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Berchidda's wine museum has planted 250 native Sardinian vines across six terraces. The project's value will depend on whether a symbolic planting becomes a documented, maintained and repeatedly used living classroom.
The October showcase is aimed at corporate clients, not museum visitors. Its relevance lies in the economics of an institution that reported 525 company events in 2025 and no regular public operating subsidy What happened The Cité du Vin will hold an open house for prospective corporate clients on October
More than 100 Thorvald UV-C robots are expected to treat 2,600 acres of California vineyards in 2026. Research supports powdery mildew control, but cost, field reliability and a 1977 safety rule still limit full autonomy.
France's 2026 wine output is forecast at 33.9 million hectolitres, among the lowest in 30 years. Heat and drought reduced yields, but vineyard removal and falling demand show that the contraction is structural as well as climatic.
Côtes du Jura white wine extends far beyond vin jaune. Chardonnay, ouillé Savagnin and shorter sous-voile ageing reveal how grape, parcel and cellar choice are reshaping the way the Jura is understood.
Champagne raised its 2026 alcohol ceiling from 13% to 15% after its earliest harvest on record. Few wines are expected above 13%, but the change shows how exceptional ripeness is testing the rules behind the region's style.
Wang He, son of BYD executive Wang Nianqiang, could raise his China Tontine Wines stake to 29.9% through a HK$11.26 million offer. The private share purchase does not inject capital into the company.
Chateau Diana removed a small block of vines and turned the land into a visitor attraction. The field is modest, but the change belongs to a much larger contraction in California wine-grape acreage. What happened Chateau Diana, a family-owned winery in Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley,
The founding winemaker at Duckhorn has died at 77 after a fifty-year career that also shaped Provenance, Hewitt and a generation of Napa winemakers. What happened Tom Rinaldi, the founding winemaker at Duckhorn Vineyards and later a central figure at Provenance Vineyards and Hewitt Vineyard, has died at 77.
Michael Malat will succeed Michael Moosbrugger as ÖTW chairman in 2027, as Austria moves vineyard classification toward national law. His challenge is to expand the system's authority without weakening the transparency that gave it credibility.
Emirates has invested more than USD 1 billion in wine since 2006 and now stores around five million bottles in France. The figure describes two decades of purchasing, not the current value of the cellar.
Michelin's first Bordeaux Grape Selection rearranges the order inherited from 1855. Château Latour's unexplained absence tests whether a modern classification can be both independent and transparent
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