On 15 and 16 February 2008 the Wine Academy of Spain hosted the 2nd World Congress on Climate Change and Wine at the Hesperia Tower Hotel in Barcelona.
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2008 will be dedicated to marketing, with special emphasis on the Chinese market.
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Rosé sales increased by 14 percent and reds by almost 19 percent over figures for 2006.
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Pernod Ricard España has announced that, subject to certain conditions, it has reached an agreement to sell a number of brandy and sherry brands to Osborne.
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US publication awards La Rioja prize for being the best wine producing region of the year
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After the picking of the final grapes of the 2007 Rioja harvest on 2 November, the Control Board of the Denominación de Origen Calificada (D.O.Ca.) expressed their satisfaction with the quality of this year’s vintage. President Victor Pascual Artacho attributed the potential for high quality wines to the technical expertise and professionalism of growers in the region and the good weather that accompanied the final stages of maturation.
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Enotria is delighted to announce its appointment as exclusive Agent for Marqués de Riscal in the UK.
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Cava represents a third of total sparkling wine sales in the Scandinavian country
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The experts qualified as ‘Sherry Wine Educators’ with a view to organising sherry tastings and courses
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The Catalonian Group takes over A.V. Imports, one of the US top twenty wine importers
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Survey reveals that price is no longer a determining factor for sales on the German market
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Rioja is the wine region most likely to convert UK consumer awareness into sales, according to the recently released results of a Wine Intelligence Vinitrac survey. Recognised as a wine region by two-thirds of UK wine drinkers, nearly half of respondents who had heard of Rioja said they had purchased wines from the region in the last three months – placing it firmly in pole position, ahead of Bordeaux and Burgundy.
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108 Japanese sommeliers attended the contest
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Sales reached 33.79m litres, bettering the 31.3m litres of the same period in 2006
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The celebrated British artist compares his project to a large flower
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The Catalonian winery’s Chinese venture is running profit since 2004.
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Share of wine imports from Spain hit 21.8 percent in Q1 2007
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