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Mega MGC Coffee opens in Cambodia with a Phnom Penh flagship
The Korean chain of 4,500 takeaway-sized shops has opened an 86-seat café on Koh Pich, its second country abroad. Four more are promised by December; the local partner is not named.
Antinori wine theft: 30,000 bottles reported stolen in Cortona
Italian media put the value at about €5 million. Carabinieri and police are investigating, no arrests are reported, and the sources disagree on the night it happened and on bottle prices.
Mexico wine grape production rises to 83,178 tonnes in 2025
The agriculture ministry counts 6,071 more tonnes than in 2023 and a crop worth 22.8% more. Baja California leads, and three states grow three quarters of the total.
Merano WineFestival sets up a wine observatory for 2027
The 35th edition opens at the Kurhaus on 6 November with 810 exhibitors. Its founder also wants the fair to start measuring how wine will be made, sold and drunk.
Treasury Wine Estates job cuts remove 170 corporate roles
The Melbourne-based owner of Penfolds confirms the redundancies, mostly in corporate functions, while it replaces three divisions with regions and keeps hiring for its sales teams.
Wine Routes of Spain reaches 40 with Condado de Huelva and León
ACEVIN's board certified both routes on 30 September. The club publishes the map and the grapes, but not yet how many wineries and hotels have signed up to either of them.
Napa red blotch research gets a $2.5 million grower pledge
Wineries including Opus One and Dominus Estate are funding three years of work on a vine virus that has no cure. The first calls for proposals open in January 2027.
Altar wine for Pope Leo's Córdoba Mass comes from Maipú
A Salesian winery in Rodeo del Medio, Mendoza, will supply the wine for the Mass Leo XIV celebrates in Córdoba on 10 November, and students help make it.
Majestic Wine: Tesco joins the auction, Sky News reports
Fortress Investment Group is selling the UK wine retailer it bought for £95m in 2019. Tesco is reportedly among the bidders, but nobody has confirmed it.
Trees in vineyards: Umathum's Austrian plan has no budget
A Burgenland organic grower says Austrian viticulture is in its deepest crisis and wants tens of thousands of trees among the vines. His release names no cost, and one 2026 study points the other way.
Donatella Cinelli Colombini wins DoctorWine's A Life for Wine
The Montalcino producer who started Italy's open-cellars day in 1993 was handed the career award of the Guida Essenziale ai Vini d'Italia 2027 in Milan on 3 October.
Corpinnat reaches 24 wineries with Fèlix Massana Ràfols
The Penedès sparkling-wine brand has admitted a family estate in Sant Pau d'Ordal that makes 15,000 to 20,000 bottles a year, after two years of audits. It is the fifth entry of 2026.
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