This is not a bottle! Homage to the bottle, source of intoxication

“This is not a bottle!” at Mudac, Lausanne casts new light on wine containers. Mudac Museum and Valais Museum of the Vine and Wine are bringing together their collections to cast new light on wine containers. There are, and always have been, many possible variations upon the shape of a wine bottle. What stories could … Read more

Chanel is the new owner of the St. Supéry Estate Vineyards and Winery in Napa Valley

Chanel bought a Napa Valley winery. A taste of Chanel for a fraction of the price. French luxury fashion house Chanel is entering the U.S. wine business with the purchase of the St. Supéry Estate Vineyards and Winery, a Napa Valley winery. The 500-acre, sustainable vineyard owned by the Skalli family since 1982 is specializing … Read more

#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

D-Vine Gravity sommelier machine

A sommelier at home? 

D-Vine Gravity sommelier machine - 2014 model

We too love wine in bottles, but why not exploring a new alternative… Meet D-Vine Gravity – a tasting expert, elegant with a strong personality. The wine chilling machine serving wine by the glass without opener or fridge is a new way of tasting wines developed by French company 10-Vins. D-Vine Gravity offers a glass of wine at home, at the perfect temperature and decantation. The wine lover’s personal at-home sommelier will be able to enhance it and reach the perfect serving conditions in less than a minute. There are no wine bottles or corks involved.

The machine offers a selection of various French wines in flacons of 10cl, patented by WIT, designed to preserve the flavours and product quality for a duration of 3 years. 10cl is the size of a glass of wine, nothing more, nothing less. The selection is based on 10-Vins wine subscription service – an at-home delivery program offering tubes of premium wines ranging from €2 to €16.

Wine lovers insert the flacon of their choice in the smart machine. Via an RFID (Radio-frequency identification) tag D-Vine detects automatically the wine temperature and oxygynation level and gets ready. The glass of wine is in your hand in less than a minute. A water cleaning cycle allows to drink alternatively white, rose or red wine.

To be launched in France on November 15, the aerating and chilling machine retails for €499 ($560 USD).

Frenchvineyard D-Vine sommelier machine-100ml flacon 1 glass of wine D-Vine sommelier machine D-Vine sommelier machine interior D-vine how it works D-vine 2015 selection 10-vins 2015 selection 3 10-vins 2015 selection 2

A ‘statement’ cellar that would do justice to a prized 3,000 bottle wine collection

Intelligent custom wine cellar cabinetry inspired by and designed for the discerning wine collector. A jewel of a wine collection finds the perfect home in this luxury wine cellar by Revel. “Home is where the wine is,” said one Memphis tech entrepreneur envisioning his dream home, his prized 3,000 bottle wine collection was foremost in … Read more

Wine industry’s upward trajectory continues, but the rate of growth has decelerated, says study

Wine industry growth slows as Competition heats up, according to the recently released 2015 WineTAB report from Technomic. Following strong volume growth earlier in the decade, the wine industry’s upward trajectory continues, but the rate of growth has decelerated. In 2014, total wine volume rose 1.0 percent, and projections for 2015 and beyond call for … Read more