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Seized 30,000 bottles of counterfeit wine in Italy An ongoing investigation has provided that thousands of Italian table wines were sold for prestigious wines. After the affair of Rudy Kurniawan in France, after Spain, now is the turn of Italy to be affected by a large fraud case involving wines. According to…
Château Angelus reveals a golden bottle During Vinexpo ASIA-PACIFIC 2014 Château Angelus reveals an exceptional new bottle On 27 May, at the international wine fair, Vinexpo Hong Kong 2014, de Boüard de laforest family revealed the new packaging for the 2012 vintage of Château Angelus. To celebrate the new rank of Grand Cru Classé A of Saint-Emilion the 2012 vintage of Château Angélus will be offered…
Château Destieux, winner of the
14th Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés challenge The Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classé challenge 2014 has just closed at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific The Château Destieux (winner of this challenge in 2012 and finalist 2010) was the winner, winning the final ahead
Château Monbousquet, that was the runner-up.
And the two semi-finalists were
Château Cadet Bon
and Château Dassault….
Bordeaux Wine Awards 2014 The list of award-winning wines at Bordeaux Wine Awards is available! This morning (2014/05/24) took place the 58th edition of the Concours des Vins de Bordeaux et d’Aquitaine (Bordeaux Wine Awards). With 3598 wines from 90 Wine Appelations and neraly 1000 professionals and winelovers tasters it’s an real success for this new…
Saint-Emilion Jurade will inaugurate a Chancellery in China Prestigious Gala diner and new Chancellery for Saint-Emilion Jurade during Vinexpo Asia-Pacific Loyal to tradition, the Saint-Emilion Jurade Gala
dinner organised for next Monday (26th May
2014) at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong will serve to
launch the festivities of the VINEXPO ASIA-PACIFIC exhibition. In an outstanding setting,
more than 500 guests will…
Treasury Wine Estates rejects an offer of buying of $3 billion The Australian group believes the takeover offer under its “fundamental value“ Treasury Wine Estates, one of the world’s largest wine players with 54 wineries worldwide just refused an offer of 2.07 billion euros. The offer of U.S. Private-Equity Firm Kohlberg Kravis…
The world largest cork barrel will be exposed to Bordeaux Open Day for the Giant Barrel On the occasion of Bordeaux Fête le Vin (from 26 to 29 June 2014) a giant barrel will be exposed on the docks and approved to enter the Guinness World Record. The world records for the largest barrel and the largest fresco in cork should…
The laureates of the Crus Bourgeois du Médoc Cup A few days ago I wrote about the Edition 2014 of the Crus Bourgeois du Médoc Cup (Cru Bourgeois wine contest), an event that annually objective to reward the most successful wineries. The 12 Crus Bourgeois laureates stood out among 183 candidates, during a blind wine tasting…
Discover a sneak preview of the 18 finalists of “Bordeaux Rosé” “Bordeaux Rosé, L’Autre Rosé” contest 2014 On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 8:30pm students (from 40 differents school) who participated in the “Bordeaux Rosé, L’Autre Rosé” Contest will meet in the ‘Hall de la Bourse’ (Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux) for…
France lost its place as the largest wine consumer country US became the world’s largest wine market in the world last year According to the OIV (International Organisation of Wine) in 2013, the United States became the first consumer of wine (by volume) in the world surpassing France, which at all times…
Seized 30,000 bottles of counterfeit wine in Italy An ongoing investigation has provided that thousands of Italian table wines were sold for prestigious wines. After the affair of Rudy Kurniawan in France, after Spain, now is the turn of Italy to be affected by a large fraud case involving wines. According to…
Château Angelus reveals a golden bottle During Vinexpo ASIA-PACIFIC 2014 Château Angelus reveals an exceptional new bottle On 27 May, at the international wine fair, Vinexpo Hong Kong 2014, de Boüard de laforest family revealed the new packaging for the 2012 vintage of Château Angelus. To celebrate the new rank of Grand Cru Classé A of Saint-Emilion the 2012 vintage of Château Angélus will be offered…
Château Destieux, winner of the 14th Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classés challenge The Saint-Emilion Grands Crus Classé challenge 2014 has just closed at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific The Château Destieux (winner of this challenge in 2012 and finalist 2010) was the winner, winning the final ahead Château Monbousquet, that was the runner-up. And the two semi-finalists were Château Cadet Bon and Château Dassault….
Bordeaux Wine Awards 2014 The list of award-winning wines at Bordeaux Wine Awards is available! This morning (2014/05/24) took place the 58th edition of the Concours des Vins de Bordeaux et d’Aquitaine (Bordeaux Wine Awards). With 3598 wines from 90 Wine Appelations and neraly 1000 professionals and winelovers tasters it’s an real success for this new…
Saint-Emilion Jurade will inaugurate a Chancellery in China Prestigious Gala diner and new Chancellery for Saint-Emilion Jurade during Vinexpo Asia-Pacific Loyal to tradition, the Saint-Emilion Jurade Gala dinner organised for next Monday (26th May 2014) at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong will serve to launch the festivities of the VINEXPO ASIA-PACIFIC exhibition. In an outstanding setting, more than 500 guests will…
Treasury Wine Estates rejects an offer of buying of $3 billion The Australian group believes the takeover offer under its “fundamental value“ Treasury Wine Estates, one of the world’s largest wine players with 54 wineries worldwide just refused an offer of 2.07 billion euros. The offer of U.S. Private-Equity Firm Kohlberg Kravis…
The world largest cork barrel will be exposed to Bordeaux Open Day for the Giant Barrel On the occasion of Bordeaux Fête le Vin (from 26 to 29 June 2014) a giant barrel will be exposed on the docks and approved to enter the Guinness World Record. The world records for the largest barrel and the largest fresco in cork should…
The laureates of the Crus Bourgeois du Médoc Cup A few days ago I wrote about the Edition 2014 of the Crus Bourgeois du Médoc Cup (Cru Bourgeois wine contest), an event that annually objective to reward the most successful wineries. The 12 Crus Bourgeois laureates stood out among 183 candidates, during a blind wine tasting…
Discover a sneak preview of the 18 finalists of “Bordeaux Rosé” “Bordeaux Rosé, L’Autre Rosé” contest 2014 On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 8:30pm students (from 40 differents school) who participated in the “Bordeaux Rosé, L’Autre Rosé” Contest will meet in the ‘Hall de la Bourse’ (Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux) for…
France lost its place as the largest wine consumer country US became the world’s largest wine market in the world last year According to the OIV (International Organisation of Wine) in 2013, the United States became the first consumer of wine (by volume) in the world surpassing France, which at all times…