April, 16, 2014 Ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to auction wine cellar via Christie's

(Decanter) - Ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will sell hundreds of cases of wine, including a large cache of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Petrus, in a series of auctions with Christie's expected to raise GBP3m. Some of the 482 lots will combine wines with pieces of memorabilia ...

April, 16, 2014 Napa Cabernets From a Cold, Wet Year

(NYTimes) - Outside of a few pockets of fog, California is the land of warmth and sunshine. This has led some to conclude that California wines must always show evidence of this privileged climate through plush textures and opulent fruit. I’ve never shared the view that climate dictates na...

April, 15, 2014 Australian state premier quits over wine gift ‘memory fail’

(SCMP) - A leading Australian politician resigned on Wednesday after admitting to a “massive memory fail” when he told a corruption inquiry he never received a bottle of wine worth around A$3,000 (HK$21,822). Barry O’Farrell, who leads Australia’s populous New South Wales...

April, 15, 2014 Richard Branson to buy South African hotel and vineyard

(Decanter) - Richard Branson has agreed to purchase Mont Rochelle Hotel & Mountain Vineyard in South Africa via his Virgin Limited Edition luxury retreat business. Branson said that he is keen to promote wine tourism in the area after signing a preliminary deal to acquire the Franschoek-based ...

April, 15, 2014 France: LVMH buys first Burgundy vineyard

(TDB) - Luxury goods giant, LVMH, has acquired its first Burgundy vineyard having bought the 14th century Clos des Lambrays. Clos des Lambrays, located near the village of Morey-Saint-Denis, is one of the oldest vineyards in Burgundy and the “largest grand cru of the Côte de Nuits regi...

April, 15, 2014 UK: Watermelon wine, anyone? Sweeter, fruit-flavoured plonk set to be best-seller among younger drinkers

(DailyMail) - Fruit-flavoured wines are set for a major boost on supermarket shelves, according to a new report yesterday. Younger Britons have fuelled a boom in fruit-flavoured beers and now the wine industry is attempting to entice the drinkers to its sector using the same methods. Accolade Win...

April, 15, 2014 California: Plans for wine museum take shape in Santa Rosa

(NBBJ) - Organizers for a planned 15,000-square-foot wine museum are busily reaching out to potential wine industry supporters as demolition work gets started to convert its future home downtown into a five-story office building. In the next three months, boosters intend to present the vision for ...

April, 11, 2014 China becomes world's second biggest consumer of high-priced wine

(SCMP) - Propelled by a love of "lucky" red wine, China's drinkers are now the second-biggest consumers of high-priced wine in the world, new figures show. Tipplers on the mainland and in Hong Kong, who are lumped together in a report prepared for international wine show Vinexpo, trail only the ...