Wine

Grape expectations: How China’s Ningxia is courting international travellers with wine tourism

Harvest season for grapes in Ningxia starts from mid-August to October.

‘We are Ningxia, not Bordeaux’: How women are reshaping Chinese wine

Sun Miao (left) of Domaine des Aromes, Jiang Jing (centre) of Domaine Pu Shang and Zhang Jing (right) of Helan Qingxue Vineyard, are females in Ningxia's wine industry, carving a way forward for China wines.

Czech castle's cache of precious wine goes on display in new-old bottles

Bottles of 19th-century wine are kept on shelves in a cellar of Becov castle, as State Castle and Chateau of Becov nad Teplou, where the restored Chateau d'Yquem wine collection, discovered in 1985 and linked to the Beaufort-Spotin family, is presented to the public following a complex restoration with French experts in Becov nad Teplou, Czech Republic, June 1, 2026 REUTERS/Eva Korinkov

Georgia uncorks the value of Stalin’s 40,000-bottle wine collection

A wine cellar housing a collection of rarities from the 19th and 20th centuries, once owned by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, in Tbilisi, Georgia May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

Culinary Class Wars judge Anh Sung-jae pauses YouTube channel after wine controversy backlash

South Korea's Chef Anh Sung-jae is known as one of the judges on Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars.

Uganda's President Museveni sworn in for seventh term

Uganda's President and the leader of ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Yoweri Museveni, holds up the Bible as he is sworn-in after being declared the winner of the country’s presidential election, extending his decades-long rule at the Kololo grounds in Kampala, Uganda May 12, 2026. REUTERS/Michael Muhati

EU pays for French winemakers to turn unsold stock into ethanol

Global wine consumption is dwindling amid changing drinking patterns, lackluster economic conditions and trade tariffs.

US menus change as Trump’s tariffs hit wine prices

The tariff rate for many European goods was set at 15 per cent last August under a US-EU trade deal.

AI is coming for the sommeliers

Mr Chase Sinzer, a partner at the wine bar Stars, talking to customers at right at the establishment in Manhattan on March 11.

600-year-old seed found in medieval French toilet shows pinot noir grape has never changed

The seed found in the toilets of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes being used to make today's pinot noir wine, scientists say.

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