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Vint launched as a fine wine and spirit investment opportunity after working with the regulatory body, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The aim, said CEO Nick King, is to make the concept of fine wine investment a mainstream idea in the US. ‘If you were to walk down the street in a major US city and ask 100 people if they’d heard of wine as an investment, maybe only five, or at most 10 people would respond affirmatively,’ he said. Prior to the launch of Vint, interested Americans ...

Celebrated Soave producer Pieropan is due to unveil its new winery in April 2022. Dubbed ‘Leonildo Pieropan‘ after the estate’s pioneering late owner, the winery is considered groundbreaking for its eco credentials and use of materials – and is largely hidden under a hill, with just the frontage visible. Pieropan’s project began in 2015, when the family realised they had outgrown the existing winery in the centre of Soave town, and subsequently acquired a site in th ...

The move is designed to substantially reduce the female-owned Champagne house’s carbon footprint. Champagne bottles have traditionally been wrapped in a coiffe, which covers the cork, the wire cage and most of the neck. This coiffe is typically made of aluminium foil, although some Champagne houses still use tinfoil in their packaging. Emeline De Sloovere, the 33-year-old winemaker at Champagne De Sloovere-Pienne, decided to remove the coiffe in favour of a simple strip of paper. She already foc ...