Between the coronavirus and the Trump tariffs, the French wine market has collapsed. So winemakers are — sadly — sending their excess product off to another life as hand sanitizer.
Tag: Wines
‘Like Licking an Ashtray’: Fires’ Invisible Threat to Australia’s Wines
The smoke produced by the blazes that ravaged the country may ruin entire vintages, but detecting contamination is a guessing game.
Warming Winter (Almost) Cuts Off a Sweet Wine Tradition in Germany
Years of milder temperatures have made German ice wine increasingly rare and expensive. This year, the industry body says, there will be only a few bottles.
India’s Wine Country: A Charming Work in Progress
No one would mistake the Nashik region for California’s Napa Valley, but visitors are rewarded with winemaker-led tastings, 2,000-year-old cave carvings and a few bottles of delicious wine.
What to Eat and Drink This Australian Summer
It’s the holiday season and we’re hot and hungry. A roundup of our favorite food, wine and restaurants of late.
A French Wine From China? This $300 Bottle Is the Real Thing
A Rothschild estate in Shandong Province has released its first vintage. It was 10 years in the making.
South African Wine Farmer in Land Dispute Is Shot Dead
It was too soon to say whether the killing of Stefan Smit, a prominent white farmer, was a random criminal act or was related to bitter arguments about land ownership.
Chinese Settle Into French Vineyards. But Château Imperial Rabbit?
Renamed estates stir consternation among tradition-bound French. Rabbits are hunted in the Bordeaux, they note, and there are no “Tibetan Antelopes.”
French Raise a Glass to a Health Warning About Too Much Wine
“For your health, it’s maximum two glasses a day, and not every day,” the health agency said. France’s response? Deafening silence.
In South Africa’s Fabled Wine Country, White and Black Battle Over Land
A generation after apartheid, the Stellenbosch region is gripped by a struggle that pits white citizens who still control much of the economy against their black neighbors.