Having flirted with Italy, investors are “turning strongly back to Bordeaux” as the wines “look under priced” at the moment, according to one fine wine merchant.
The Drinks Business
24 February 2021 By Lucy Shaw
The winners of the FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship – the Grenke Bank team – have been gifted a bespoke wine and chess set from Chateau La Grace Dieu des Prieurs in Bordeaux.
The winning prize included six bottles of Chateau La Grace Dieu des Prieurs 2014
The tournament brought together 1,500 chess players representing 288 companies from 78 countries across the leading sectors of the global economy, including energy, banking, tech, e-commerce and electronics.
Among the companies taking part were: Amazon, Samsung, Ford, Microsoft, Facebook, Siemens, Dell, Airbus, IBM, Boeing, Sony, Twitter, Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley, Vodafone, American Express, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse and Airbnb, who fought for the title of the world’s best corporate chess team.
The Drinks Business
23 February 2021 By Lucy Shaw
UK retailers are being âfloodedâ with counterfeit wines masquerading as popular Australian wine brand YellowTail, which may be the work of Chinese gangs.
As reported by
The Mirror, bottles of fake YellowTail Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Pinot Grigio have been found in shops across the UK. The wines are said to boast convincing labels that are duping UK retailers into stocking them.
Trading standards officers have launched an investigation following a number of customer complaints about the YellowTail wines being sold at KVK supermarket in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands.
The officers seized 41 bottles of the suspect YellowTail, which were confirmed to be fake by brand owner Casella. Similar bottles have been seized from other parts of the UK.
The Drinks Business
23 February 2021 By Lucy Shaw
New York-based fine wine and spirits agency Colangelo & Partners has promoted three senior employees to the role junior partner and taken on a brand strategist.
Sara Gorelick, Paul Yanon and Juliana Colangelo have all been made Junior Partners at Colangelo & Partners
Sara Gorelick, who has been with the agency since shortly after its inception in 2006, is now vice president, spirits, junior partner, while Paul Yanon, who has helped build the agency’s credentials as a leader in fine wine PR, is now vice president, wine education, junior partner.
According to the firm, Gorelick has been “instrumental in developing the agency’s premium spirits practice”, while Yanon knows his claret from his Beaujolais. Juliana Colangelo, who has helped build the agency’s roster of California wine clients, is now vice president, West Coast, junior partner.