From Franz Aregger, at 23. July 2010 12:42
by Jane Anson in Bordeaux – A plan to drastically reduce the number of chateaux producing low cost ‘basic Bordeaux’ was unveiled this week. At a meeting announcing the handover of the presidency of the Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) from winemaker Alain Vironneau to negociant Georges Haushalter, general manager of Compagnie Medocaine des Grands Crus, the ideas for ‘Bordeaux
From Franz Aregger, at 23. July 2010 12:41
by Graham Tearse in Paris – Champagne growers and houses this week agreed on a 2010 harvest yield of 10,500 kilos per hectare – an increase on last year. This is up by 700 kgs/ha on 2009, following a recovery in sales this year at home and abroad.
Ghislain de Montgolfier, president of the Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC)
From Sigi Hiss, at 23. July 2010 12:35
by David Furer – A Spanish icewine DO has been approved for the first time. The region of Penedès has accepted the new DO Vino Dulce de Hielo or Vi Dolç del Fred. This is the first European appellation to allow artificial freezing of grapes. This is forbidden in the traditional icewine regions of Germany, Austria – and Canada – where grapes must be left to freeze naturally on the vine.
From Sigi Hiss, at 23. July 2010 12:35
Bordeaux wine trade body, the CIVB, has announced the election of Georges Haushalter as its new president succeeding Alain Vironneau. Haushalter, 50, has been the Managing Director of Bordeaux trader, La Compagnie Médocaine des Grands Crus since 2002 and is already a CIVB vice-president.
According to the CIVB’s statutes, its presidency is held alternately by a wine producer and a wine trader. Vironneau, a producer of AOC Bordeaux supérieur, had been at the helm since 2006.
From Marcel Merz, at 20. July 2010 06:53
by Joel B Payne - Global warming has been a boon for Riesling, last week's Riesling Rendezvous conference in Seattle heard. The conference, hosted by Ernie Loosen, Decanter's Man of the Year 2005, and Ted Baseler, the president of Château Ste Michelle, was attended by well over 350 professionals from all four corners of the world.
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