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The world’s oldest charity wine auction, held on behalf of a medieval hospital in the Burgundy region of France, raised a record 6.3 million euros ($8.5 million), boosted by bidding from China. Yan Hong Cao, a China-based businesswoman, paid 131,000 euros for the “President’s barrel,” containing 456 liters of Meursault-Genevrieres Premier Cru, Cuvee Philippe le Bon, at the 153rd edition of the Hospices de Beaune auction. The annual event, held in collaboration with Christie’s International, sells barrels of Burgundy’s latest…

Que el vino se conserva mejor en bodega que no en apartamento se sabía. Pero ahora, desde la Fundación Edmund Mach llega la demostración científica que explica por qué y cómo la edad química del vino evoluciona en los distintos ambientes, demostrando la existencia de reacciones inesperadas y nuevos compuestos. De acuerdo con la investigación “Influencia de la conservación sobre la edad química de los vinos tintos” publicado en la revista Metabolomics, durante la tradicional conservación del vino en el…

Decanter.com.- A new restraint towards fine wine in China was largely responsible for a drop in Bordeaux exports last year, according to new figures released by the CIVB. Bordeaux’s wine council, the CIVB, said wine exports to China dropped by 16% in volume and 18% in value last year,  a drop of €60m versus 2012. China and Hong Kong still represented around 23% of all Bordeaux sales, and China remains the largest importer of Bordeaux wine by volume, and second…

thedrinksbusiness.com.- An Oxford biophysicist and a psychiatrist have teamed up to publish a book designed to help wine lovers refine their blind tasting skills. The Concise Guide to Wine & Blind Tasting features a guide to the world’s key wine regions, supplemented by a series of crib sheets to help readers distinguish the typical stylistic traits of grape varieties when grown in different parts of the world. There is also a section offering advice on how to organise your own…