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Tren del Vino: Jujuy's solar wine train sets 40 trips for 2027
The wine service of the Quebrada de Humahuaca tourist train will leave every Saturday from February. It stops at small high-altitude cellars between Volcán and Tilcara.
Contadi Castaldi: Argea sale reported, Moretti family denies
Il Sole 24 Ore values the Franciacorta winery at about €30 million. The 2025 accounts show profits at both Terra Moretti houses, and close to €96 million of debt between them.
Beaujolais harvest 2026 falls to 320,000 hectolitres
Hail on 16 July, drought and heat cut the crop by about a tenth, the interprofession says. The wines are judged very good, and there will not be enough of them to go round.
Cartel Roasting Co wins silver at the Global Coffee Awards
The Tempe roaster's canned cold brew Sonoran Sun took two silver medals in the ready-to-drink categories, judged blind in Houston, with an honourable mention for a filter coffee.
Top Cocktail Bars gives three stars to Asturian Patio de Butacas
The Spanish and Portuguese bar guide puts a cocktail bar in Pola de Siero, a town of 13,000, alongside six bars in Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid and Zaragoza.
Most expensive wines 2026: Leroy Musigny leads at $61,596
Wine-Searcher's annual top ten is Burgundy in nine places out of ten. Leroy's Musigny rose 31.1% in a year, and one bottle of each wine now adds up to $228,588.
Montilla named Spanish Wine City 2027, beating Jerez
The Córdoba town that gave amontillado its name will run a year of wine events built around Pedro Ximénez. Jerez, the other bid, plans its own wine year instead.
AI sommelier Babette joins Colruyt's online drinks shop Boir
The chatbot sorts nearly 2,000 wines, beers, spirits and alcohol-free drinks by taste, occasion and budget. When a question gets difficult, it hands over to a human sommelier.
Vineyard resting: AWRI sets spring rules for Australian growers
A growth regulator sprayed at fruit set strips the crop from vines nobody will buy from, and South Australia pays A$40 a hectare towards it after the smallest crush since 2000.
Suisun Valley wineries fight California's Bay-Delta water plan
Caymus and its neighbours in Solano County say a state cap on river diversions could stall vineyard growth. Regulators and conservationists call the fears overstated.
Canadian alcohol ban starts Tuesday, but bulk whisky gets through
From 12:01 a.m. on 29 September, packaged Canadian beer, wine and spirits can no longer enter the US. Whisky shipped in bulk for American bottling can, and Crown Royal already does.
Alsace wine harvest 2026 ends better than feared
Drought cut Riesling by up to 40% in places and hail hit the north, yet Alsace's third straight smaller crop is milder than feared, with sugar-rich musts and acidity intact.
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