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December 25, 2022

A bottle of Petrus 2000 ages in the space station offered for sale at Christies

A bottle of Petrus 2000 has just spent 14 months in the international space station and will be offered for sale at 1 million USD at Christie's. The bottle of Petrus 2000 was aged on board the International Space Station is presented in a trunk made by the Maison d'Art de Paris "Les Ateliers Victor" placed next to a bottle of Petrus 2000 aged in the cellars with a carafe, two glasses and a corkscrew made from meteorite.https://ateliers-victor.com/https://www.christies.com/
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December 24, 2022

Ferrari Trento, a successful 2022

The Italian sparkling wine brand Ferrari Trento is enjoying great success in the world of fine motorsport and wine tourism wines. The Formula 1 podium which is sponsored by Ferrari Trento to celebrate race victories extends its sponsorship until 2025. 60,000 bottles of Ferrari Trento Brut were served during the Grand Prix of the F1 season. Unique Ferrari F1 Podium Jeroboam shaped bottles autographed by the winning drivers were auctioned on F1 Authentics which raised over £30,000 which will be donated to the Red Cross, in support of victims of the war in Ukraine .https://www.ferrarirento.com/
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December 24, 2022

The Caisserie bordelaise launches into luxury

This Bordeaux group which belongs to the Despujols and de Lavaux families, which is located in Libourne, in the Bordeaux region, has just acquired Wildcat Packaging, the luxury packaging specialist. Bordeaux crates have been established since the 1960s in Gironde where it has three factories located in different parts of the Bordeaux vineyards. The Wildcat Packaging group is based in the USA.https://wildcatpackaging.com/
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December 22, 2022

Spain: climate change affects vines

Spain is the third country in the world in terms of wine production behind France and Italy. Spanish wine production represents nearly 5 billion dollars each year.In Spain, higher temperatures caused by global climate change are affecting vines and genetic researchers believe that vines older than 35 years are better able to withstand this natural phenomenon. The Rioja region has 500 wineries and represents 21% of Spanish wine production, totaling an annual turnover of more than $1.5 billion per year.Rioja wines which have been produced for hundreds of years, in the northern region of Spain, produce some of the best wines in the world. Winemakers struggle to produce good wine, they believe wine tasted better in the past when temperatures were generally cooler. The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Spain since record-keeping began in 1961. Researchers believe old vines may grow better at higher temperatures. The current
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December 20, 2022

Penfolds launches two French wines

For the first time, the Penfolds company will offer in its annual collection a range of wines from 3 countries of origin: Australia, California and France. The French version of Penfolds II is led by a wine made with Maison Dourthe in Bordeaux, made by Peter Gago Head Winemaker of Penfolds and Frédéric Bonnaffous Head Winemaker of Maison Dourthe. Penfolds II: a partnership wine between a blend of Syrah from Australia and Cabernet from Bordeaux. https://www.dourthe.com/https://www.penfolds.com/
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August 1, 2022

The Saint-Emilion wine classification and its setbacks

After Château Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Angelus, Croque Michotte and La Gaffelière, the first grand cru classified A and B of Saint-Emilion since 1955, left the Saint-Emilion classification. The reason is that they no longer recognize themselves in this classification entrusted to Bureau Veritas which is in charge of tastings and analysis of applications, of searching for independent professional tasters (screw traders, sommeliers, eonologists, brokers, wine merchants , cellar master, operators... who could justify 10 years of experience in the regular practice of tasting.
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