The Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction, will move from Distell’s Nederburg estate to the Rupert Museum in Stellenbosch. The final wine selection will be curated by a panel of expert judges with strict criteria focusing on quality, rarity and collectability as the main drivers, according to the organisers. Philanthropy will remain a key element of the auctions DNA and focus for all the stakeholders.
CCEP says it collaborated on its liquid by challenging a handful of the leading bartenders to create a range of new taste experiences, with access to more than 200 ingredients. The Signature Mixers range comprises: Smoky, by Max Venning contains Ylang Ylang, dried fruit and warm brown spices, with hints of oak; Spicy, by Adriana Chia and Pippa Guy is mixed with lime, ginger and…
Golikeri (pictured) will be based in Dubai and will report to Maurice Doyle, president – incubation brands and global commercial development. In spring 2018, Mike Birch took on additional responsibility for Bacardi’s digital commerce business as vice president digital commerce. He will now work purely on digital commerce business. Doyle said: “Mike’s tenure in Global Travel Retail is something we are very proud of, for his…
Pinot Noir NZ 2021 will take place from February 23-25, 2021. NZWG says the aim is to see New Zealand Pinot makers recognised as international thought leaders and spark increased demand for New Zealand wine. Pinot Noir 2021 co-chair Helen Masters, winemaker at Ata Rangi, Martinborough, and ‘NZ Winemaker of the Year 2019’ said: “The New Zealand wine industry is becoming mature and confident,…
_________________________________________ DESPITE THE EXTREME water shortages, this year’s German wine harvest has turned out to be unexpectedly high, according to the German Wine Institute (DWI). After last year’s below-average crops and correspondingly depleted cellar stocks, latest estimates expect a wine must harvest nationwide of approximately 10.7m hl. The institute says this would correspond to a 23% rise over the 10-year mean…
The company says he will use his background in international exhibition management to develop the Vinexpo brand worldwide. The 46-year-old, graduated from Kedge Bordeaux (formerly Sup de Co Bordeaux) and holds an MBA from HEC Paris. As head of marketing and client services at Reed Midem in France, he oversaw digital marketing, e-business and the entire customer experience, from visitor recruitment to the…
_____________________________________________ CHINA is estimated to be 1.4bn over 9.6m square kilometres – that’s a huge expanse and an awful lot of people. There are said to be 65 cities with more than 1m people, the largest being Shanghai with an estimated 24m. With these sort of numbers, generalising is a precarious practice. Nevertheless,…
Union and Cellier des Dauphins’s managing director, Laurent Reinteau told Drinks International that after two years of research and development, the company has a new strategy for its Cellier des Dauphins Rhône brand. This includes splitting the brand into six tiers, from the entry level Prestige IGP to Les Dauphins – available in approximately 50 markets – Origine Bio, Villages, Reserve Côtes du Rhône and…
Bastion Mingers takes over from Marius Berlemann, who will become the general manager of Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai Co Ltd. with project and HR responsibility for Messe Düsseldorf’s entire Chinese portfolio. It allows Berlemann to remain closely involved with ProWine China and ProWine Asia (Hong Kong), particularly with the threat from Vinexpo launching its own show a few weeks before ProWine, also in Shanghai next autumn.
Compiled by world-renowned wine writers, Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson MW, the atlas has grown in size to 416 pages and 22 new maps have been added. Since the publication of the first edition in 1971, The World Atlas of Wine is widely recognised as an essential and most authoritative wine reference. It has has sold 4.7 million copies worldwide. Mitchell Beazley, part…
