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| Reforming en primeur | Monday, 18 May 2009 |
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In the May Liv-ex Fine Wine Market Report, released last week, we outlined our thoughts on the Bordeaux en primeur system and how it could be improved.
This is obviously a very important issue, with huge ramifications for both the trade and consumers. Therefore we decided to publish it here and make it available to a wider audience. The version below is slightly shorter than the original.
The benefits of the en primeur system ... |
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| Wine writers - an endangered species? | Friday, 15 May 2009 |
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The queen bee of UK wine writing, Jancis Robinson, made some salient points when she presented the 2009 Wine Communicators of Australia Lecture in Sydney earlier this year. Many thanks to the subscriber to her Purple Pages who sent me a transcript. Some of her comments rang a bell, as Quasimodo might have said.
On the subject of the endemic rudeness to be found among comments on wine blogs, JR notes "Its like people driving, they just fo ... |
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| Week 19 | Friday, 15 May 2009 |
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| On, Friday 15 May 2009 the wine catalogue update for Week 19 of 2009 were made available for all active mi-vine(m) subscribers. Be sure to update your installation by following the synchronization steps. |
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| Allesverloren Fine Old Vintage clinches Trophy in Sweden | Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
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Allesverloren, the oldest wine estate in the Swartland famous for its port and red wines, has taken top honours in Sweden for its 2005 Fine Old Vintage as the best overall value fortified wine at the 2009 Vinordic Wine Challenge.
The Allesveroren Fine Old Vintage 2005 was awarded the Gold Trophy as category winner and was the only South African fortified prize winner.
The Vinordic Wine Challenge, Swedens only EU-certified wine ... |
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| May Market Report Released | Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
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In summary, the May Report includes:- Trading Activity - down 21% y-o-y
- Liv-ex 100 Fine Wine Index - up 4.1% in April
- Major Movers - upwards pressure on older vintages
- Critical corner - Robert Parker on 2008 Bordeaux
- Final Thought - The En Primeur debate
READ MORE on Liv-ex ... |
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| Perdeberg Winery earns their stripes at the 2009 Decanter Awards | Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
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Be sure to take Perdeberg wine to your next dinner party!
You‘re invited to a dinner party, as you read through the invitation, you notice that you could contribute by bringing something... like wine? Yes, everybody loves wine. Be sure to raise some eyebrows and strike up a sophisticated conversation at the dinner table with your choice of wine.
Perdeberg is impressing judges all over the world and has just notched anoth ... |
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| 2009 - the unbottled vintage | Wednesday, 13 May 2009 |
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It‘s a cruel irony that while winemakers swoon over the quality of vintage 2009, the wine itself may be scarcer than rocking horse droppings as harsh economic realities derail bottling lines.
What a difference six months makes. At the end of last year, Cape contract bottlers were working at 120% capacity. Half a year later and just as whites should be shuffling off the bottling line like new cabinet ministers taking the oath, busin ... |
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| Plastic wine bottles to hit Australian market | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
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Wine connoisseurs now having something new to sniff at - plastic bottles.
Wine connoisseurs who turned their noses up at screwtop caps replacing corks now have a new innovative to sniff at - plastic wine bottles designed to resemble glass but with a 29 percent smaller carbon footprint.
Australian wine maker Foster‘s is going green by bottling two of its Wolf Blass brand wines in recyclable (PET) 750 ml bottles using a ne ... |
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| Stellenzicht scoops gold and silver at Concours Mondial du Bruxelles 2009 | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
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Acclaimed Stellenzicht winemaker, Guy Webber, has scooped yet another gold medal at a major international wine competition. This time at the prestigious 2009 Concours Mondial du Bruxelles - his 3rd gold or double gold medal so far this year.
Stellenzicht received a gold medal for the exceptional Semillon Reserve 2006 as well as a silver medal for the Golden Triangle Shiraz 2006 in Valencia, Spain, where this wine competition, generally r ... |
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| False Bay Chenin Blanc excels at UK‘s Sommelier Wine Awards 2009 | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
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Only South African wine to win a ‘By the Glass‘ accolade
A fusion of New World and classic winemaking styles, False Bay Chenin Blanc, which stems from a humble bush vine vineyard in the Swartland region, soared to international acclaim as overall winner in its category at the 2009 Sommelier Wine Awards - Britain‘s only competition dedicated to the restaurant and broader on-consumption trade.
