The Winery Beck of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

In what François Poher, director and chairman of the Board of Hospices Civils de Beaune, dubbed ‘historic and spectacular results’, the auction broke other records, including highest ever total for a charity wine auction and record total for any wine auction held by Sotheby’s, according to the auction house that managed the sale. The average price per barrel sold over Sunday’s seven-hour auction also reached a new high, at €35,974 topping last year’s record-setting average price per lot of €34,9 ...

Inside the August 2023 issue of Decanter magazine: FEATURES The 50 best wine trips Put your feet up and be transported by our ideas for the perfect wine holiday Oak in Champagne Tom Hewson explains why barrels are coming back into fashion in some of Champagne’s top cuvées Aligoté Burgundy’s other white grape deserves to be taken seriously, says Charles Curtis MW Wine of the times Charlie Leary on what it was like to be a wine lover in 19th-century England See our full top 50 wine trips ranking ...

The open letter, spearheaded by Wine Traders for Alternative Formats (WTAF), highlights the environmental impact of glass manufacturing and recycling. It notes that switching from glass to alternative formats could save ‘well over a third of the carbon footprint of wine consumed in the UK’ – the equivalent of taking 350,000 cars off the road overnight. Alternative formats such as boxed wine, canned wine, kegs, paper bottles and pouches all have much a smaller carbon footprint than glass. Oliver ...