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Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’ Three employees of a firm that provided workers to pick grapes for champagne has gone on trial for human trafficking, in one of the biggest labour scanda…
Lyme Bay Winery is the first English producer to win IWC trophies for both red and white wine in the same yearThey began by producing drinks more usually associated with the rolling hills of southern England – hearty ciders, warming tipples made from h…
Familia Torres has been making wine in Catalonia since 1870, but says it may have to move to higher altitudes in 30 years’ timeA leading European winemaker has warned it may have to abandon its ancestral lands in Catalonia in 30 years’ time because cli…
Maintaining a positive mood and eating more fruit may also help lower risk, researchers findDrinking champagne, eating more fruit, staying slim and maintaining a positive outlook on life could help reduce the risk of a sudden cardiac arrest, the world’…
Wines produced after 2010 showed steep rise in contamination of trifluoroacetic acid, analysis findsLevels of a little-known forever chemical known as TFA in European wines have risen “alarmingly” in recent decades, according to analysis, prompting fea…
Wine 10.6 has been released, featuring a new lexer within its Command Processor (CMD), support for the PBKDF2 algorithm to its Bcrypt implementation, and improved metadata handling in WindowsCodecs. According to Phoronix, the update also includes 27 kn…
Consumption and production falls in almost every market as industry fears a ‘generational’ change in drinking habitsWorldwide consumption of wine fell in 2024 to its lowest level in more than 60 years, the main trade body has said, raising concerns abo…
Servings of 250ml and 175ml are becoming rarer in restaurants and bars as customers opt for smaller tastingsIt may be a sign of changing tastes, of a health-conscious nation, or yet another example of the cost of living crisis encroaching on our few si…
Many winemakers halt shipments on chance White House makes good on threat of 200% markup on European goodsAs the threat of exorbitant US tariffs on European alcohol imports looms, a warehouse in the French port city of Le Havre awaits a delivery of mor…
US president says levy on alcohol imports would be retaliation for ‘nasty’ 50% tariff imposed on bourbon whiskeyUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on wine and champagne from European Union countries, in the lates…