From amari mania to a vodka revival: what we’ll be drinking in 2017
If you want to keep up with the in-things in drinks this year, here are four trends that could take off in a big way
Sparkling wine
The year of gin! Spirit enjoys record sales as drinking habits change
About 40m bottles were sold over the past 12 months – enough to make 1.12bn gin and tonics – as Spain and US become key markets
#Unplan with Domaine Chandon
Wine house Chandon (owned by LVMH luxury giant), America’s leading sparkling wine producer, aims to be the sparkling wine of choice for informal, spontaneous occasions, a wine to be enjoyed in cocktails on the beach or at lunch with friends. In 2015, Chandon for the first time rolled out unified fresh and spontaneous campaigns for … Read more
Champagne is all a matter of taste – but the taste doesn’t really matter
Experts are saying that upmarket champagne tastes better out of a normal wine glass than out of a flute – is this the new shape of alpha snobbery?
The first sparkling wine to top Wine Enthusiast’s annual Top 100 List
Roederer Estate L’Ermitage 2004, one of the best California sparkling wine, has been named Wine Enthusiast’s number one wine of 2013 out of the more than 16,500 wines from around the world the tasting panel reviewed this year. Wines featured in the Top 100 are all top-scoring wines, but also wines that boast exceptional quality-to-price … Read more
The first House to produce sparkling wine in China inaugurates its own winery
Domaine Chandon broke ground for its winery near Yinchuan, China. To win over wine consumers in China, the second-largest market for Moet Hennessy, the premium wine maker is blending its savoir-faire with Chinese expertise and announced the new Domaine Chandon China, located in Yinchuan. The new 66- hectare (163 acres) estate was inaugurated at the end … Read more