François Chidaine throws in the towel with the InterLoire

FRANCE (Tours) - François Chidaine, an experienced wine maker himself and one of the leading personalities of viticulture at the Loire river, frustrated leaves the managing board of the InterLoire...

The Masseto has its own home

ITALY (Bolgheri) - Masseto - it is internationally on top level at Liv Ex, the wine exchange, and it was the first Italian wine at Place de Bordeaux. Since 1988, it has been evaluated by renowned...

Burgundy with its Côte d’Or is hoping for recognition as world cultural heritage

FRANCE (Dijon) - Burgundy’s campaign to have parts of the department of Côte d’Or added to the UNESCO list seems to be successful. Last week, the Ministry of Ecology and Culture, applied to...

Cold from Siberia brings long-desired ice wine for Thuringia’s vintners

GERMANY (Grossheringen) - Today, the Zahn family’s 14 hectare family-run winery in the wine growing area of Saale-Unstrut officially finishes its vintage of 2011. After a long time of patient...

25 years of Hades: Revolution in the wine cellar

GERMANY (Zweiflingen) - With a slight delay, a vintners’ sextet with a five-letter name from Wurttemberg celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Hades group is proudly looking back because it was...

Comment: Away with VDP?

GERMANY (Würzburg) - Rudolf Knoll’s comment to the article: New New VDP classification and scores of loop holes - labors are not over yet.

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