Brexit means wine prices will rise, warns trade body Brexit means that it’s likely to become more expensive to drink wines from Europe in the UK, says the country’s leading wine trade body in the starkest warning so far from the industry. Consumers may soon have to pay an extra 29 pence on average for…
Naked Wines to raise prices amid Brexit fallout Naked Wines has warned its investor-consumers that prices will rise in the aftermath of Brexit, amid a weak sterling and growing unease Britain’s EU exit strategy. Naked Wines, which is owned by Majestic Wine, has said that it will raise prices by 5% on half of its…
UK ministers drink less wine and sell off Latour 1961 – figures ᵜ Ministers cut consumption ahead of general election ᵜ Bottles of Latour 1961 sold to cover costs ᵜ Xi Jinping banquet ate into stocks of Haut-Brion 1989 Officials sold six bottles of the lauded Château Latour 1961 from…
Anson: How Bordeaux 1982 wines taste today Jane Anson gets a rare chance to taste eight Bordeaux 1982 wines from top Left Bank estates and hands out three 100-point scores. Read her report below… It was one of those tastings when you can feel the emotions rising in the room; a horizontal of eight Bordeaux…
24-hour red wine fountain opens in Italy Visitors to a town in Italy’s Abruzzo region can drink red wine from a free fountain set up by a local winery… The Dora Sarchese winery said on its Facebook page that it had installed the free, 24-hour red wine fountain in the commune of Caldari di Ortona. Anybody…
Cristal 2009 Champagne taps into spirit of the 60s Cristal 2009 has a lot in common with vintages of the 1960s and represents an early example of how biodynamics can subtly affect its style, according to the man responsible for making it at Louis Roederer. Cristal 2009 is the first time that Louis Roederer has…
Bordeaux 2016 reds: Dry skies mean waiting game Bordeaux’s ‘driest summer since 1893’ means concerns about water stress but producers are feeling good compared to their cousins in Burgundy as the 2016 red harvest gets underway. The harvest for Bordeaux 2016 reds is now fully underway with Merlot grapes arriving in cellars across the region.…
Anson: Will France pinch UK trade with new wine law? Does a new law in France have the potential to disrupt the English wine trade? Jane Anson reports… New rule opens possibility of more fine wine being stored in France UK merchants question viability Bordeaux merchants gear up to seize any opportunity Wine warehouses tend…
Brexit: UK to seek share of EU wine cellar – report UK officials are planning to demand a share of the European Union’s 42,000 bottle wine cellar as part of Brexit talks, according to a report. British officials reportedly eye share of 42k bottle EU wine cellar Government to invoke Article 50 before end of…