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Vega Sicilia white wine: Deiva 2024 albariño unveiled in Galicia
The group's first Spanish white comes from 24 hectares in Rías Baixas and a new 600,000-litre winery in Crecente; about 33,000 bottles reach the market in 2027.
Champagne Week debuts in Paris on a record harvest
Growers call 2026 the earliest, healthiest Champagne harvest in decades. Paris marked it with a new citywide week of tastings, pairings and cellar visits.
Rafael Nadal launches an organic Monastrell from Jumilla's old vines
El Tenista, made with Gil Family Estates from vines over 50 years old, is the tennis star's first wine, under a new label called Dominio del Liftado.
Langhe vineyard workers: Alba marches against caporalato
The bishop of Alba joined unions and Caritas after a harvest in which volunteers counted 16 makeshift camps and inspectors found breaches at nearly eight in ten firms checked.
Best godello in Spain is Prada San Martín, from Bierzo
La Semana Vitivinícola's 2026 guide gives 96 points to a single-vineyard organic white from Canedo, a score it usually keeps for age-worthy reds.
Champagne's 2026 harvest falls 48% after frost and drought
Picking started on 6 August, the earliest on record, after frost destroyed close to 40% of buds in spring. The Comité Champagne is already comparing the grapes to 1921 and 1947.
NQ JPN opens in Soho, built on cabinets flown in from Japan
NQ64's new Berwick Street bar skips the usual retro mix for machines imported straight from Japanese arcades, backed by a sold-out testing night before it opened.
Grand Prix du Vin Suisse 2026 crowns Domaine Claudy Clavien
A six-hectare family estate in Miège is Swiss winery of the year after wins in Syrah and white blends, while Valais takes ten of the sixteen categories in Bern.
Colombia's coffee crop falls to its smallest since 2022
Colombia's national coffee output dropped 15% to 12.65 million bags for the 2025-26 season, its smallest crop since 2022-23, while a strong El Niño threatens the harvest still to come.
Rioja closes its earliest harvest on record
The DOCa's regulatory council logs 333.77 million kg of grapes, up 48% on 2025, though still short of 2023's record volume.
Decanter Hall of Fame 2026 goes to Lalou Bize-Leroy
The Burgundy biodynamic pioneer takes wine's best-known lifetime award, while Jerez researchers Ramiro Ibáñez and Willy Pérez share the Rising Star prize.
Aldi wine bar opens in Antwerp with glasses from €1
Al Divino, a pop-up in the Zuid district, prices every glass at the shop price of the bottle divided by six. It closes on 1 November; the bottles stay on the shelves.
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