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On New Year's Eve, over 360 million people will toast the New Year with a glass of bubbly. Some of the bottles will be labeled Champagne, and some of them will be labeled as Sparkling Wine. So why the difference in labeling? It turns out there are strict requirements for a wine to be called Champagne. These requirements are stridently enforced by the trade group the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin du Champagne (CIVC). In addition to quality requirements such as aging time, alcohol content and residual sugar, the CIVC requires that for a wine to be labeled as Champagne, it must be produced in the Champagne region of France. The CIVC has been very successful at enforcing these requirements through trade agreements. For example, in the U.S., a 2006 trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union requires that any American wine labels created after 2006 cannot call the wine Champagne. It is enforceable by law. Thus, even an American wine that is very similar to Champagne will most likely be labeled as Sparkling Wine. Whatever you will be drinking at the stroke of midnight, have a wonderful New Year’s! And come back in 2024 for more #LabelFactFriday.

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The Brexiteers finally after three years since brexit and six years since the beginning of the brexit process have something tangible to look forward to and the Remainers can stop wining (misspelt on purpose), they will now sell wine by the pint in UK. Hip Hip Hooray! What a Churchillian victory over the EU! A point of information though for those about to celebrate probably the biggest victory since WW2: A pint is smaller than the usual bottle of wine. A pint is 0.56 litres, the rest of the world typical bottle size is 0.75 litres so yet again Brexiteers have been sold short. Meanwhile here on the continent you can buy wine by the litre, right up to 15 litre bottles. The remainers will have the last laugh since the word pint comes from the Old French word pinte and perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin pincta meaning "painted", for marks painted on the side of a container to show capacity, a very European Concept. In fact today In France, a standard 250 mL measure of beer is known as un demi ("a half"), originally meaning a half-pint. A traditional German beer stein is 1 litre and can be up to 2.5 litres... yes in UK we have been sold short on our beer for a long time! Churchill lived to a ripe old age of 90 and was allegedly a functioning alcoholic; drinking whiskey in the morning, champagne for lunch, often a second champagne in the afternoon, martinis and brandy's in the evening. Hitler on the other hand would just drink sweet champagne by the glass he had a sweet tooth, became a vegetarian in later years and Roosevelt repealed prohibition and liked to make his own cocktails. Stalin was Georgian so liked sweeter wines and of course vodka which is served in 0.75 litre bottles, bigger than a pint! Before the 1918 revolution and metrification vodka was served in bottles called shtofs about 1.2299 liters. It appears everytime governments get involved our measures shrink? What's your favourite tipple size this Christmas? Are you celebrating that wine will now be sold by the smaller pint? I am still getting over the screw top wine in UK? Sorry to be old fashioned but personally the screw top its not right neither is a smaller bottle, send it back - cheap! #Bexit #benefits? #wine #uk #politics #france #labellefrance #EU

Done to create a link between the #Importer and the #Producer. Done to spread the real #Italian wine and liqueur production in the world. Done because #Italy has more than 40.000 wine producers and even more liqueurs producers. Done by the experience of decades in the International wine business. Done by one of the #MeranoWineFestival #Ambassador. Done after a #selection of wines and liqueurs producers all around #Italy. Done because... Italy is Italy but export is our life.

Reason behind this trend is very simple. Last twenty years generic wine brands such as Carlo Rossi and Franzia have been shifting from finished product export to bulk wine supply & local bottling, to save import duty.

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Little known. U.S. wine export prices have been soaring. While the export volume of U.S. bottled still wine has declined since 2000, the avg export price has more than quadrupled. In 2023, the avg U.S. bottled still wine export price was $8.75 per liter, more than French wine ($7.49 in 2022).

This a great article in Wine Business Monthly. I completely agree. And, the next generations want wine clubs or subscriptions that offer more sense of community or belonging. They want to get social and meet, interact, and share experiences with other club members, even if they are across the country (in fact, some think that's even better). I also find that less wineries are offering affordable events for members to attend. As a local, it doesn't have to be fancy. I'd much rather go to a fun BBQ at a winery than a fancy restaurant for dinner but most winery events are too high-brow and cost prohibitive. Are you a member of a wine club (or two)? What are your thoughts? #wineclub #dtc #winery #subscriptions

This picture of our former prime minister isn't one we would normally promote. And Boris isn't exactly an ideal role model. But it reveals a lot about a certain kind of drinking culture. Drinking patterns have changed and in pubs drinking wine has been popular for a long time. And glass sizes have changed. They have got larger. If you ask for a glass of wine most likely you will be offered 175ml or 250ml (medium or large). It used to be 125ml. If you have a couple of large glasses that's around half a bottle! You can ask for a small glass - and if you are counting units that's a good idea. Stay in control and understand the strength and quantity of what you are consuming. Follow #drinkbreak on linkedin and on instagram at #teamdrinkbreak. Sign up for updates on the drinkbreak website |So what's going to be the impact if wine is sold in pints? We don't know but we need to keep an eye on it. https://lnkd.in/eYKZVG78

A fascinating clip in which Loic Pasquet discusses his most expensive wine in the world. Wines have changed so much since the 1855 classification in Bordeaux that one can question whether the classification is still relevent. Mr Pasquet believes that wines have changed so much (inc the grape varieties) that his wine will take you back to the great wines of Napoleon's 1855 classification. 'It's all to do with what you are ready to pay for a dinner with Napoleon' How much are you ready to pay? https://lnkd.in/eSSMjfxE