The annual SVB Direct to Consumer Report reveals just how different the US wine market is from Europe. Robert Joseph wonders whether it might have lessons to teach other markets.
The Bouygues Group, owners of Bordeaux châteaux Montrose and Tronquoy-Lalande, among others, have taken over a winery in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
The founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, who achieved legendary status by securing first place in the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting and went on to be a leading light in the California wine industry has died.
It might feel like it’s all gloom and doom in the wine industry right now, but two separate groups are creating positive energy around wine. Felicity Carter reports.
It’s got a wine-growing history that dates back to the Roman world. It’s got more than 220 authorised grape varieties over 55,000 hectares of vineyards, and it’s one of the most exciting wine-growing countries in Europe.