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Champagne secondary market stirs for rare, older bottles
Liv-ex data show the champagne secondary market turning upward for older and rarer bottles, even as freshly released vintages keep losing value through 2026.
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Spain's 2026 wine harvest falls as stocks climb 22%
Growers delivered one of Spain's earliest harvests on record, yet cellars already hold more wine than the new crop adds, and farm groups are split on what comes next.
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.
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.
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.
Michelin Guide brings its Grapes rating to Champagne
The first Michelin Grapes selection for Champagne arrives on 4 February 2027, extending a wine-estate rating born in Burgundy to France's best-known sparkling region.
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