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The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Thousands of wine lovers, sommeliers and trade professionals across the world have benefited from Lenoir’s educational tools over the past four decades. He was born into a winemaking family in Burgundy, and he often joked that he learned to taste as he learned to walk. Lenoir was a paratrooper during the Algerian War, and he then pursued a career at the Maison de la Culture in Chalon-sur-Saône. He was eventually promoted to assistant director, but he never lost his passion for wine, and he studi ...

Petite Fleur is a rosé Champagne comprising 65% Chardonnay Grand Cru 2019, 30% Chardonnay Grand Cru from the perpetual reserve and 5% Pinot Noir. It is the latest in a long line of high-profile releases from the actor, who made his first foray into the wine trade back in 2011. Pitt and his now ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, purchased Château Miraval in Provence for a reported $67m that year. The former couple is now embroiled in a bitter divorce battle over the estate, which has been dubbed ‘War of th ...