A new system which offers a phonetic translation of the top chateaux names has been set up by Singaporean journalist Ch'ng Poh Tiong.

Boston-based auctioneer Skinner a newcomer to wine has set world records for Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Screaming Eagle and Harlan Estate.

Sir Peter Derham, founder of Red Hill Estate on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, has died aged 83.

After years of false starts, the new Côtes de Bordeaux appellation will go ahead from the 2008 vintage.

Chile's Vina Errazuriz is moving its core range of wines to lightweight bottles in order to reduce energy consumption in production and transportation.

A 22-mile hiking and biking trail though the Napa Valley has been proposed by a local winemaker to boost the region's tourism industry.

Italian coffee giant Illy has just acquired the 90ha Mastrojanni estate in the Montalcino hamlet of Castelnuovo dell'Abate.

A group of Navarra winemakers has joined forces in a bid to improve the quality and image of the region's wines.

Four wine dealers who targeted American investors and conned them out of over £1m were found guilty of fraud yesterday.

A federal judge's ruling in New York yesterday opened the way for wine collector William Koch to sue Zachys for selling him 19 allegedly counterfeit wines at auction.

Culinary wizard Heston Blumenthal believes we are just skimming the surface of taste and are close to throwing out the theory of the five basic tastes.

Jancis Robinson MW introduced the only British master brewer of sake to an eclectic audience in Soho this week.

The Graves region of Bordeaux and Bourgeuil in the Loire have become some of the first appellations to do away with the traditional harvest start date, or 'ban des vendanges'.

Bordeaux winemakers are calling for a system of reserves to be brought in to cope with low yields of white grapes.

The South African wine industry is gearing up for the 2010 football World Cup.

A war of words has broken out between winemakers in Montalcino following proposals by some producers to change the region's winemaking code.

Muscadet in the Loire has been hit even harder than expected as growers report the crop is around one third its usual size.

Foster's Group caretaker CEO Ian Johnston has been made permanent amid mounting speculation about a takeover.

Two seminars to be held in London demonstrate wine's continuing fascination as an investment vehicle.

Cheval des Andes winemaker Nicolas Audebert has just launched the latest vintages of his wines atop an Argentine polo pony.