Producers across Burgundy have asked government officials for help in the form of tax relief, subsidies and funding to increase anti-hail measures, following a devastating hailstorm on Saturday.
Burgundy winemakers have reported widespread damage to the 2014 harvest after a five minute hailstorm destroyed vines across the region on Saturday afternoon.
Wine producer Bernhard Huber, best known as the German godfather of Pinot Noir, has died aged 55.
Hungary's Tokaji trade council has abolished the two lower grades of the country's most famous wine, leaving some merchants concerned about the effect on consumers.
Fresh-thinking young winemakers could be the shot in the arm that Alsace needs, as they focus more than ever on the terroir-driven, dry styles that today’s wine lovers want. Panos Kakaviatos reports.
Producers in three premier cru areas of Pommard have stepped up their quest to achieve grand cru status by submitting a 150-page support dossier to the local INAO office.
This year's Hospices de Beaune auction has achieved a record sales total, raising over EUR6.3m, despite the smallest volume of wine on sale for three decades.
This year's Hospices de Beaune auction will be the smallest for three decades, following a Burgundy 2013 harvest dogged by poor weather earlier in the year.
Wine drinkers across America are being hampered by outdated state wine laws, which vary in severity depending on where a person lives, new research claims.
Hailstorms continue to batter French vineyards, this time in the heart of Alsatian wine country, with up to 60% damages reported in parts of Southern Alsace.
Jean Claude Berrouet – best known for his 44 years as director of Petrus in Pomerol – has been consulting at Chateau Lafon Rochet since the 2012 vintage, but the chateau made no announcement until now.
A group of vintners from Burgundy's renowned Nuit Saint Georges appellation is applying to have its Les Saint Georges vineyard promoted from premier cru to grand cru status.
Days after the Elysee Palace wine auction in Paris, the Irish government plans to sell off some of its wines.
Italian and Slovenian wine authorities in the Collio wine region have come up with a new name for their wine – Jakot – to distinguish it from Tokaji.
Chinese Baijiu group Moutai will purchase cru bourgeois property Chateau Loudenne, according to reports.
According to official figures, 5,800 people visited Bordeaux for En Primeur week to taste the 2012 vintage from barrel: a 7% increase on last year’s tasting of the 2011 vintage.
Chateau Raymond Lafon has joined Chateau d’Yquem and Chateau Rieussec in announcing that it will not make a 2012 vintage wine.
International consultant Michel Rolland has signed a contract to consult at Château Figeac – with the stated aim of promotion from premier grand cru classé “B” to the coveted “A” status.
More than three and a half thousand bottles of Champagne bottles worth €300,000 have been stolen from acclaimed grower Jacques Selosse in a heist described as 'well-organised'.
Bordeaux 2010 remains too expensive as the top-end wines continue to sell very slowly, American merchants say.
Up to 200 Beaujolais producers may have to close down because of the exceptionally low-yielding harvest last year.
