Lidio Carraro is wine partner of the Brazil 2014 world championship

BRAZIL (Brasilia) – The Brazilian Lidio Carraro wine estate has won the competition for the FIFA 2014 soccer world championship. Immediately after the approval, the wine estate announced to double its production and to extend distribution essentially. Moreover, a special category is to be created out of the estate’s own portfolio; these wines are to be given new names, and they are to be served as official FIFA wines during FIFA events worldwide, including the Brazil world championship.

"Château Beckham" – personalized wines for hardcore fans

FRANCE (Comps/Paris) – In the French media can be read vintner Francis Lamblin from the Château Lamblin in Comp (Bourg sur Gironde region, Côtes de Bourg appellation) to have agreed with Paris Saint Germain (PSG)...

"ZugSpitzenwein“ – A big wine goes on a big journey

GERMANY (Zeilitzheim) – This year, Franconia’s vintners are celebrating “100 years of Müller Thurgau in Franconia”. On the occasion of this jubilee, members of the “der franke” (“The Franconian”)...

New design for Carmes Haut-Brion by Philippe Starck

FRANCE (Bordeaux) – Philippe Starck, the French star designer, is allowed to redesign the new wine estate, the barrel cellar and the reception area of Château Carmes Haut Brion in Pessac-Léognan.

President of the French organic wine scene is accusing wine critics

FRANKREICH - Alain Réaut, president of the French association of organic vintners, is complaining about wine critics Michel Bettane and as well about Thierry Desseauve, his colleague, and he is blaming them to...

A vineyard under the Christmas tree?

GERMANY (Oestrich-Winkel) - More than an alternative Christmas present: A vineyard for one’s own for Christmas. A dream? Yes – but a dream that can come true. The WinzerLoge (Vintners‘ Lodge) offers an outright...

Club de Vino 953 - Vineyard owners advertise with Bodega Maruccia

SPAIN (Mallorca) - It all started with the passion for wine and a life-long dream: their own Bodgea in Mallorca. Frank Maruccia had a job that didn't leave him much time for himself. It wasn't until he left his business...

Exotic and old sherries from Los Vinos de Jerez

SPAIN (Jerez) - A new Internet shop offers one of the most comprehensive collections of sherries. Los Vinos de Jerez is a privately financed initiative, which calls itself “the first of its kind”, and it is approved...

David Lynch unveils new Dom Pérignon design

USA (Los Angeles) - David Lynch, who directed “Twin Peaks”, a cult crime series from the 1990ies with mystery and horror elements, has unveiled a new design for Dom Pérignon. “The power of creation” is a limited...

An Arancello by the name of Federica conquers markets

SPAIN (Valencia) - It's actually pretty simple: take a traditional product, incorporate it into a new culinary creation and concentrate on the best that this new creation has to offer. What you will get out of this is a...

Probably oldest wine discovered in China

CHINA (Baoji) - According to the Xinhua news agency, 3,000 year-old vessels with wine have been discovered in China. During archaeological work in the Shigushan mountains, near the town of Baoji, province of Shaanxi, an...