Franco-Israeli media tycoon and art collector Patrick Drahi has acquired auction house Sotheby’s for US$3.7 billion it has been announced.
With the release of Cheval Blanc, Figeac and La Conseillante – all at…ambitious prices – the finish line of the 2018 en primeur campaign is well and truly in sight.
The release of Lafite and second wine Carruades de Lafite represent the “most obvious buys of the campaign” though getting hold of some might be hard.
This week in the world of drinks: we get the gossip at the Hurlingham Club; Sandro Bottega shares his love of lees; the Galvin brothers have us salivating over tarte tatin; and Miller Lite’s new beer-based games controller leaves us can-fused…
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MOST GIN ON THE MARKET IS ACTUALLY NOT GIN, IT’S FLAVOURED VODKA
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China’s Noble Dragon is a long-established brand, and one that is growing in prominence around the world. In a blind tasting at ProWein, db set out to see how it stands up against the best in its class.
Far removed from the medieval town and 19th century chateaux in Saint-Émilion, Château La Grâce Dieu Des Prieurs, owned by Russian entrepreneur Andrey Filatov, is an outlier in a region that’s steeped in tradition.
Europe’s first underwater restaurant based on the coastline of southern Norway will officially open to the public next month, with 7,000 people already booked in to eat at the 40-cover restaurant.
Deadline : 1st Jul 2019
Ben Raby, head of the south east at the Department for International Trade, discusses how international oenophiles are developing a nose for English wine.
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Jascots Wine Merchants
The Drinks Business Hong Kong
Australian Vintage
We are delighted to reveal the winners of the 2019 Drinks Business Awards, which were announced yesterday afternoon at a packed out ceremony at the London Wine Fair.
Following three impassioned days of judging in London last week, we are delighted to reveal the shortlisted entries for The Drinks Business Awards 2019. The winners will be announced at the London Wine Fair on Tuesday 21 May at 4pm.
Dave Phinney’s labels are as important to the Orin Swift narrative as the wine inside the bottle. We caught up with him to find out the stories behind 10 of his quirkiest labels and how he went about creating them.