Vente de vin (Sell of Wine)

ASC Fine Wines opens Hong Kong office

Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 9:23pm CET

ASC Fine Wines, China's leading importer of fine wines, has opened a Hong Kong office.

Copia bankrupt but will re-open this month

Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 8:52pm CET

Copia, Napa's beleaguered wine, food and arts centre, has filed for bankruptcy protection as it struggles to restructure and stay in business.

Brown-Forman sells brands

Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 8:39pm CET

Brown-Forman is to sell Italian wine brands Bolla and Fontana Candida to the company's Italian partner, Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV), for an undisclosed sum.

BBC cork documentary flawed

Posted: December 3rd, 2008, 4:38pm CET

A documentary that promotes the green credentials of the cork industry dodges the real issues in the closures debate, say a UK supermarket and a synthetic closure producer.

Depardieu: Biodynamics 'doesn't exist'

Posted: December 1st, 2008, 5:44pm CET

French actor-winemaker-restaurateur Gerard Depardieu disdains biodynamics, Jamie Oliver and 'bullshit industrial wines'.

Premier cru cousins interviewed together for first time

Posted: December 1st, 2008, 3:19pm CET

Opus One narrowly escaped being named after a San Francisco gay bar, and Baron Eric de Rothschild feels 'like a movie star' at tastings.

Gros Plant in the Loire goes IGP

Posted: December 1st, 2008, 11:50am CET

Loire region Gros Plant du Pays Nantais has opted to become an IGP (Indication Geographique Protegee) rather than trying for appellation status.

NEW Decanter Fine Wine Encounter videos

Posted: November 27th, 2008, 5:53pm CET

Don't miss our two new videos - Tim Stanley-Clarke showing How to Decant Vintage Port, and Behind the scenes at the 2008 Decanter Fine Wine Encounter

NEW Decanter Fine Wine Encounter videos

Posted: November 27th, 2008, 5:53pm CET

Don't miss our two new videos - Tim Stanley-Clarke showing How to Decant Vintage Port, and Behind the scenes at the 2008 Decanter Fine Wine Encounter

Harpers and Wine & Spirit deal finalised

Posted: November 27th, 2008, 5:41pm CET

The final stages have been put to the takeover of UK wine trade weekly Harpers with staff from the editor down told to reapply for their jobs or face redundancy.

Chile: radical appellation overhaul

Posted: November 26th, 2008, 5:58pm CET

Chile is set to undertake a radical overhaul of its winemaking appellations.

Darling's tax hike hits wine this Christmas

Posted: November 25th, 2008, 7:36pm CET

The vast majority of shoppers will be paying more for wine this Christmas after the government's duty hike to the fury of the UK drinks industry.

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter - report and pictures

Posted: November 25th, 2008, 6:50pm CET

Nearly 2000 wine lovers braved the coldest weather of the winter to sample some of the greatest wines in the world at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter this weekend.

Copia 'will re-open 1 December'

Posted: November 24th, 2008, 6:25pm CET

Copia, the troubled wine, food and arts centre in Napa, should re-open on 1 December, its chief executive said.

Cape Point winemaker 'nightmare' over award

Posted: November 24th, 2008, 5:19pm CET

Cape Point Vineyards winemaker Duncan Savage has described his devastation after giving back one of South Africa's most illustrious wine awards because of an unwitting breach of the rules.