chilean bulk wines

Las importaciones rusas de vino crecieron en 2013, mucho más en valor que en volumen gracias a la excelente marcha de espumosos y envasados – además a precios más altos – unida a la caída del granel. Italia se distancia de Francia como primer país proveedor en valor y volumen tras experimentar un extraordinario desarrollo tanto en 2013 como en lo que llevamos de siglo. La fuerte caída del granel español marcó el descenso global de las ventas en litros, pero…

Wine Spectator.- Documents uncovered by Ruinart show it shipped rosé in 1764—a decade before Veuve Clicquot While rosé Champagne has enjoyed strong sales in recent years, recently uncovered documents prove that pink bubbly is no temporary fad. Historians at Champagne Ruinart found papers recording that on March 14, 1764—250 years ago—Ruinart sold bottles of rosé Champagne. It was previously thought that Veuve Clicquot was the first to produce and sell rosé Champagne, in 1775. “It was really a big surprise,” said…

Wine Spectator.-  When it comes to wines that are labeled as “organic,” there are two tiers. If a bottle carries the USDA seal, its grapes must be farmed organically, its other agricultural ingredients (such as yeast) must also be organic, and no sulfites may be added to it. On the other hand, wines labeled as “made with organic grapes” are just that: These wines are vinified from organically farmed fruit, but sulfites may be added, and there are looser requirements for…

Decanter.com.- Auction house Sotheby’s is keen to hold more ex-cellar sales of Burgundy after the sum raised from a 2,000-bottle cache of Maison Joseph Drouhin wines significantly beat estimates in New York. The Drouhin auction, dubbed a once-in-a-generation event by the maison itself, fetched $930,694 against a pre-sale high estimate of $645,500, Sotheby’s said. Around 79% lots topped their high estimate, while all lots were sold. Sotheby’s’ head of New York auctions, Duncan Sterling, told decanter.com that the result reflects…