With the holidays fast approaching, many of us are looking forward to drinking a glass or two of Champagne and other sparkling wines. After all, these are perfect celebratory drinks – but what does physics have to say about how
The Beaujolais Wine Region in Figures
Beaujolais is one of the world’s most famous wine regions. Best known today for Beaujolais Nouveau, the region has been in crisis since 2000 as low prices, coupled with dropping demand, have forced many wine farmers out of business. With
Increasing Alcohol Content in Red Rioja
The Consejo Regulador (regulatory authority) for the vineyards and wines of Rioja was established in 1926. They carefully maintain and publish statistics of the Rioja Wine Industry, which allows a number of important parameters to be tracked through time. In
Six Reasons Why Wine Australia’s #InspiredTasting Was A Hit
Wine Australia held a wine tasting event for Press and Trade in London last Friday (September 12th, 2014) entitled “Inspired Tasting“. Given the number of tastings that are being held in London this month, never mind this year, you could
French Wine Industry: A Strategic Plan to 2025 From FranceAgriMer
Who looks after the overall wellbeing of the French wine industry? The Interprofessions, INAO, DGDDI, and French Ministry of Agriculture, amongst others, are all involved in the collection of wine-related data. So there’s plenty of information available, but not always
Classification of English Sparkling Wine, 2014
English sparkling wine has been on a roll for a few years now. After all it was back in 2010 that Nyetimber’s Classic Cuvée 2003 was judged the world’s best sparkling wine at Bollicine del Mondo; the same year that Ridgeview won