Whilst Saint-Emilion struggles to overcome its highly publicised quagmire, neighbouring Médoc is seeking to strengthen its 1855 classification by gaining EU recognition. 

The 2013 harvest season has exceeded the expectations of the South African wine industry: this will in fact be the biggest wine grape crop ever produced, despite getting off to a late and slow start. 

The United Kingdom’s leading wine show and major fixture on the international trade calendar, the London International Wine Fair, has come under fire in recent years. Criticised for a range of shortcomings, including choice of location, stand prices and relevance to the industry, the LIWF has just announced a major overhaul for 2014. The UK wine industry has been sounded out over its requirements and a number of significant changes are to be introduced next year. These include a return...

It may sound like the ‘happy drug’, but ‘Prošek’ is in fact a sweet dessert wine from the southern area of Dalmatia in Croatia. Little-known in the global market place it made the headlines recently after EU authorities refused to allow continued use of the name once Croatia enters the European Union in just over a month’s time.

The general trend towards trading-up in the global wine market has been well-documented. Latest figures for French exports of quality wines reflect this trend and reveal that, thanks to rising average prices, France has topped previous records for value sales.