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In 2017 the legendary Fête de la Fleur will be held at Château Malartic-Lagravière The Commanderie du Bontemps du Médoc, Graves, Sauternes and Barsac celebrate the Gods’ nectar in Pessac-Léognan On Wednesday, June 21 2017 the famous Château Malartic-Lagravière (Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé de Graves) will host the traditional and prestigious Fête de…
Wineries from six wine countries will be present on the 2016 Salon du Vin From November 9 to 12, 2016, Sofia’s Inter Expo Centre will host the 15th edition of the Salon du Vin, one of the major wine event of Bulgaria. The three days of the exhibition will provide Bulgarian wine makers and merchants…
American billionaire buys 3 Bordeaux Châteaux Château Gaby (Canon-Fronsac) and two other Château are purchased by an American billionaire Thomas Sullivan, a billionaire entrepreneur who made his fortune thanks his companies « Lumber Liquidators » and « Cabinets to Go », has acquired 3 properties in Bordeaux: Château Gaby (AOC Canon Fronsac), Château Moya (AOC Castillon Côtes…
HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair 2016 The 2016 edition of the Hong Kong Wine & Spirits fair should confirm the dynamism of this international trade fair and of the asian market. The HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair presents its 9th edition on 10-12 November at the Hong…
The Bordeaux Wine Council opens its new Wine Bar in Singapore « Grignoter », The new 100% Bordeaux Wine Bar to be inaugurated on September 15, 2016 in Singapore. Following the three Shanghai wine bars, christened Le Bordelais and Au Bord d’Eau Fukuoka in Fukuoka, now Singapore is where the 5th 100% Bordeaux wine…
Duckhorn Wine Company has been sold to an other a private equity firm Duckhorn Wine Company (Napa, Sonoma) and TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco-based strategic equity investor in consumer brands, announced today that TSG will acquire Duckhorn from GI Partners (who also is a private equity group). Financial terms of the transaction were…
Frédéric de Luze, President of the Médoc Crus Bourgeois is dead Frédéric de Luze, President of the Médoc Crus Bourgeois, has died at the age of 54 following a long illness. He was barely 20 when he went into business with “Baron Frédéric de Luze” in 1981. Then, ten years later, he…
London Wine Fair reports on 36th edition “The feedback we have had for this year’s show has been overwhelmingly positive, from exhibitors and visitors alike. Exhibitors have reported a really high quality audience, with key decision makers from across the categories attending. Three years in to its return to Olympia, the trade has embraced The…
Denis Dubourdieu, the legendary wine professor and vigneron died on Tuesday July 26th Denis Dubourdieu has died. He was a great winemaker, a Bordeaux oenologist, a château owner and the « Pope of White Wine ». Denis Dubourdieu was born in 1949 in Barsac (Gironde). In 1975 he left Bordeaux area to study agronomy in…
The Balvenie‘s David Stewart honoured by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the Scotch Whisky Industry Today (07/26/2016) The Balvenie’s Malt Master David Stewart was presented with an MBE medal by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to the Scotch whisky industry at a ceremony in The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh,…
In 2017 the legendary Fête de la Fleur will be held at Château Malartic-Lagravière The Commanderie du Bontemps du Médoc, Graves, Sauternes and Barsac celebrate the Gods’ nectar in Pessac-Léognan On Wednesday, June 21 2017 the famous Château Malartic-Lagravière (Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé de Graves) will host the traditional and prestigious Fête de…
Wineries from six wine countries will be present on the 2016 Salon du Vin From November 9 to 12, 2016, Sofia’s Inter Expo Centre will host the 15th edition of the Salon du Vin, one of the major wine event of Bulgaria. The three days of the exhibition will provide Bulgarian wine makers and merchants…
American billionaire buys 3 Bordeaux Châteaux Château Gaby (Canon-Fronsac) and two other Château are purchased by an American billionaire Thomas Sullivan, a billionaire entrepreneur who made his fortune thanks his companies « Lumber Liquidators » and « Cabinets to Go », has acquired 3 properties in Bordeaux: Château Gaby (AOC Canon Fronsac), Château Moya (AOC Castillon Côtes…
HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair 2016 The 2016 edition of the Hong Kong Wine & Spirits fair should confirm the dynamism of this international trade fair and of the asian market. The HKTDC Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair presents its 9th edition on 10-12 November at the Hong…
The Bordeaux Wine Council opens its new Wine Bar in Singapore « Grignoter », The new 100% Bordeaux Wine Bar to be inaugurated on September 15, 2016 in Singapore. Following the three Shanghai wine bars, christened Le Bordelais and Au Bord d’Eau Fukuoka in Fukuoka, now Singapore is where the 5th 100% Bordeaux wine…
Duckhorn Wine Company has been sold to an other a private equity firm Duckhorn Wine Company (Napa, Sonoma) and TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco-based strategic equity investor in consumer brands, announced today that TSG will acquire Duckhorn from GI Partners (who also is a private equity group). Financial terms of the transaction were…
Frédéric de Luze, President of the Médoc Crus Bourgeois is dead Frédéric de Luze, President of the Médoc Crus Bourgeois, has died at the age of 54 following a long illness. He was barely 20 when he went into business with “Baron Frédéric de Luze” in 1981. Then, ten years later, he…
London Wine Fair reports on 36th edition “The feedback we have had for this year’s show has been overwhelmingly positive, from exhibitors and visitors alike. Exhibitors have reported a really high quality audience, with key decision makers from across the categories attending. Three years in to its return to Olympia, the trade has embraced The…
Denis Dubourdieu, the legendary wine professor and vigneron died on Tuesday July 26th Denis Dubourdieu has died. He was a great winemaker, a Bordeaux oenologist, a château owner and the « Pope of White Wine ». Denis Dubourdieu was born in 1949 in Barsac (Gironde). In 1975 he left Bordeaux area to study agronomy in…
The Balvenie‘s David Stewart honoured by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the Scotch Whisky Industry Today (07/26/2016) The Balvenie’s Malt Master David Stewart was presented with an MBE medal by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to the Scotch whisky industry at a ceremony in The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh,…