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Decanter.com.-/ Forget about buying Bordeaux 2013 en primeur, says Decanter consultant editor Steven Spurrier, but our experts say there will still be plenty of wines to enjoy in this ‘drinking vintage’ – with Sauternes and dry whites scoring well alongside strong individual performances from the reds. Tasters descended on Bordeaux for en primeur week with some trepidation following a difficult 2013 growing season that wine consultant Stephane Derenoncourt described as a ‘war against nature’. Perhaps it was inevitable that many…

thedrinksbusiness.com-/- A Manhattan judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a wine store and its owner by a customer who bought a number of wines he “didn’t like”. Philip Seldon bought six $12.99 bottles of a 2009 Rioja Crianza after receiving an email promotion from New York-based wine store, Grapes: The Wine Company, in which staff said they had been “very impressed” with the wine and highlighted its 91 rating by Robert Parker, according to a report by The New York…

PARÍS.- Chile se convirtió en el sexto mayor productor de vino a nivel mundial tras superar a China, según datos de la Organización Internacional de la Viña y el Vino (OIV). De acuerdo a los datos del organismo, en Chile se produjeron 12,8 millones de hectolitros durante 2013, es decir, un 2% más que en el año anterior. Esta cifra le permitió superar a China, que anotó un descenso de 15% en 2013 tras producir 11,7 millones de hectolitros. En…

Decanter.com./- The Russian government is considering investing up to RUB30bn (US$1bn) to develop winemaking in the recently annexed Crimean Peninsula over the next several years. The funding is set to be approved at a forthcoming meeting of the Russian government under the leadership of Russia’s Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, who has praised the quality of Crimean wine. Investment will be dedicated to the development of the wine industry in Crimean and Caucasian regions of Russia. According to Medvedev, Crimea’s total…