Lovers of wine made in France’s Bordeaux region often ask how chateaux set their prices. The answers involve a 19th-century ranking, professional criticism and digital-age reviews.
Based on organic residues – imperceptible to the naked eye and detectable only at a molecular level – bronze age wine consumption must be fundamentally reconsidered.
Opt for a lighter, cheaper red wine if you’re trying to dodge a headache this holiday season.
The French wine industry suffered an estimated €600 million in losses following a US tariff put in place during Donald Trump’s first term.
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US president-elect Donald Trump promised his supporters that tariffs would rise on all products under his administration. What impact could this have on the French wine industry?
Gen Z consumes about one-third less beer and wine than previous generations.
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Parents of teenagers play an important role in their alcohol consumption. A new study shows that parental rules are the key, and that talking is not all that useful!
Sarcophagus with depictions of a vintage festival, including the grape harvest and wine production, ca. 290-300 CE.
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Emlyn Dodd, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Shouting, squelching, singing, constantly moving, ancient urban wineries were an assault on the senses
A giant wine bottle is displayed at the Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna, B.C., in Feb. 2024. Home to more than 180 licensed grape wineries and known as “the wine capital of Canada,” the Okanagan Valley is also nationally renowned for fruit orchards that produce apples, peaches and cherries.
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Global warming poses great challenges to Canada’s wine industry. But in these challenges lie equally great opportunities to build a better, and more sustainable, wine industry.
Roman wines may have looked and tasted better than long assumed. The answer lies in their use of clay jars, a technique still used in modern winemaking in Georgia.
Chinese actress and singer Zhao Wei in the middle of her Chateau Monlot vines in 2018.
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It’s time to revisit the evidence for the health benefits of moderate drinking, and separate fact from wishful thinking. Can we confidently say, ‘Cheers to good health?’
Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London; Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University, School of Advanced Study, University of London