Wined Up Weekly presents all the news from the world of wine, once a week, to keep you up-to-date with everything that’s happening in wine.
Bumper edition: Diageo profits fall by 47%, Heineken's by over 75% - News from Australia: exports steady, rise in boxed wine sales - UK sales of Tio Pepe up during lockdown - Spirit-infused ice cream made legal in New York - Japanese train station releases wine - Wine of the Week: Champagne made from Meunier
"Outstanding" results for Concha y Toro in the second quarter of 2020; in contrast, LVMH figures fall 28%, Campari 11.3% - Champagne yet to set yields for 2020 harvest - Emus banned from Australian pub - Wine of the Week: a 2012 Côte Rôtie
Coronavirus Latest:
Nearly 16,000 US restaurants have closed but off-premise sales up 27%;
South Africans protesting alcohol ban in the country;
Volume of Prosecco 2020 vintage to be reduced;
Pernod-Ricard more optimistic about 2020 sales figures
- More on Pernod-Ricard, who have also invested in a Mezcal brand (for more on Mezcal, read Katie's report on The Buyer)
- Champagne Taittinger's English winery gets approval
- Wine of the Week: a German Zweigelt
Coronavirus Updates: Indoor dining stopped in California; News from the UK; Sales of alcohol banned again in South Africa - US agrees not to impose 100% tariffs on French wine - Another celebrity wine...this time from Cameron Diaz - New wines from Bollinger and Torres - Man fined in the UK for drinking carrot juice - Wine of the Week: a maverick blend from South Australia
International drinks corporations pause social media advertising in protest at racist content - Delta airlines extend alcohol service on some flights - UK packaging company launches wine bottle made of paper - Another celebrity wine ... this time from Mary J Blige - Wine of the Week: a Brachetto from Piemonte
Master Sommeliers resign from the Court over inaction on racial equality - English hospitality industry to reopen on 4 July - £100 Turkish wine sells out - Chinese Bordeaux counterfeiter sentenced to 18 months - Wine of the Week: a 1995 Cabernet Franc from the Loire
Bâtonnage://Connect women in wine forum launches - Airlines resume flights but mostly without alcohol - Threat of tariffs looms again - Wine of the Week: a rare indigenous variety from Greece
Batonnage goes live this week - virtually - Tasting rooms in California open while indoor drinking and dining is allowed - More news on the release of the Bordeaux 2019 vintage - Wine of the Week: Matthiasson Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Bordeaux Châteaux release their 2019s with prices falling dramatically - French government support wineries as wine is to be distilled into hand gel and sanitisers - Top Australian wines join La Place de Bordeaux - Torres hit carbon emissions targets a year early - Two new AVAs in Willamette Valley - Wineries of the Week: Theopolis, McBride Sisters, Brown Estate
Caymus owner Chuck Wagner suing California governor - South Africans allowed to buy alcohol again - Southern France launches €34m recovery plan - Henkell Freixenet passes €1bn in turnover - Kylie Minogue launches rosé brand - And, as ever, our wine of the week
