From Nadia Schmidli, at 08. July 2011 12:27
by Adam Lechmere – A senior executive at Chateau Cheval Blanc has vigorously defended the company’s policy on pricing
the 2010 vintage.
‘They have simply got the price wrong,’ Stephen Browett of Farr Vintners told Decanter.com, adding that he had sold 40 cases, half of them to Hong Kong.
From Marcel Merz, at 08. July 2011 06:18
By Nick Pisa in Rome – Italy has overtaken France to become the largest wine producer in the world.
According to the European Commission in 2010 Italy produced 4.96 billion litres of wine compared to 4.62 billion in France, a drop of one per cent from last year.Domenico Bosco,
From Sigi Hiss, at 08. July 2011 06:14
Study of 129,000 wines reveals some vintners deliberately – but legally – market wine as less alcoholic than it is
Wine drinkers suffering an unexpected hangover after what they thought was a moderate drink may have just found someone else to blame but themselves.
A study of the alcohol content of 129,000 wines from vineyards across Europe and the new world over a 16-year period has suggested that many vintners have been “systematically” understating their wines’ strength on labels.
From Sigi Hiss, at 08. July 2011 05:46
Meininger’s Wine Business International magazine has been shortlisted in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards, in the category of International Wine Publication of the Year 2011.
The prestigious Louis Roederer awards
From Franz Aregger, at 07. July 2011 11:27
by Adam Lechmere -Premium winemaking in Napa Valley could be impossible in 30 years 
according to a study into climate change.
The scientists said that by 2040 there could be 50% less land suitable for cultivating premium wine grapes in high-value areas of Northern California.
However, some cooler parts of Oregon and Washington state would become correspondingly better for growing grapes.
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