WINE ECONOMY & POLITICS

Asian investors take over some more Bordeaux châteaux

FRANCE (Bordeaux) – After recently Wengcheng Li, an architect, took over château La Fleur Jonquet, it has now been reported for Château de Pic, appellation of Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux, Château l’Enclos, municipality of Sainte Foy la Grande, and Château Patarabet, municipality of Saint Emilion, to have been taken over by Asian investors, too.

Europe-wide protests against minimum prices for alcoholic drinks in Scotland

BELGIUM (Brussels) – Now, Spain, Italy, Portugal and France are officially supporting Bulgaria’s protest against plans of the Scottish government to have its regulations concerning a minimum unit...

Planting rights: AREV not heard by the EU Commission

BELGIUM (Brussels) – Jean-Paul BACHY, president of the Assembly of European Viticultural regions (AREV), was invited for September 21, 2012, to present the “Study about the socio-economic and...

France: Riots against plans to levy a tax on wine

FRANCE (Paris) – In France, the wine country, proposals to levy an extra duty on the beloved drops have causes a little riot among the governing socialists: Last week, several senators, among them...

German wine fund and much noise about two old hats

GERMANY (Mainz) - “German wine fund: Bundesrechnungshof (German SAI) recommends abolition”, the professional Weinwirtschaft magazine wrote in a headline in its online issue, thus causing a great...

Asian investors take over some more Bordeaux châteaux

FRANCE (Bordeaux) – After recently Wengcheng Li, an architect, took over château La Fleur Jonquet, it has now been reported for Château de Pic, appellation of Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux, Château...

Chinese Moutai group purchases Château Loudenne

FRANCE (Bordeaux) – According to the French SudOuest newspaper, Huaili Zhong, CEO of the Chinese Moutai wine and distillery group, is about to take over the Cru Bourgeois château Loudene* – after...

BIG DEAL – Diageo to take over Moët Hennessy

FRANCE(Paris) - According to analysts, thanks to the recent involvement of LVMH with Hermès, combined with a possible expansion of the latter, potential buyers may concentrate on buying assets through...

Crucial vote - new wine president in Franconia

GERMANY (Würzburg) - Actually, Oskar Noppenberger, long-time director of the successful vintagers association Divino in Nordheim, was perfectly sure that after his retirement from the cooperative in...

Wine growing areas will worldwide be reduced by 70 percent by the year 2050

USA (Texas) - According to a latest study, presented by researchers of the University of Texas, wine growing areas will decline by between 25 and 73 percent by the year 2050, depending on the site on...

Study reveals: Germans drink an average of 9.6 liters of pure alcohol per year

GERMANY (Berlin) – According to a current study, the health risks caused by alcohol are underestimated by many people. The Germans drink an average of 9.6 liters of pure alcohol per year, as the...

Enomatic – partner of the Decanter at the Global Tastings

UK (London) – Enomatic is the partner of one of the most renowned wine magazines in the world – the English DECANTER magazine – and at the “World Wine Awards”, the magazine’s event of the...

First an idea, now a top brand: Enomatic, an Italian success story

ITALY (Strada) - Ten years ago, a high-tech system was invented that enabled the organoleptic characteristic of wine to remain the same even up to a month after uncorking a bottle. Today, Eonomatic is...

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