Psychologists hired to coach French sommelier to victory

The Union of French Sommeliers has hired a team of psychologists, drama teachers and sports coaches to help French sommelier David Biraud win the World’s Best Sommelier competition for the first time in 19 years.

Sauvignon Blanc is ‘as ageworthy as Pinot Noir’

High quality Sauvignon Blanc is as ageworthy as Pinot Noir, and shares a similar evolutionary trajectory, according to one leading winemaker in Marlborough.

Peter Dixon to leave Treasury and join Accolade

The managing director of Treasury Wine Estate’s Asia and Global Travel Retail Peter Dixon, a key figure in driving the company’s China growth, has left to join rival Australian wine group, Accolade Wines.

Dogs can be trained to sniff out TCA

While dogs have long been used by truffle hunters for their keen sense of smell, a Chilean cooperage has trained five clever pups to detect TCA in wine barrels.

ProWein appoints new fair director

London borough mulls late night levy on pubs, bars and shops

Four female winemakers in Australia collaborate on their own wine label

Is there a link between brain size and liking tonic water?

‘Brexit could be good for Champagne Castelnau’ says MD

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DRC leads Sotheby’s sales once again

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Liquid treasures from one of Austria’s greatest cellars

Wine writer Geoffrey Dean has the enviable job of tasting a selection of liquid treasures from one of Austria’s greatest (and largest) cellars at Hotel Jagdhof in the Stubai Valley, including a glorious glass of Lynch-Bages 1947.

by Geoffrey Dean