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In the first half of the year 2007 when the sub-prime crises occurred, the behaviour of the group of buyers, who see Fine Wines as a term of investment, changed. Wines of best quality sold cheaper. Petrus, Lafleur, Le Pin, Ausone and the Premiers from Medoc also lost in value... 
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The province of Alessandria in the Piemont region stretches over a very wide area, and includes five different winegrowing regions: the Acquese, the Ovadese, the Gaviese, the Tortonese and the Casalese. They represent the most easterly part of the southern Piemont... 
How to describe Dolcetto without sounding too banal? Let’s try. First of all, one notes the colour, a full and deep ruby red that tends to be more intense than that of Barbera... 
Although there is little doubt that the oldest wine-related archaeological finds are from Mesopotamia, it is equally right to consider Greece to be the cradle of wine culture as far as Central Europe is concerned. The wine industry stagnated for a long time, now it is catching up with a high level of activity and innovation. That is not only a result of... 
In the third part of the series „Alto Adige goes green“ author Roland Brunner looks at some of the best-known wine producers in Alto Adige, and at their organic wine projects. 
An interview with Jürgen Schmücking, marketing-head of Bio-Austria, about the challenges to position organic wines on the marketplace. 
An interview with the chairman of the new DAC in the Krems valley, Sepp Mantler. What will the DAC-Wines be like, where is the criteria and how to handle the different winemaking styles in the region. The interview was hosted by Karl Bajano and Elisabeth Rathbauer. 
They said there was no danger anymore, and went off duty themselves later, going back down to the village for a well-earned break. The next morning, the 34-year-old wine producer got up early to go up to his wine estate. But that was no longer there. All he could see in front of him was a wildly burning heap of rubble. The fire had come during the night.
The Xynomavro is a red grape variety and, something that is the rule rather than the exception in Greece, an indigenous variety. The name translates as “black and sour”, which does not sound too appealing, particularly in an age of fruit-driven, approachable, soft wines. And apart from that? 
At the time, the founding fathers of the region had only one objective in mind: to create a proper, regulated production and marketing environment. Nobody at the time had dared to think that only a decade later they would be turning the world of Spanish wines upside down... 
The Roussillon region is one of the most attractive and varied regions in France, as well as being the southernmost departement. The Roussillon region has a number of advantages in terms of winegrowing and these are being used increasingly by modern winemakers today... 
Here, in the southeastern corner of Austria, they produce more than just outstanding wine. This paradise on earth has many other delights in store for the dedicated hedonist: chocolate of a slightly different style, nutty pumpkin seed oil, vinegar, ham and many other specialities. 
The Traisental may be the youngest and smallest wineregions in Austria, but it is one of the most innovative. With the Traisental DAC there are now the first wines of controlled origin to be produced from two grape varieties. The results of the first tastings have been good. 
In an age in which red wines appear to be becoming constantly darker, more extracted, and more concentrated, life is not easy for a grape variety such as Schiava, known in German as Vernatsch. This ancient grape variety from the Alto Adige region produces rather light-coloured wines... 
In a world characterised by an ever increasing number of ever more complicated brand names in the field of wine, it is essential to provide consumers with some form of orientation, and with a set of comprehensible values. A guarantee of controlled origin, a set and limited number of permitted varieties...