Brad Pitt and Jolie split puts Miraval rosé future in doubt Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, leaving the future of the couple’s award-winning Château Miraval rosé wine uncertain. Angelina Jolie’s lawyer confirmed that the actress has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, the BBC and other publications reported today (20 September).…
Majestic Wine shares fall over 25 percent after profit warning Shares in Majestic Wine plummeted by more than 25% this morning after the company issued a profit warning, highlighting disappointing performances for Naked Wines in the US and for Majestic’s Commercial division. Majestic shares in sharp fall following profit warning In an announcement to the…
Richest French wine château owners revealed – 2016 LVMH owner Bernard Arnault is around four billion euros poorer in 2016 versus 2015, but he’s still the second richest person in France, according to the new French rich list by Challenges magazine. See which other château and vineyard owners made the list. This list has been…
Whole bunch winemaking shakes up Bordeaux You might remember that not so long ago, Chateaux Angélus and Pape Clement were putting on demonstrations for groups of journalists of de-stemming grapes by hand. Lines of women in gleaming white gloves with violet-stained fingertips stood around tables in quiet corners of the vineyards, heads bent with frowns…
New iceless ice bucket pitched as luxury must-have Wine geekery knows few limits and innovators have long been keen to take bog standard wine paraphernalia and update it. The bottle (interactive), the barrel (intelligent), the cork (air-sucking), and now the ice bucket, which, in one fell swoop it has been rendered void – that is…
G20 wines: What world leaders drank over dinner in China China’s president, Xi Jinping, greeted world leaders at the G20 summit with a banquet of local cuisine and Chinese wines. A Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 and a Chardonnay 2012 from the Beijing-based Chateau Changyu AFIP Global were the wines paired with the traditional Hangzhou cuisine. ‘Sweet and…
American billionaire buys three Bordeaux châteaux In brief: Thomas Sullivan buys 30 hectares including Château Gaby in AOC Fronsac, Château Moya in AOC Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux and Château du Parc in AOC St-Emilion Grand Cru Price not released but expected to be between €8 million and €12 million Thomas Sullivan, billionaire founder of…
Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 gains 2.9% in August The industry benchmark – the Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index – increased for the ninth consecutive month in August. It gained 2.9% to close on 276.83. It is now at its highest level since March 2013. The First Growths led the charge with the Liv-ex Fine Wine…
Liv-ex 1000 Index reaches record high in August The Liv-ex 1000 Index – the broadest measure of the fine wine market – closed August 2016 at record high of 281.62. This is an increase of 3.04% on the July’s close. The index previously reached a high of 279.69 in July 2011 at the peak of…
Bordeaux 2016 harvest begins after year of two halves How the Bordeaux 2016 white harvest is shaping up Château Haut-Brion in Pessac Léognan brought in Sauvignon Blanc grapes at 7am on 1 September, from a plot called Pinson Sapinette. The estate reported potential alcohols on this first plot of 13.5%abv, with pHs of 3.25, and…