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(20-03-2009)
Argentina’s government has announced a 50% reduction in wine export duty, from 5% to 2.5% of value.
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(20-03-2009)
The Boisset wine group has taken over Gabriel Meffre, the producers of Wild Pig, La Chasse du Pape and Fat Bastard.
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(20-03-2009)
Italy’s wine exports fell in volume by 7% in 2008, although the value of exports increased by 2%.
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(20-03-2009)
Producers in Europe are angered over proposals from the EU to allow rosé to be made by blending white and red wines together.
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(20-03-2009)
The 2006 classification of the Saint Emilion appellation should not be allowed to stand, according to a new ruling by the French Court of Appeal.
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(20-03-2009)
A group of Beaujolais wine producers have been found guilty of adding sugar to their wine illegally, and hit with substantial fines for the offence.
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(20-03-2009)
An area of vineyard within the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County, California has been placed under quarantine after the discovery of light brown apple moths, whose larvae are a known threat to grape crops.
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(20-03-2009)
Champagne Louis Roederer has frozen prices across Europe for 2009.
The company has confirmed that it will not increase prices within the euro zone this year, in order to compete in a tough market.
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(24-02-2009)
The Foster’s Group has decided to hold on to its troubled wine division, ending months of speculation that the company would move out of wine altogether, and acknowledging that the global economic downturn makes for an inappropriate time to sell..
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(24-02-2009)
Constellation Europe has opened the largest wine warehouse and distribution centre in Europe, in the UK.