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4 weeks 12 hours agoOctober 23, 2008
15:41
Amateur winemakers die treading grapes
Two amateur winemakers died last weekend treading grapes for home-made wine.
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October 22, 2008
18:44
Navarra: new DO Pago
Prado de Irache, the estate wine of Bodegas Irache in Navarra, has gained DO Pago status.
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18:27
New York restaurant sells Margaux '59 for more cellar space
Top New York restaurant Le Cirque is auctioning rare bottles of Margaux, Petrus and Yquem in a bid create more storage space in its cellars.
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16:15
Antinori: vast new plant in Puglia
Marchese Piero Antinori is building a US$16m wine-processing facility in southern Puglia.
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October 20, 2008
18:32
Banfi Brunello released
Siena prosecutors have released Banfi's 2003 Brunello, confiscated in April as part of an investigation into commercial fraud regarding grape blending.
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15:14
Wine prices: Bordeaux '08 must come down say UK wine merchants
As another difficult Bordeaux harvest nears its close, wine merchants in the UK are already calling for chateaux to reduce their prices after next year's barrel tastings.
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15:09
Sotheby's marks Ornellaia 20th anniversary
Aulden Cellars/Sotheby's will mark Ornellaia's 20th anniversary, which Tenuta dell'Ornellaia observed in 2005, with a special three-lot consignment sent by the Tuscan estate.
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14:36
Drinkaware: 'one in six worried about drinking'
One in six people are worried about the amount of alcohol they are drinking at home, based on the number of bottles and cans they recycle, new research shows.
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October 17, 2008
18:15
Sopranos wines hit US
The Sopranos, the landmark US series about a New Jersey mob family, has inspired a line of Italian wines launched this month in the US.
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17:16
Bordeaux Right Bank 'another 83' as vintage draws to a close
The Right Bank harvest in Bordeaux is drawing to a close this week, with most of the Merlots now picked, and the Cabernet due to be finished early next week.
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October 16, 2008
17:59
Trio of Krug vintages at the Dorchester gets Decanter readers excited
Decanter readers put off financial worries for a brief moment at a grand dinner hosted by Decanter and Champagne Krug at the Dorchester Hotel earlier this week.
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15:03
Penfolds aftersales recorking service reaches 100,000
Penfolds has just run another of its renowned re-corking clinics, at Somerset House in London - bringing the tally of recorked bottles to near 100,000.
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14:47
Biondi Santi, Frescobaldi protest rallies Montalcino but 40% abstain
Montalcino producers are rallying behind their flagship wine in response to a letter the Brunello Consorzio sent to all producers earlier this week.
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October 15, 2008
17:33
L'espresso, La Repubblica sued by Brunello
The Consorzio of Brunello di Montalcino is suing two major Italian newspapers for defamation.
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15:35
Prosecco goes for top DOCG status
The Prosecco DOC di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Consorzio has applied to the Italian government for promotion to the higher DOCG status.
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01:00
Obama and McCain drinking habits revealed in wine quiz
The drinking preferences of presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain were revealed this week in an online quiz.
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October 14, 2008
14:18
International Wine Commodities office raided
Hertfordshire police have raided the Whetstone offices of International Wine Commodities Ltd (IWC), a company offering wine investments.
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13:39
David Lett, founder of Oregon Pinot Noir, dies
Pinot Noir pioneer David Lett died last week at his home in Dundee, Oregon, at the age of 69.
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October 10, 2008
18:12
Bordeaux, on-trade, threatened by financial fall-out
The world of fine wine is proving to be no longer immune to the global financial crisis although no-one is panicking yet.
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16:41
Selfridges launches Decanter Trophy winners at Wonder Bar
Selfridges and Decanter launched a week of Decanter World Wine Award winners at the luxury shop's Wonderbar last night.
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