Category Archives: Wine News

Fake Wine labels

Posted on March 19, 2018 by The Wine Commander

Above: fake wine about to be crushed! France’s anti-fraud body has just uncovered a huge scam in which a merchant tried to sell more than 48 million litres of wine falsely labelled as Cotes-du-Rhone. The fraud encompassed the equivalent of … Continue reading →

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Oregon Pinot noir and the Willamette Valley

Posted on March 5, 2018 by The Wine Commander

There are six sub regions in the Willamette Valley AVA’s. (American Viticultural Areas). Chehalem Mountain, Dundee Hills, Eola-Amity Hills, McMinaville, Ribbon Ridge, and Yamhill Carlton. I managed to cover all the AVA’ s during a 2 week visit. The Willamette … Continue reading →

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Kiwis lodge wine complaint against Canada

Posted on January 20, 2018 by The Wine Commander

New Zealand has confirmed it will join Australia in a World Trade Organisation complaint against Canada over allegedly “arbitrary and disadvantageous” treatment of wine imports. Talks have broken down after Canada’s stance on the sale of imported wine in the country’s … Continue reading →

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The Coravin device – is it worth it?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by The Wine Commander

A Coravin opener stops wine from being exposed to air and therefore retains its freshness and character. The system pierces the cork (or via a special screw top) with a thin hollow needle. You press a trigger which forces the … Continue reading →

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Tanker driver siphoned off 1000’s of litres of wine

Posted on October 22, 2017 by The Wine Commander

A 52 year old tanker driver has been arrested after allegedly siphoning off several thousand litres of wine into a basement on his parents’ property near Carcassonne, south west France. Following a call-out to an altercation two kilometres east of … Continue reading →

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