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Pavie`s 2011 piques buyers` interest

  • Category: Other
  • Date: 17/02/2016
The 2011 vintage of St Emilion grand cru classe `A`, Pavie, has quietly been one of the most searched for wines on the Liv-ex exchange in the last month.

Cairanne named new cru

  • Category: Other
  • Date: 17/02/2016
Cairanne has been formally promoted to a Cotes du Rhone cru appellation with the confirmation due to be decreed soon.

Millennials drink nearly half of all wine in the U.S.

  • Category: Other
  • Date: 17/02/2016
The US is experiencing a surge in wine consumption driven by millennials, who drank 42% of all wine in the US last year, according to the latest report from the Wine Market Council (WMC).

Average Brit pays £333 a year in booze tax

  • Category: Other
  • Date: 16/02/2016
The Wine and Spirits Trade Association (WSTA) is ramping up its campaign for a cut in wine duty by highlighting the vast difference paid by consumers in the UK compared to Italy, which if the same would save the average Brit £287 a year.

Single bottle raises £60k at Cape Wine Auction

  • Category: Other
  • Date: 16/02/2016
South Africa’s Cape Wine Auction has set an all-time event record for a single bottle of wine, raising £57,000 (ZAR1.3m) for a bottle of Touch Warwick 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon

Pub offers rare £1,000-a-shot 1947 gin

  • Category: Other
  • Date: 15/02/2016
A Lancashire pub that holds the Guinness World Record for having the most varieties of gin behind its bar is now offering patrons a shot of gin priced at £1,000.