The boldly flavou ... |
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| CHATEAU DUHART-MILON 1940 | Monday, 11 May 2009 |
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Due to the acclaim and popularity this fine wine is currently enjoying world-wide, the International Wine Company is proud to offer a limited quantity of a very rare & old vintage of this fine wine on special offer, valid for the month of May only.
Extraordinary drinking for the connoisseur who can appreciate the classics.
Chateau Duhart-Milon 1940: R 2 390.00
(All IWC Grand Cru‘s have been purcha ... |
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| FIFA Fiasco Follow-up | Monday, 11 May 2009 |
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| Blogs and the comments they provoke are a bracing wake-up call for wine writers. My story on the FIFA wine tender fiasco last week has received well over 1000 hits to date (making it one of the biggest stories of the year) and a couple of dozen comments (ditto) ranging from the viciously personal (made anonymously, of course) to accusations from an award winning winemaker that the process is corrupt. It was picked up by the international wine med ... |
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| Simonsig on par with the South African Disabled Golf Association | Saturday, 9 May 2009 |
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Winelands pioneer serious about corporate social responsibility
Simonsig Estate, famous for its pioneering spirit in the Cape Winelands, underlines its commitment to social upliftment as one of the longest standing sponsors of the South African Disabled Golf Association (SADGA).
Since 2005, Simonsig has raised more than R 150 000.00 in aid of this association through wine donations for fund-raising auctions held at various gol ... |
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| 2008 Bordeaux Most Traded | Saturday, 9 May 2009 |
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With the 2008 Bordeaux en primeur campaign now moving into its final weeks, we thought it was time to see which wines have dominated trade on the Liv-ex Fine Wine Exchange. Below are the top ten most traded by value and by volume (12x75cl cases only).
It‘s no surprise to see Lafite Rothschild sitting at the top of the rankings, both by volume and value. In contrast, Haut Brion, which came out later and at higher price than its Firs ... |
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| CORRECTED - Women more affected by price of wine than men | Saturday, 9 May 2009 |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - How much does the price of a bottle of wine matter? Quite a lot - to women.
Researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard University set out to determine whether knowing how much a bottle of wine cost would affect what people thought of the taste.
They found that disclosing the expensive price of a wine before people tasted it produced considerably higher ratings, although only from wo ... |
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| Michael Fridjhon Wine Experience Weekend | | | From 2010-09-04 to 2010-09-05 | | | The annual benchmarking event for food and wine lovers, this weekend showcasing a selection of top foreign wines caters for those with the finer taste... | | | Real Beer! Real Food! | | | Wednesday, 08 September 2010 | | | Wild Woods Bistro in Hout Bay will be serving five delicious courses with five delectable beers, all perfectly paired to provide one awesome evening. ... | | | Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank Wine Festival 2010 | | | From 2010-09-08 to 2010-09-09 | | | 2010 celebrates the 20th Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank Festival with a decade of sponsorship by Standard Bank. It is now the longest running private, ... | | | Robertson Wine Valley At Kloofzicht Lodge | | | From 2010-09-18 to 2010-09-19 | | | After many years of staging ever-popular annual festivals at home, such as Robertson Wine on the River and the Wacky Wine Weekend, the Robertson Wine ... | | | The Good Food and Wine Show Johannesburg | | | From 2010-09-23 to 2010-09-26 | | | The annual Good Food and Wine show attracts thousands of food and wine lovers. Taking place in every major city this year, there is no reason not to g... | | | Bordeaux Blends Wine Tasting Cape Town | | | Thursday, 23 September 2010 | | | Join WINE magazine for informative tastings of our top wines, held at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town.... | | | Bordeaux Blends Wine Tasting Johannesburg | | | Thursday, 30 September 2010 | | | Join WINE magazine for informative tastings of our top wines, held at the Crowne Plaza in Johannesburg.... | | | Curtains, Clowns and Dining | | | Friday, 01 October 2010 | | | Dinner and a show is back in vogue, and Madame Zingara‘s Theatre of Dreams does it bigger and better. The Love Magic Tour 201 operates in a vint... | | | Cap Classique Challenge Wine Tasting Cape Town | | | Thursday, 14 October 2010 | | | Join WINE magazine for informative tastings of our top wines, held at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town.... | | | Robertson Wine on the River | | | From 2010-10-15 to 2010-10-17 | | Now five years old, the Robertson Wine on the River will take place 15 - 17 October 2010.
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