Matthew Nugent

Why Provence Sets the Gold Standard for Rosé [Infographic]

When the warm weather hits right, a chilled glass of rosé is hard to beat. But we’re not talking about just “any” rosé. We’re uncorking one from Provence. Provence isn’t just famous for rosé. It’s...

Backlash against Michelin Guide's inaugural winery ratings

The Michelin Guide has introduced a ‘Grape Selection’ rating for wine estates that has rolled out for its first region, Burgundy, but is already facing some backlash from producers. 

Mourvèdre Was Made for Heat. Rising Temperatures Are Testing It | SevenFifty Daily

In a warming climate, even one of the world’s most heat-tolerant grape varieties is reaching its limits…

Tahbilk wine family mourns passing of matriarch

For winemaker Ben Glaetzer, it’s time to breathe

Ben Glaetzer is concerned about the impact the brutal financial and social fallout is having on the mindset of winemakers and grapegrowers in his wine region.

Champagne on course for earliest harvest start date ever

Following an early start to the growing season, then frost, now heatwave conditions, Champagne is set for its earliest harvest start date.

The Buyer | Reyneke’s re-launched Cornerstone Range: can it pay to do good?

Johan Reyneke has spent two decades proving that winemaking can be a force for social change in South Africa. Now, with a reimagined Cornerstone range, and with a radical new value chain model...

The 8 Best Naturally Low-Alcohol White Wines, According to Experts | SevenFifty Daily

Consumer demand for lighter, fresher wines has put the spotlight on naturally low-alcohol whites. Here are eight bottles wine professionals across the country recommend…

Curiosity, selectivity and digital influence grow among UK consumers - Drinks Retailing

Brits are becoming more knowledgeable, more digitally influenced and increasingly driven by experience over habit when it comes to deciding what to buy in the drinks aisle, according to new data....

Wine industry searches for answers as US alcohol sales slide

The US wine industry is grappling with falling sales, shifting consumer habits and intensifying competition from alternative drinks categories. But while traditional consumption patterns continue to...

Truth behind minerality of your favourite wine, top easy-drinking summer red & €7.19 supermarket...

IT’S a subject that finally comes up during many a discussion with winemakers – that of “minerality” in your favourite tipple. So, I was not surprised at all when Dermot Cradden, of Baltinglass, Co…

The Buyer | Why The Uncommon is moving into glass bottles at the right time

“It probably only feels strange if you see us as a canned wine brand. We don’t. We think of ourselves as English winemakers trying to get more people drinking brilliant local wine, more often.”...

Why More Wineries Are Betting on High-Volume Wines | SevenFifty Daily

Accessible, higher-volume SKUs are helping producers build resilience in a difficult wine market…

Form Over Function: Why Some Wineries Are Rethinking the Shape of the Bottle

Picture a wine bottle. What do you imagine? Odds are, you’re seeing something relatively tall and cylindrical, with a narrow neck at the top. Maybe you are visualizing one of the more classically...

Severe flooding hits parts of Western Cape wine region - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Vineyards lying alongside the Breede River in South Africa’s Western Cape have been devastated by severe flooding after the river burst its banks. The...

The Buyer | All you need to know about the new Bordeaux Claret classification

Bordeaux’s decision to officially bring back the Claret classification - so often associated with the traditional UK wine merchant and archetypal Bordeaux drinker - but now revamped and repositioned...