The Winery Busato of Pernambuco

The 11 producers within the group saw total sales reach 2.3 million bottles for 2021 which erased the general 23% contraction in sales during 2020 and surpassed 2019’s 2.2 million bottles sold. What’s more, the per bottle price rose 2% from 2020 to an average of 17.35€. This is an important distinction in a country where sparkling wines are regularly found in supermarkets for 2€ a bottle or even less. The Corpinnat producers admit that this rise in price will unfortunately be offset ...

London-based Crurated said its membership will have direct access to Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux wines, following an ‘exclusive direct-to-consumer distribution deal’ signed with winemaker Charles Lachaux and his mother, Florence. Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, established in Burgundy in 1858, has risen to a new level of prominence in recent years, and Charles Lachaux is regarded as one of the top talents of his generation. Crurated, founded in 2021, offers wines sourced direct from wineries and describes it ...

La Niña’s extended three-year run of 2020-2022, with its largely beneficial cooling effects for southern hemisphere viticulture, has ended; a warming El Niño phase is back, and the UN predicted in May 2023 that there is a 66% chance we will see 1.5°C of warming for at least one year in the next half-decade. Crossing that threshold (according to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) ‘risks unleashing far more severe climate-change impacts’ than those experienced thus far. The worl ...