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Culture in the middle of the wine province

Culture in the middle of the wine province - With a unique event location with a vaulted cellar inside and stages in the lovely gardens outside, "Gut Leben am Morstein" near Mainz earned the prize for the Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism Award 2022 in the category "Art and Culture".

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Featured Vineyard Located in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Located in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, this 102 acre vineyard and development property is currently for sale. Featuring a unique mix with a large proportion outside the ALR, 17.25 acres of vineyard, additional 10.5 acres ready to plant and multiple other suitable areas to plant or build.

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Meet the ‘new’ Bordeaux wine grapes

Do you know your Marselan from your Castets? Six 'new' grape varieties have now been approved for use in Bordeaux wines and the first plantings are expected in 2021.

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Washington wine industry to gather at WineVit Feb. 7–10

The Washington wine industry will gather to honor leaders, discuss challenges and opportunities, taste disease-resistant cultivars and introduce the new “Sustainable WA” certification program at WineVit in Kennewick, Washington, Feb. 7–10, according to a news release from Washington Winegrowers Association.

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Featured Vineyard: Nine Oaks Wine

Founded in 2012, the Nine Oak Estate produces premium wine products in Georgia. The company is passionate about producing wine with a deep respect for ancient winemaking tradition and the land, with family and friends in mind. Nine Oaks makes wine by the traditional Georgian wine-making method that involves fermenting the grape juice together with skins, stalks and pips.

Nine Oaks had the first vintage in 2013 and made first wine in 2014.

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The 2020 Sotheby’s Wine Market Report

The Sotheby’s 2020 Wine Market Report -Sotheby’s said wine and spirits auction sales rose by around 44% to $132m (£99.6m) in 2021, boosted by record prices, fresh partnerships, and a wave of new buyers.

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Napoleon's Bicorne Hat | The Embodiment of the Emperor himself

Napoleon’s distinctive Bicorne Hat came to be seen as the embodiment of the Emperor himself. In this episode of Sotheby’s Stories, learn about the hat which Napoleon wore throughout countless military campaigns and discover how it made him instantly recognisable on the battlefield.

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Sotheby’s Wine Reports $92 Million in Wines and Spirits Sales in 2020

Sotheby’s Wine’s annual auction sales of wines and spirits totalled $92 million in 2020, driven by the expansion of online sales, younger buyers entering the market, an increase in first-time buyers, and both new and established collectors embracing the company’s enhanced digital tools. Buyers from Asia continued to claim a larger share of global sales, with Sotheby’s leading the market in the region for the third consecutive year. Sotheby’s Wine Retail also achieved strong results this year, in both Hong Kong and New York.

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The 8 trends shaping the Chilean wine industry

Having been famously dismissed as the ‘Volvo’ of the wine world, Chile is now one of the most exciting winemaking nations on the planet. Keen to keep up with the lightning-quick pace of change, we’ve rounded up the key trends that are shaping Chile’s winemaking landscape.

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California Vineyards Prepare for 2021 Drought Conditions

With California facing drought conditions in 2021 following a 2020 growing season that was one of the driest and warmest in recent history, University of California (UC) crop water management and irrigation specialists provided advice to Lodi winegrape growers during two March workshops to help manage irrigation this season. Growers are advised to begin irrigation early for proper canopy growth and fruit set, use available technologies to monitor water status and efficiently apply irrigation, and monitor soils and irrigation water for salinity levels.

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