Beaujolais winegrower convicted of sexual assault; Argentina harvests toughest year 'in history of the province of Mendoza'; Côtes du Rhône looks to double white and rosé production; and more... bit.ly/3z9kddU

Bordeaux winemakers look into whole bunch fermentation (normally the preserve of their Burgundian counterparts); Champagne 'Moo box' a hit with tourists; Jerez to host OIV summit; and Rioja unveils two-year plan to reduce production.... bit.ly/3FD0qab

Which drink did the bar in France's National Assembly run out of? Which Ukrainian wine from a Ukrainian grape variety won a gold medal at the Mundus Vini wine awards? Find the answers (and more) here: bit.ly/3ZmFBaY

Spanish winery revives native Aragonese grape; French NGO claims 2.6 million at risk from pesticide and fungicide spray-drift (despite imposed buffer zones); and EU rubber-stamps new French appellation... bit.ly/3XWbuWg

'Inside, you climb silt then wade through watery mud, the mud filling your boots as you move between pallets of bottles. The cardboard is saturated and comes away in your hand [...] you feel blindly into the murk and drag them out, bottle by bottle...' wine-searcher.com/m/2023/02/hawk…

Atrio hotel thieves go to court over stolen Yquem and DRC; Italian and Spanish officials reject wine health labels; Prosecco producer adopts own 'responsible consumption' label; and Cariñena region expands to adopt Goya's birthplace....

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Sommeliers battle it out to crown world's best in Paris; Hunter Valley harvest begins two weeks late; Uruguay backs NOLO wines to woo more wine consumption; and brazen wine theft in Argentina goes viral bit.ly/3YFIrXL

Pharrell Williams: sommelier to the stars. The US singer/producer gets Spanish superstar Rosalía into some top-notch Sancerre; Bollinger Chef de Cave dies; Côtes du Rhône joins calls for vine-pull and distillation; and some dodgy goings on in Champagne... bit.ly/3l3FxgR

French wine blogger fined for sexism; Bordeaux fraudsters get jail time and huge fines but lawyer claims they are just pawns in a bigger game; top Spanish sommelier charged with stealing wine from 2-star eatery; and Plaimont eyes expansion into Jurançon: bit.ly/3WLVKVj

Bot, write dis. The days of Artificial Intelligence Wine Writers have arrived. But will it make any impact on the world of wine? Probably not, says Oliver Styles. bit.ly/3QGlSzv

Was it the French porn star's red wine 'culvée'? Was it the Château Ste.Michelle shutdown or the IRS raid on Southern Glazer's? Wine's potention Covid protection or Heidi Peterson Barrett walking from Kenzo? Wine-Searcher runs down its top stories of 2022: bit.ly/3ib6kH6

Argentina's World Cup-winning footballers... and their wines; questions raised over Chinese holdings in Bordeaux; and Japan overtakes China as Spanish wines' export destination in Asia... #worldcup #wine bit.ly/3Vltyrx

Lionel Messi's 'whatchya lookin' at, fool?' jibe gets its own wine label; priest blames drunk-driving crash on holy wine; Muscadet experiments with sparkling wine; Bordeaux thieves sentenced for 2017 truck heist and even more... #wine #messi #WorldCup wine-searcher.com/m/2022/12/mess…

Bordeaux looks to drop 10% of its vineyards; #Bierzo winery in hot water for label 'objectifying women'; Sicily scores €5m to promote its wines; #Bordeaux négoce mixes #wine and rum for €4 drink and tonnellerie launches second-hand barrel platform...

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Provence reviews new grape varieties; Valpolicella upbeat despite precocious 2022 harvest; Argentina celebrates national wine day; and flooding in Rutherglen. Read all about it: bit.ly/3Ubz9jJ

Former US basketball star Tony Parker has bought a vineyard estate just outside Avignon in the Côtes du Rhône #tonyparker #nba #winelover bit.ly/3Oj7VGA

Hooligan boss releases wine from behind bars; #Bordeaux trade body withholds publication of bulk wine prices to stem panic; #Sherry body adopts new rulings – including allowing production in outlying towns, and Côtes du Rhône tables vine-pull scheme...
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For Tempranillo Day David Allen MW tastes Artadi's Vinas de Gain youtube.com/watch?v=Exx31_…

Should our pet-hates in the world of #wine really show us more about ourselves and about the real issues our sector faces? #sommelier #influencer wine-searcher.com/m/2022/11/the-…

#Trump pal and winery owner cleared of lobbying charges; Médoc winegrower and national deputy slammed for #racism ; Rioja exports surge; Pep Guardiola opts for red wine and home fixtures for #WorldCup ; Mexico to get national wine day and more...
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