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Asian buyers visit a French wine stand at Vinexpo

French Producers Feel Impact Of E.U.-China Trade Row

Vinexpo Targets Growing Asian Market

Internet Wine Sales Top $5 Billion

Bordeaux: Arrests Made After Attack On Chinese Students

Features

Jacques Pitoux (L) and Pierrick Duret show off their invention in Champagne

An Easy Way to Open Champagne

New invention extracts the pain from pulling a cork.

Decoding the Puzzle: Matching Wine With Cantonese Food

Jeannie Cho Lee MW says a different mindset is needed when pairing wines with Asian cuisine.

Interviews

L-R: Domaine Drouhin in Oregon; Véronique Drouhin-Boss; Maison Joseph Drouhin vines in Burgundy

Q&A: Veronique Drouhin-Boss, Domaine Drouhin & Maison Joseph Drohin

"My grandfather said the wines of Burgundy need to be complex, they need to be elegant, they need to age well. My father said, since you are the one that tasted the most, you need to make sure in the future you respect that."

Q&A: Doug Shafer, Shafer Vineyards, Napa Valley

"If we were 10 or 15 miles away in Sonoma I wouldn't be making hillside cabernet. This little spot is like Goldilocks and the Three Bears: not too hot, not too cold, just right."

Science Corner

Seasonal workers pick grapes in Champagne; a "Clever Robots for Crops" technician (C) carries out tests on a manipulator

Champagne Keen to Investigate Machine Harvesting

Increased employment costs prompt a new look at picking the region's grapes.

Unusual Suspects

A visit to pinot noir producers Johannes and Christoph Thörle is included in the tour

Getting to Know German Pinot Noir

A Philadelphia firm is launching the first-ever organized wine tour of Germany's pinot noir vineyards.

Case Study

10 Things Every Wine Lover Should Know About... Chateau de Beaucastel

David Cobbold reports on Brangelina's favorite winemakers, the Perrins of Château de Beaucastel.

Food & Drink

Eric Guérin & Pigeon

One chef, one ingredient, matching wines.

Thierry Marx & Roussillon Apricots

One chef, one ingredient, matching wines.

The Bookshelf

The Legends Behind the Folklore Of Wine

Richard Vine considers some of the curious stories that surround the subject of wine.

A Wine To Remember

Tom Lubbe & 1978 Chateau Rayas

Olivier Bernard & 1964 Domaine de Chevalier

Critics Pick

What the Critics Are Drinking...

Star Wines

The Top 10 best value wines in the world, as rated by the world's wine critics.

Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, a remnant of an ancient volcanic cone. Between gleaming white churches and windmills lie Assyrtico vines – basket-trained low down on the dark soils to protect them from the hot, drying winds which sweep across the island. These are the source of Santorini's famous vinsanto.... more

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Cabernet Sauvignon ('Cab') is probably the world's most famous red wine grape. From its origins in Bordeaux, the variety – a crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc – has spread to almost every wine-producing country in the world. It is particularly successful in the vineyards of Bordeaux, Coonawarra and Napa Valley.... more

Platter's South African Wine Guide

Platter’s South African Wine Guide is South Africa’s best-known wine publication – a comprehensive guide to the nation’s ‘winelands’ and their products. Published annually every year since 1980, the guide features several thousand wines from many hundreds of producers, negociants and brands.... more

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