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Fine Wine 2019: Squally conditions for fine wine

The fine wine market had a few highpoints in 2019 but not enough to overcome an increasingly relentless series of events which ultimately curtailed its performance.

Rare Penfolds Grange vertical expected to break $350k record

1,800 bottles of Penfolds are set to go under the hammer at Australian auctioneer Langton’s, including a set of Penfolds Grange, dating from 1951 to 2014, which is expected to break the previous auction record of AU$349,500.

Asian Masters round-up

This October we held four Masters competitions in Hong Kong, our various panels of esteemed judges diligently tasting and taking notes on everything from New World Pinot Noir to Indian whisky and Baijiu-fortified Aussie Shiraz. Read on to see what their verdicts were.

FEATURES

Bordeaux profile: Brane-Cantenac

In the first in a new series, Colin Hay looks at the history, market performance and most recent vintages of some of Bordeaux’s ‘up-and-coming’ estates, starting with Margaux second growth Brane-Cantenac.

Q&A: Dr Laura Catena

The week in pictures: Hong Kong

Beam Suntory rolls out collaboration US/Japanese whiskey in travel retail

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MW Chile trip in pictures

Fine wine investment: Super anomalies

First bottle of £100 Turkish wine unveiled

HK Museum of Art reopens with new eateries after facelift

Cabernet Noir ‘could satisfy demand for fuller bodied red wine in UK’

World First International Saperavi Symposium successfully held in Shanghai

Andrea Mullineux to head up Cape Winemakers Guild

Cantenac Brown sold to French family

Constellation Brands lowers Gallo deal by $600m

Record price for 1992 Grange des Pères

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Hong Kong October/November 2019

LEADING LIGHTS

The drinks industry heads to Hong Kong for the HKTDC International Wine & Spirits Fair

YIELD OF DREAMS

A key reason for falling Champagne volumes is the slow decline in overall wine consumption in France

SWEET PROSPECTS

Hong Kong’s appetite for liqueurs is small, but considering how varied and adaptable the category is

Recent Magazine Articles

Results: Cognac Masters 2019 – Asia

Cognac is one of those drinks that is known for its high-end appeal. Our blind-tasting competition sought to put aside packaging and frills and concentrate on the liquid itself.

Results: Rosé Masters 2019 – Asia

If you think rosé wine is just an easy-drinking summer tipple then think again. Winemakers around the world are taking it seriously, and, as a result, are producing top-class expressions.

Trading Place: gaining global distribution through Bordeaux

Some of the world’s most famous wineries are abandoning their own sales networks for one worldwide distributor – La Place de Bordeaux. As Roger Morris reports, for those who can get in, it’s a win-win situation.

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Millésime Bio 2020

Montpellier,France

27th Jan 2020

Maisons Marques et Domaines Annual Tasting

London,United Kingdom

29th Jan 2020

Wine Paris 2020

Paris,France

10th Feb 2020

Prowein 2020

Düsseldorf,Germany

15th Mar 2020

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Wine

Entries invited for Gerard Basset Travel Scholarship

The week in pictures

André Simon 2019 shortlist announced

Spirits

The Drinks Business Green Awards 2019 winners

Interest in pre-phylloxera Cognac rises

Diageo names new commercial director for Australia business

Beer

Drinks industry bodies react to Boris Johnson’s landslide victory

Number of pubs in the UK rises for the first time in 10 years

Top new products: December

db Reader: What the UK needs to know about the hard seltzer revolution

Big breweries are clawing market shares back by swapping beer for hard seltzers, according to Dan Hooper, co-founder and director of client services at alcohol marketer YesMore Agency, but how long can the trend last?

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