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Trump’s tariff war, US public health agencies gutted, Old Vine Heroes announced
Plus the good news of 12 new grants supporting wine education from the Gérard Basset Foundation. Hi everyone, this is Sam with the Wine News in Five. We have a...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 5 April 2025
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Wine news in 5
EU wine industry aid, Ireland’s health labels, German exports grow, China’s white-wine boom
Plus Thailand's move towards loosening its extremely tight alcohol sales and advertising laws. Before we get to global news, I’ve been bugging you to vote in the Old Vine Hero...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 29 March 2025
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Wine news in 5
Ontario strike intensifies, hail hits Bordeaux, California fires, EU vine-pulls, spirits sales strong
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 13 July 2024
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The recently founded Italian equivalent of the French Vignerons Indépendants association, the Federazione Vignaioli Indipendenti, has sent a round robin...
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A word of warning, this article contains no reference to fresh acidity, fine-grained tannins or irresistible aromas but it's quite...
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Yesterday legislation came into force that regulates aspects of trade in wine between the European Union and Australia. Most significantly...
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In Europe, the enforced shrinkage of EU vineyards summarised in Dec 2007 in EU reform – as good as it...
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14 Feb 2010 - see here for the outcome of the vote. We Europeans often feel we have very little...
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20 Feb 2011 – French customs and excise have abandoned the regulation that bottles destined for export must have a...
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Do we care that the EU is reported to be set to allow pink wine to be made by simply...
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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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France’s new five -year plan to beef up its wine exports incorporates some very specific ambitions. The average amount of...
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The EU wine reform, officially summarised here, was, inevitably, a compromise. The original proposals (downloadable here) put forward by EU...
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Today, after several months of passionate debate within and among the member states, agreement has been reached on wine reforms...
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Recent news items have suggested that the EU wine reform is on the verge of collapse in the wake of...
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Today’s the day that the EU Agriculture Committee debate the proposals put forward by Mariann Fischer-Boel at the beginning of...
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You may remember that the full announcement of the proposals for dramatic reforms of European wine production was promised by...
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You may remember that Europe’s Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel promised to really get to grips with reforming Europe’s wine...
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