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The project saw the estate’s 2014 Blanc de Blancs submerged 60m under the sea for 12 months off the coast of Brest in Brittany, northwest France. Its spell in the water took place while it was still on the lees, before being disgorged in 2021. This sets the English project apart from many similar projects conducted by Champagne houses, where disgorging prior to submergence is mandatory by production law. Sixty meters under the sea Initially inspired by bottles found in decades-old shipwrec ...

Bodegas Familiares de Rioja , an association backed by 216 growers, said it would no longer participate in the decision-making process of the Consejo Regulador and its sectorial interprofessional committee, the Organización Interprofesional del Vino de Rioja (OIPVR).  Despite the decision to leave management bodies, BFR said its producers would continue to operate the Rioja DOca appellation, in terms of producing wine labeled under the Rioja Doca. Its move highlights turbulence in one of Spain&# ...

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...