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Graham Gooch’s wine collection for sale 3rd February, 2021 by Rupert Millar Fine wines from the collection of former England cricketer Graham Gooch have gone on sale through From Vineyards Direct. A personal friend of chairman Johnny Wheeler and “enthusiastic customer” of the company over the years, Gooch apparently has had a “longstanding interest and passion in ‘better wine’.” Wheeler commented: “Graham is now looking to offer some of his finest wines for sale and we’re delig...

Château Fleur Cardinale begins organic conversion 3rd February, 2021 by Rupert Millar St Emilion grand cru Château Fleur Cardinale has begun its conversion to organic farming which is due to be completed by 2024. Owners Caroline and Ludovic Decoster made the announcement, saying it was the next step after 10 years of “painstaking work” in the vineyards to improve the estate’s vine-growing practices and reduce the overall environmental impact – a process which while long has apparently ...

New lager yeast developed 1st February, 2021 by Rupert Millar A new way of creating non-GMO lager yeast strains has been found by a bioengineering company, which it says could help “broaden the diversity of commercial lager beer strains” for big and small brewers. The new strain has been developed by bioengineering company Renaissance BioScience in Vancouver and the paper proposes it be classified as a third group of lager strain. Currently, as it has been for hundreds of years, there are ju...

PFV nominates five families for €100,000 prize 27th January, 2021 by Rupert Millar The wine group Primum Familiae Vini (PFV) has announced its shortlist of five family business, including The Goring Hotel, a Japanese pottery and Michelangelo’s gold leaf provider, for its 2021 ‘Family is Sustainability’ prize. The group, made of 12 historic European wine producers, has selected five family-run companies (none of them wine related) to receive the prize of €100,000, with the eventual winn...

Bordeaux négoce urge on this year’s campaign 27th January, 2021 by Rupert Millar The union representing 80 Bordeaux négociants has said it is “ready” for this year’s campaign and urged the UGC to stick the traditional timing of May-July releases – and the pricing pattern of last year. Philippe Tapie, president of the Bordeaux Négoce Committee for classified growths, said: “With my colleagues, we all agree that a campaign is necessary and should take place, as usual, during both th...