Waitrose wine boss Justin Howard-Sneyd is moving to Direct Wines.

South African winery Nederberg has launched a range of wines in association with FIFA for the 2010 World Cup.

The humble Gouais Blanc grape variety once banned in Europe because of its poor quality is the mother of leading varieties including Chardonnay and Gamay, according to a new study.

The team behind London's St John Restaurants is to open a hotel and restaurant in London's Leicester Square, on the former premises of Manzi's.

Casanova di Neri has been cleared of wrongdoing in the 'Brunellogate' scandal.

Singapore Airlines will maintain annual 5m wine budget despite the CEO taking a 20% cut in salary in a bid to cope with the company's second-successive quarterly loss.

Hong Kong has overtaken London as the second-biggest wine-auction market after New York.

Formula One Champion Jody Scheckter has announced his plans to open a winery in Hampshire.

US wine consumers are - very slowly - regaining confidence in the economy, if Mintel's figures are anything to go by.

Italian authorities suspect some 10m litres of Tuscan wine may have been blended illegally.

The California Wine Institute has rubbished claims from an anti-alcohol group that it should be renamed the Big Alcohol Institute' and is a tool' of global drinks corporations.

Lanson Champagne has outsold everything at Sainsbury's except chicken fillets and Quality Street chocolates.

The American market should stay away from Bordeaux en primeur until the global economy has stabilised, internet wine guru Gary Vaynerchuk has told decanter.com

Yellow Tail creator John Casella is the victim of an alleged AUS$5.5m blackmail plot.

The American market should stay away from Bordeaux en primeur until the global economy has stabilised, internet wine guru Gary Vaynerchuk has told decanter.com

The auction of wines from celebrated Parisisan restaurant La Tour d'Argent made 1,542,717.

Francis Ford Coppola is suing packaging firm Vinocor USA, alleging that its defective bottles and screwcaps ruined 55,000 cases of his new Encyclopedia wine range.

Japan's Suntory group has bought a majority stake in China's leading premium wine importer, ASC Fine Wines, for an undisclosed sum.

Nine Pomerol producers are fighting new regulations that require all chateaux to vinify in the appellation to retain the Pomerol AC.

Liberty Wines' Nicola Cornelius has been named Young Wine Writer of the Year 2009.