International

Showing that the Royals know a thing or two about celebrating properly, Buckingham Palace has announced that it is releasing its own English sparkling wine in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.  
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The international competition, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, will be holding a master class during the Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris trade fair, outlining the main stages of its 2021 vintage, and announcing the future 2022 edition in Navarre. A selection of...
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Miguel Torres Chile joins IWCA as Silver Member and four other wineries from France, Chile and Australia sign up as Applicant Members. Château Troplong Mondot and Herència Altés, both Applicant Members since last September, upgrade to Silver Membership.
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The Primum Familiae Vini, composed of twelve leading European wine producers, have nominated five remarkable family companies to the Short List for the €100,000 'Family is Sustainability' Prize of 2022. In February, the twelve PFV families will meet to select the winner of the...
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Champagne Pol Roger is launching its latest vintage expression this week, hailing from the hot, dry and early 2015 harvest.
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The Grenaches du Monde will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. Destination? Navarre in Spain and its long tradition of grenache. Producers wishing to enter their wines are now able to do so online at grenachesdumonde.com.
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Claude Taittinger, who led the eponymous Champagne house for most of the second half of the 20th century, died in Paris on Monday aged 94.
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It is not every day that Chateau Angélus releases a new wine; but yesterday was one such day – and what a wine it is, writes db’s Bordeaux correspondent, Colin Hay.  
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This month’s release of Château d’Yquem 2019 has been postponed until March next year as the famous sweet wine “enters a new chapter” and embarks on an “ambitious strategy”, according to CEO Pierre Lurton.
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