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Billionaire businessman and wine collector Bill Koch will begin new legal proceedings today against businessman Eric Greenberg.
The lawsuit is the culmination of six years of legal wrangling by Koch against Greenberg and the auction house Zachys.
In 2011...
26 March, 2013
A former employee of Brunello di Montalcino winery Soldera has been sentenced to four years in prison after sabotaging thousands of litres of the celebrated producer's wine.
Andrea Di Gisi was sentenced following a brief trial in Siena, in which he was...
26 March, 2013
Christie’s sale of Hong Kong businessman Henry Tang’s Burgundy collection was 100% sold by lot and value at the weekend – though one lot was withdrawn after its authenticity was challenged.
The sale realised HK$48,052,488 and included lots of Domaine de...
19 March, 2013
Bordeaux’s 2012 wines will express finesse rather than power after a year in which the weather tested winemakers' nerves to the limit, producers say.
In a better harvest for dry whites and rosés than for reds or dessert wines, widespread rain – most...
15 March, 2013
Alain Raynaud, founder and president of the Cercle Rive Droite group, is launching a similar group for properties from the Left Bank of Bordeaux.
The Cercle Rive Gauche will effectively be a sister organisation for the Cercle Rive Droite, with both...
15 March, 2013
Henry Tang, whose bid to become Hong Kong’s chief executive suffered after the Feb. 2012 discovery of an illegal wine cellar at his house, is auctioning off part of his collection.
An assortment of 810 lots exclusively from Burgundy goes on sale on March...
14 March, 2013
Henri Krug, who headed up the Champagne house Maison Krug from 1977 to 2002, has died at age 75, according to L'Union newspaper in Reims, France.....
14 March, 2013
Bordeaux-based consultant Denis Dubourdieu has teamed up with winemaker Giorgio Dalla Cia, formerly of Meerlust, to create what is being touted as the 'First Growth of the Cape'.
G is a new wine from the winery 4G. The initial 2010 blend of 3410 bottles...
13 March, 2013
A 'stupendous' selection of Vega Sicilia wines shipped direct from the legendary producer's cellars is to be auctioned by Sotheby's in Hong Kong early next month.
Among the lots in the Sotheby's sale at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 4...
12 March, 2013
Chianti Classico producers need to grab the opportunity of the appellation's 'Gran Selezione' top tier – or the new designation will remain an 'empty shell', they warn.
Their comments come after the decision by the Chianti Classico Consorzio to introduce...
10 March, 2013
