National charity the Plunkett Foundation has launched a UK-wide public appeal to help save pubs through community ownership before it’s too late.
Some 210 bars in Hong Kong have closed in the last six months due to the pandemic, accounting for 15% of the entire industry.
Scottish actor Sam Heughan, who stars in historical drama series Outlander, is appealing a ruling against his whisky brand after a German distiller successfully opposed his European trademark application.
Vancouver-based sommelier Matthew Landry has joined The Wine Scholar Guild as its French programmes director.
Singapore-based alcohol distributor Dyspatchr has been appointed the master importer and distributor for Sazerac’s Bond & Royal Portfolio.
The winners of the FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship – the Grenke Bank team – have been gifted a bespoke wine and chess set from Chateau La Grace Dieu des Prieurs in Bordeaux.
As the weather warms up – in the UK at least – we’ve selected a fine, fresh white from southwest France that costs £15, but tastes like something selling for double that price.
A study conducted by the universities of York and Rome Tor Vergata has found evidence of a prosperous wine trade in Sicily during the Islamic occupation.
Having flirted with Italy, investors are “turning strongly back to Bordeaux” as the wines “look under priced” at the moment, according to one fine wine merchant.
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John E. Fox, who admitted to running a US$45 million wine Ponzi scheme through his store, Premier Cru, is scheduled to be released from federal custody this week – a year earlier than expected.
The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) is hosting a ‘stay at home’ UK trade tasting in April where attendees can select 12 wineries out of a possible 50 to sample from.
Leading science communicator Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki has explained how “beer goggles” change our perception of attractiveness in a now-viral video that’s sweeping the internet.
Hong Kong fine wine merchant Wine’s Link is optimistic about the future of the wine wine industry in the region due to the rapid rise in e-commerce wine platforms and growing off-trade sales.
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