Founders Dan Diephouse and Jeanne Feldkamp have outlined plans to plant a 15–20 acre estate vineyard and build a tasting room and winery, with the tasting room targeted to open by the spring of 2024. “We believe the Willamette Valley is one of the best places on the planet to make world-class sparkling wine,” said Feldkamp. “Corollary’s early years have been about exploration and about…

Matt Patterson-Green, head winemaker at Jackson Estate, said: “Vintage in New Zealand is usually quite a sensible thing, warm to hot summer months with a couple of rain events at opportune times leading into a cooling down in March-April, with hand picking Pinot, Chardonnay, and Rose in March, followed by Sauvignon Blanc, and our Bordeaux reds in April-May. “2022 however truly tested not…

In the ministry’s first projection for 2022, wine production is expected to rise by 13-21% to between 42.6 million and 45.6 million hectolitres, 7% above the five-year average. Last year, a brutal spring frost led to the worst wine harvest for the country in 45 years, but most wine-growing regions have experienced favourable conditions in 2022 with the exception of the southwest which was hit…

Describing the situation as “urgent and imperative”, a spokesperson for the association said: “The continued rise in the prices of raw materials, bottling materials, transport and costs in general is pushing many small and medium-sized producers – which make up the majority of the business fabric of the wine industry -to the brink of bankruptcy.” The association outlined a number of ways in which the…

As well as solar panels and a biomass boiler that have been in operation for several years, four new photovoltaic projects will be added over the remainder of this year and the beginning of next year, allowing the winery to become 50% self-sufficient in its energy supply. Miguel A. Torres, president of Familia Torres, said: ‘We need to speed up and intensify the…

The agreement has been reached just months after China agreed to officially recognise the Italian sparkling wine’s trademark. “This decision can be considered as the result of a protection strategy that has always aimed at reinforcing the denomination’s perception not only in the consumers’ minds but also at a legal level,” explained Stefano Zanette, president of Prosecco DOC. “A few months ago we were celebrating…

The members gave their unanimous endorsement to continue with Cava’s ambitious Strategic Plan, committed to raising the prestige of the product by investing in the sector’s entire value chain.  Javier Pagés said: “Unity is fundamental at such decisive times for the future of the sector. With it, the sector can achieve all the challenges we have set for ourselves and be a leading…