has sent a 15-page proposal to emoji gods Unicode petitioning for them to create a white wine emoji.