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French wine regions take stock of 2010 harvest
Decanter.com &bull Yesterday
In Champagne, yields have been set at 10,500 kilos per hectare, up 8% on 2009 (when it was 9,700), to reflect an increase in exports although this is still a long way from the high in 2008 of 13,000 kilo… Full Story »
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Idaho wine gets $100k grant
Decanter.com &bull Yesterday
The US Department of Commerce grant to the Idaho Grape Growers Wine Producers Commission is for marketing, helping create new American Viticulture Areas (AVAs), feasibility studies, and mapping the Snake River Valley AVA. A team will be led by vintner… Full Story »
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Romanee-Conti owner 'sadness' at blackmailer death
Decanter.com &bull Yesterday
Graham Tearse in Paris Domaine de la Romanee-Conti owner Aubert de Villaine has spoken of his sadness and dismay following the suicide of the man charged with blackmailing his estate. Jacques Soltys, 57, was found hanged last Friday in toilets… Full Story »
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Bien Nacido releases own-label wine
Decanter.com &bull Jul 29, 2010
California's renowned Bien Nacido Vineyards are releasing their first own label wines this autumn. Full Story »
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Naked Wines shortlisted for Orange
Decanter.com &bull Jul 29, 2010
It likens the idea to budget airline tickets, where the first buyers secure the best prices. According to the organisers, the Orange Innovation Award will go to an organisation with an innovation 'that has transformed the way it does business,… Full Story »
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Romaniie-Conti blackmailer found dead
Decanter.com &bull Jul 29, 2010
Graham Tearse A man awaiting trial for blackmailing Domaine de la Romanee-Conti by threatening to poison the estate's vines has been found dead in his prison cell. Officials at the jail in Dijon, Burgundy, said the man, who has not… Full Story »
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IPC supports Race Online 2012
Decanter.com &bull Jul 29, 2010
Decanter staff IPC Media Decanter's parent company is supporting Race Online 2012, a government initiative to encourage and support as many people as possible to get online by the end of the Olympic year. According to Race Online 2012, there… Full Story »
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Iniesta starts own wine company
Decanter.com &bull Jul 28, 2010
According to local reports, the new bodega will produce about 700,000 bottles a year, with local grape variety Bobal used for the red wines, and Macabeo and Chardonnay for the whites. The standards are set high, but so are the… Full Story »
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Graham Beck dies
Decanter.com &bull Jul 28, 2010
Beck, a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, died on Tuesday morning in London with his wife Rhona at his side, after a battle with lung cancer. Following an early involvement in renovations, he spent 15 years working in the mining industry,… Full Story »
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Historic meeting of Bordeaux first growths, La Mission, Opus One
Decanter.com &bull Jul 27, 2010
Presenting the masterclass will be the directors of the chateaux themselves: Charles Chevallier of Lafite, Paul Pontallier of Margaux, Frederic Engerer of Latour, Herve Berland of Mouton and Jean-Philippe Delmas of Haut-Brion. The masterclass will consist of a tasting of… Full Story »
