At least half the Chateau Lafite sold in China is fake and, like other high end Bordeaux counterfeits, probably made on boats moored in international waters off the mainland coast, a senior Chinese government official has said.
An official in Bordeaux has risked the ire of some chateaux owners by saying a tax break meant for small-scale producers should be closed to estates controlled by corporate firms and wealthy families.
A French pensioner who pretended he was dead to avoid paying tens of thousands of euros in unpaid wine bills has been sentenced to 18 months of electronic cuff surveillance, with 10 months suspended.
A winemaker in southern France has narrowly escaped prison after being found guilty of smuggling banned pesticides into the country.
Bordeaux's Chateau Léoville Las Cases has had to write-off a portion of its 2013 harvest after vines were unwittingly polluted by smoke from a neighbouring estate.
A Sauternes wine producer has said it has lost a tenth of its normal grape haul after they were harvested overnight by someone else.
Bordeaux's main white wine growing region, Entre-deux-Mers, has been hit by a massive hailstorm damaging about 4,000 hectares of vines with many producers losing almost their entire crop.
The chance that India's government might slash taxes on European wine imports will make little difference, experts are warning, because states will continue to set their own taxes.
A dispute over the use of helicopters for spraying in Bordeaux has shone an unwelcome light on use of chemical treatments in wine production.
Police in Bordeaux have taken five men into custody on suspicion of stealing and selling on high-end wines including Petrus, Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Le Pin and Yquem.
The threat of punitive controls on French wine imports to China appears to have receded, with the Ministry of Commerce signalling it has not yet begun looking at the possibility of a new anti-dumping tax.
Guillaume Deglise of Laurent-Perrier has been named as the new director of one of the world’s biggest wine trade fairs, Vinexpo.
An official summary of Bordeaux's 2012 en primeur campaign shows the average price cut on all 344 wines released was 7.6%, compared to the 2011 vintage.
Fine wine exporters are unfazed by China's recent threat to impose an anti-dumping tax on European wine – the real threat, they say, is the Chinese hygiene department.
Michael Spencer, chief executive of broker ICAP has taken a stake in Bordeaux Index and joined the company as chairman.
Chinese film star Zhao Wei has bought a St Emilion chateau for an undisclosed price.
Argentina’s first ice wine will hit the US market this year.
Russia will reduce bulk wine imports by up to 80% in volume this year, experts predict.
A US-based conservation organisation has called for a Boycott of South African wine, following the shooting of over 40 beached whales near Cape Town.
Leading wine industry figures have called France - and Bordeaux - 'dysfunctional'.
US rap star Chris Bridges, also known as Ludacris, is launching his own Cognac.
