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This gives new meaning to “red” wine. Quebec-based farmer Pascal Miche is enjoying thriving sales of his Omerto tomato wine in Canada, crafted from a secret family recipe. Yes, that’s tomato wine. Since launching in the Canadian market two years ago, the former butcher has sold over 65,OOO bottles of... Read More

As the raids in Shanghai will testify, wine fraud is big business. Experts estimate that as much as 5% of all wine sold in secondary markets is counterfeit.  Knockoff labels not withstanding, usually the only way to find out if a wine is a fake is to open it.  A... Read More

Always be wary of wines claiming to be from Chateau Margaux bearing cheesy labels. The Shanghai police department is reported to have busted a wine counterfeiting gang, seizing thousands of bottles of fake “first growths” in the process. The six-person gang along with their leader were arrested and police discovered... Read More

New allergy warnings are appearing on wine labels and many consumers will undoubtedly be surprised to be read that their wine contains milk, eggs or fish. But don’t worry – your wines won’t smell of fish or taste of egg. Rather, these substances can be used during the processing of... Read More

Is this the next wave of wine storage? One winemaker is counting on it. The world’s first undersea wine cellaring service 1OOO meters deep and 93 miles off the Atlantic Coast is slated to open next year. Frank Labeyrie, of Chateau du Coureau in Côtes de Bordeaux Cadillac, plans to... Read More

Invented by Martin Myerscough, GreenBottle, the world’s first paper wine bottle, is set to hit supermarket shelves in the UK. The entrepreneur has seen huge interest in the bottle from Australia, California and France, and plans to take his invention across the globe next year. “Even a few French producers... Read More

Things are going from bad to worse in Champagne, France. After crop-damaging frosts earlier this year, one of the worst hailstorms in recorded Champagne history hit the southern Côte des Bar region, destroying this year’s grape crop. Damage to the vines from the torrent was so severe it is estimated... Read More

A record number of wines were judged during the San Francisco International Wine Competition held at Hotel Nikko this June by judges from across the country.  Tasting 4556 wines from over 13OO wineries, 49 wine industry professionals convened for the 32nd year of the competition to evaluate wines from 26... Read More

Do we enjoy an expensive wine because it tastes good or because we know it costs a lot? The recent sale of a $168,OOO bottle of wine from Australian winery Penfolds makes the question an interesting one. Dubbed “2OO4 Block 42,” the single vineyard wine (which is the world’s most... Read More

This is some serious treasure. Two years after its discovery on the ocean floor in the Baltic, a cache of 2OO-year-old bottles of Champagne is being auctioned off bit by bit. Four bottles of Veuve Clicquot, six bottles from the now-defunct Champagne house Juglar, and one Heidsieck & Co were... Read More