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Champagne limits yields to 315m bottles in 2018
Champagne has set the available yield from this year’s harvest at 10,800kg/ha, which will produce the equivalent of approximately 315m bottles.
Germany set for earliest harvest on record
Germany is gearing up for its earliest grape harvest on record thanks to the ongoing heatwave, with grapes due to be picked in the Rheinhessen next week.
50% of Champagne Roederer’s estate now biodynamic
Half of Champagne Roederer’s estate is now biodynamic, with all the grapes for its prestige cuvée, blanc de blancs and rosé now farmed according to this practice.
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.
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.
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.
Fine wine investment: Rising Burgundies
One of the questions arising from last week’s note on the narrowing of first growth and second label price differentials is not simply whether it will continue but, for those of a more speculative inclination, where else it might manifest itself. Burgundy perhaps?
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.