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Viña Carmen unveils its first multi-vintage Cabernet blends in Asia

Viña Carmen has joined the likes of Penfolds and Opus One in unveiling its first multi-vintage blend of Cabernet Sauvignon which puts the focus on the grape and terroir instead of vintage variation, according to its chief winemaker.

1966 Samaroli Bowmore to go under hammer

An extremely rare bottle of 1966 Bowmore Samaroli Bouquet – a highly coveted bottling among whisky collectors – is to go on sale this week.

10 of the most stunning wine estate listings on Airbnb

In the age of the internet no corner of the world is off limits, and it’s now easier than ever for a wine estate to offer up a slice of vinous paradise to the adventurous traveller.

FEATURES

Henri Jayer sale is biggest wine auction ever

An ex-cellar sale of Henri Jayer wines has shattered all previous wine auction records to achieve an astonishing CHF34.5 million (£26.3m/US$34.5m), which the auctioneer, Baghera Wines, claims, “sets a new reference standard for all rare wine auctions”.

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Beavertown’s Heineken deal: How the industry reacted

Man pretends to be PM of Morocco to win table

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First Pinotage vineyard planted in the UK

Giscours to appeal guilty verdict on chaptalisation

Wine List Confidential: The Ledbury

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Bordeaux 2017: The campaign’s Swan-Ausone

Jancis Robinson to launch wine glass ‘in response to an everyday frustration’

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Full speed ahead

The world’s two largest economies have been stumbling towards an all-out trade war in recent weeks.

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Lisbon Story

The Douro and Alentejo are probably the first wine areas that spring to mind when it comes to Portugal, but the products of the Lisbon area have many virtues to recommend them.

Top 10 bars and restaurants in Guangzhou and Chengdu

Chengdu and Guangzhou offer wildly different eating and drinking experiences, but both should be on a must-visit list for any visitor to China. We highlight five of the best restaurants and bars in the cities.

Man of action: Adrian Bridge on his passion for Port

The Fladgate Partnership’s CEO, Adrian Bridge, has been a soldier, a bobsledder and a mountaineer, but it is his fight to shake up the Port sector and bring it into the modern world that is his biggest battle to date, writes Lauren Eads.

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Deadline : 30th Jun 2018

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Pays d'Oc Tasting

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28th Jun 2018

CHILE: From The Very Top To The Downright Hot

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2nd Jul 2018

CHILE: From The Very Top To The Downright Hot

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3rd Jul 2018

International Bulk Wine & Spirits Show (IBWSS)

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25th Jul 2018

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Wine

28°-50° Fetter Lane closes

Conran closes three London restaurants

New app turns any wine bottle into blind tasting quiz

Spirits

Why distilleries are using reggae to ‘musically mature’ their spirits

Welsh Assembly passes minimum alcohol pricing bill

Wales set to follow Scotland in minimum alcohol pricing bill vote

Beer

Beavertown confirms £40 million stake sale to Heineken

Swedes brewing since the Iron Age, evidence reveals

Carbon dioxide shortage threatens beer supply

Lot pursuit: curating a fine fine auction

The word ‘curate’ may be an overused term today but in the best sense of the word, a fine wine auctioneer curates a sale as surely as someone curates the King Tut exhibition or a Picasso Blue Period retrospective. Roger Morris finds out from Sotheby’s Jamie Ritchie what it takes.

by Roger Morris