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Neo-prohibitionists and the WHO, and California’s imported bulk-wine problem
Two well-researched, hard-hitting reports reveal some unpleasant truths shaping the wine world right now. Above, Zinfandel grapes hang unharvested in a California vineyard neighbouring a winery that's importing bulk wine...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Tuesday 26 March 2024
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Can de-alcoholised wine be organic? How cheap can wine get? And Australia's wine glut
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Tuesday 12 March 2024
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How sweet is that Alsace wine?
Julia Harding MW
Thursday 21 September 2023
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27 Sep – See response from LCBO below. Can a saga gather steam? I'm not sure, but I am sure...
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(See this comment on the forum about Cigare Volante) In rather convoluted celebration of England’s regaining the Ashes, I offer...
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From the 2008 vintage, the words Cru Bourgeois will be back on the label of wines from the Médoc. The...
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19 May 2012 The temporary exemptions with regard to allergen labelling for wine in the EU that were due to...
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From August 2009, wines previously labelled AOC or DO (etc) could be labelled PDO and those previously labelled VdP or...
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Britain's Co-op stores may not be the most glamorous supermarkets in the land but they are the most active in...
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I’ve been meaning to write an article on ingredient labelling in wine for some time now, in fact had it...
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See related thread in Members' forum Tonight Channel 4, one of Britain’s four major tv channels, is devoting its top...
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As reported here earlier this month, DB Wines (initiated by ConeTech) are trialling a reduced alcohol semi-sparkling wine called Sovio...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
I think I may have encouraged...
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The French have just introduced mandatory labels on all alcoholic drink, including the finest wines, which warn pregnant women that...
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Interesting that just after Chris Carson’s speech urging the UK wine trade to put its house in order comes talk...
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