Space wine: Twelve bottles of Château Petrus 2000 sent to space deliver their first secrets

  Space Cargo Unlimited revealed the first results of the scientific research carried out on wine that aged more than one year on board the ISS, as part of Mission WISE. Twelve bottles of Château Petrus 2000 spent 14 months orbiting the earth on the International Space Station. The project is part of Mission WISE, … Read more

The Taylor Cellars Burgundy, Bordeaux, Napa: Sotheby’s first New York single-owner sale of the year

    This Saturday, Sotheby’s Wine New York is hosting a livestream of its first single-owner sale of the year, The Taylor Cellars | Burgundy, Bordeaux, Napa. The auction will be held at Sotheby’s saleroom in New York, with bidders participating online and by telephone. Due to New York regulations, bidders are not able to … Read more

Walpole welcomes a new cohort of luxury creative entrepreneurs to the 2021 Brands of Tomorrow

  Brands of Tomorrow Class of 2021: Walpole unveiled the next generation of luxury businesses. Walpole, the industry body for the British luxury sector, has unveiled the 2021 participants for its annual Brands of Tomorrow programme, supported by partners Mishcon de Reya and moneycorp. The initiative will nurture and guide 12 of Britain’s most innovative … Read more

Jay-Z is sharing first bottle of D’USSÉ 1969 Anniversaire ultra-rare Grande Champagne Cognac with the rest of the world

  With an estimated value of $25,000-$75,000, this Bottle of ultra-rare Grande Champagne Cognac will be Auctioned at Sotheby’s starting March 1 with proceeds to benefit Shawn Carter Foundation. The Shawn Carter Foundation debuts “Bottle No. 1” of the new D’USSÉ 1969 Anniversaire Limited Edition at Sotheby’s auction house. Wrapped in 24-Karat gold foil and … Read more

Top champagnes that are showing best this very moment: Top 10 champagnes for 2021

  For the tenth time, Champagne Magazine and wine information platform Tastingbook.com, put hundreds of champagnes in line and ranked the 100 best champagnes on global markets for 2021. After days of blind-tasting hundreds of champagnes, the final results were tabulated. Any champagne making it into the Top 100 in the rigorous tasting by the … Read more

‘It’s not necessarily a guarantee’: should you buy an award-winning wine?

Faced with a wall of unfamiliar wine, it seems logical to reach for the bottle with the most gold stickers – but experts suggest other ways to get a drop you’ll enjoy