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Pressemeldungen über VDP-Neuzugänge werden in den Fachmedien entweder sehr überschwänglich kommentiert oder eins zu eins übernommen. Hinter vorgehaltener Hand, unter vier Augen kann sich das dann schon mal spiegelverkehrt anhören. „Was haben sie sich den dabei wieder gedacht“ oder „Naja, eine politisch motivierte Aufnahme“. Sind mehr als vier Augen am Gespräch beteiligt, traut sich nur selten jemand, ehrlich und offen seine Meinung zu sagen. Wie steht es also im VDP Baden mit den zwei Neuaufnahmen in 2012? Der Autor hat die Kollektionen der insgesamt fünf Weingüter (nicht nur vor Ort) in den vergangenen Wochen ausgiebig verkostet.
Im Anschluss ein Interview mit Joachim Heger, Vorsitzender des VDP Baden. Er nimmt Stellung zum Aufnahmeprozess im VDP Baden.
Stephen Brook remarks that 2010 was a supremely challenging year, but one where racy acidity balanced by huge residual sugar levels has resulted in a small, potentially great output. See all Stephen’s top four and five star 2010 Mosel Riesling’s here…
by Adam Lechmere – Domaine Faiveley has started work on a new €5m winery designed by the architects of Napa Valley’s Dominus.
Erwan Faiveley: ‘a new image for Mercurey’
Erwan Faiveley, the head of the major Burgundy producer, said the new building will be ‘one of the most beautiful wineries in Burgundy.’
It is being built by Swiss architect Jean-Frédéric Luscher, responsible for the ultra-modern Dominus in Napa, owned by Christian Moeiux, and for Glenelly in South Africa, which belongs to May-Eliane de Lencquesaing, the former owner of Chateau Pichon Lalande in Bordeaux.
by Georgina Hindle – In the past year, China has overtaken the UK to join the list of the world’s top five wine-consuming nations, according to new figures released by Vinexpo.
Results from the annual study by The International Wine & Spirit Research (IWSR) show that between 2009 and 2010 consumption of still, light and sparkling wines grew by 33.4% in China (and Hong Kong included), leading to a total of 156.19m 9-litre bottles being consumed in 2011, knocking the UK into sixth position in the world-wine consumption market.
by Rebecca Gibb in Auckland – Wine bosses in Australia are frustrated by the slow progress of the country’s vine removal programme, with around half the projected amount of vines being grubbed up since 2009.
Australia: 20,000 surplus vines
The 2009 Wine Restructuring Action Agenda (WRAA) indicated there were 20-30,000 hectares of surplus vineyards in Australia.
The Winemakers’ Federation of Australia estimates 14,000 ha have been removed since the Agenda’s launch but reform has not been as been as extensive as hoped.
Stephen Strachan, CEO of the WFA, told Decanter.com,