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Wildfires burn Aude, Corsica and California, super-light wine bottles, new GI for Argentina
Plus 1,500 alcohol-store closures in China and mining projects in the vineyard lands of New Zealand and Australia. Wildfires burn Southern France and California France is currently experiencing its largest...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 9 August 2025
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Wine news in 5
Update on Southern Glazer's lawsuit, Blaye becomes Blavia, new wine packaging sizes
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 11 January 2025
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Also, a new crop of Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholars. Above, clockwise from top left: Kanchan Schindlauer, Emiliano Stratico...
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A resource guide for eco-conscious wine lovers, plus a call for help on a new initiative.
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A new initiative set to reduce wine-bottle weights considerably was launched with an online presentation yesterday, and proved extremely popular...
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A selection of new wines and new vintages and, as ever, lots of good-value wines. Plus outstanding Malbec from the...
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8 June 2023 We don’t publish many heartfelt pleas but this is one worth republishing free. There may be encouraging...
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14 July 2023 As a result of its detailed Alternative Packaging for Wine report published in May, The Wine Society...
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Wine producers have been complaining that bottles have been getting more difficult, and expensive, to source. Could lightweighting alleviate this...
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In this third episode of the JancisRobinson.com Podcast, Elaine Chukan Brown talks climate-change activism with sustainability scientist Kimberly Nicholas.
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How vital is the clear-glass bottle? And what are its implications? A shorter version of this article is published by...
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The real-time screen above reminded us tasters why we need to seek alternatives to the glass bottle.
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A special, sustainable way of selling wine. See also Uncharted but not unloved.
Rupert Taylor’s Uncharted Wines, launched on Beaujolais...
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Australia invented bag-in-box wine, and went on to invent many a name for it, including 'cask wine'. It has now...
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28 October 2021 In the lead-up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow we're republishing this article about wine...
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For the first time in many years, the laws governing how wineries can sell and advertise their products in California...
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