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Casa Drummond wins global Best Of Wine Tourism title for Mendoza
Trivento's restored 1940 house in Luján de Cuyo is one of eleven global winners named by the Great Wine Capitals network at a gala in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Brunello di Montalcino 2021 by Fuligni tops Corriere wine guide
The 2027 edition of the Corriere della Sera guide, with wines picked by James Suckling's team from some 7,000 tasted, names a family Brunello as Italy's wine of the year.
Golden Vines 2026: South Africa claims two rising star nods
Mullineux and Alheit Vineyards take two of three World's Best Rising Star places as the London awards release 2026 nominees earlier than ever.
Moët Hennessy AI aims to flag a wine fault before it shows
With Analog Devices and UC Davis, the LVMH drinks arm says sensors caught the risk of fresh mushroom aroma before standard tests did. The data behind that claim is not public.
FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 names South Africa's 2026 winners
Judges picked six wooded and four unwooded Sauvignon Blancs from 159 entries, as the country's only single-grape wine competition marked its 20th year in Stellenbosch.
Le Monde Wine Garden opens at its Prata di Pordenone winery
The Maccan family has turned the outdoor space of its Friuli winery into a garden by architect Alessandro Isola. The launch skipped the practical details: hours, menu and prices.
Hong Kong wine festival spreads to Tamar Park with 340 booths
The Wine & Dine Festival runs from 29 October to 1 November with Lafite 2016 in the glass and a ten-hand dinner, then hands over to a month of citywide dining offers.
Mendoza's 2026 harvest comes in cool, wet and uneven
Catena Zapata's harvest report describes a season closer to 2019 than to recent dry years, with yields down sharply at altitude and up in parts of the Uco Valley.
Nikolai Haram Svorte wins Best Sommelier of the World 2026
The 29-year-old Norwegian beat France's Pascaline Lepeltier and Japan's Wataru Iwata in a four-hour final in Lisbon, on his first attempt at the ASI's triennial world title.
Óscar Tobía, founder of Bodegas Tobía in Rioja, dies
The San Asensio-born winemaker founded Bodegas Tobía in 1994 and, according to the winery, made Spain's first barrel-fermented rosé, Alma Tobía, in 1996.
Germany's 2026 wine harvest rises but stays below average
Destatis puts the 2026 wine must harvest at 8.0 million hectolitres, up 5% on 2025 but still 4% below the 2020-2025 average, after a dry summer shrank the berries.
Milano Wine Week 2026 opens with 100 events and two hubs
The ninth edition adds awards for wine tourism, brings back Wine List Italia and puts restaurant mark-ups on the agenda, with tastings from the Marriott to the Arco della Pace.
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