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Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite began construction of a winery with a local partner in China, its first in Asia, as appetite for premium wine increases in the world’s second-largest economy.
The 1.73 hectare (4.3 acre) winery in Penglai in eastern...
13 March, 2012
It's strange to think of the US critic Robert Parker coming to the rescue of the wine industry but that's effectively what he did last week. The critic, whose judgement and scoring have been known to make or break the world's great wines, gave a perfect...
12 March, 2012
(Reuters) - Master of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee could tell instantly when she tasted fake wine at a Hong Kong dinner party.
"Just from colour and the nose, once you taste it, it was confirmation that it wasn't the genuine wine," she said.
But not everyone...
12 March, 2012
Don Cornwell, a Californian lawyer and wine collector made allegations on the website Wine Beserkers. He claims that Rudy Kurniawan was the supplier of the wines with dicrepancies on the labels that were withdrawn from a recent sale held by Spectrum Wine...
9 March, 2012
Restaurant wine lists should be slim, seasonal and pared-down, Decanter’s guest columnist Tom Harrow – aka The Wine Chap – argues this month.
Harrow, whose website winechap.com reviews and recommends restaurant wine lists around the world, reckons the...
8 March, 2012
Trade on Liv-ex is being dominated by Bordeaux 2009, with 24 labels in particular monopolising interest.
Of these 24, the majority – but not all – were those given 100 points by Robert Parker last week.
The reaction to his scores was immediate and some...
8 March, 2012
Perhaps it is unrealistic to expect the Châteaux to make reductions of 50%, but radical pricing may prove from a long term perspective, to have tactical benefits.
I am aware that many Châteaux are extremely wealthy, but there is an argument for a change...
7 March, 2012
Acker Merrall & Condit began its New York season with an auction 98% sold by lot and 26% over its pre-auction estimates at US$3,766,000.
The top lot was a Jeroboam of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1999, which sold for US$73,200 as Burgundy and...
7 March, 2012
Two Rioja producers have revived the region’s tradition of producing late-harvest wines.
Dinastía Vivanco and Bodegas Loli Casado, both in Rioja Alavesa, are among the first to make commercially available sweet wines known locally as ‘supurados’
These...
6 March, 2012
Super Tuscan Tentuta dell’Ornellaia has chosen Chinese artist Zhang Huan for its limited edition Vendemmia d’Artista 2009 series.
Interpreting the theme of equilibrium, reflecting the character of the 2009 vintage,
Huan has created a series of works...
6 March, 2012
