Moët Hennessy has made a strategic investment in French Bloom alcohol-free sparkling wines, through the acquisition of a minority stake.

Diablo, created by South American wine company Concha y Toro, has announced the arrival of two new wines to its portfolio.

English winery Exton Park has unveiled a trio of sparkling wines following a 10-year development process.

Orlando Wyndham has announced that the harvesting of the 2013 vintage in Australia for its global wine brand, Jacob’s Creek, is underway.

The boutique sparkling wine producer, Herbert Hall Wines, has been selected to make an English Sparkling Wine Cuvée for The Prince of Wales’s Highgrove brand.

There has been a seismic shift in the Chilean and Argentinian wine industries, according to some leading experts.

Lanson International has launched Lanson Extra Age Rosé to global markets.

Growers, cooperatives and houses in Champagne have offered ambivalent first appraisals of the 2011 vintage, following what has been described as the appellation’s “earliest ever harvest”.

Grupo Codorníu has extended its Raimat range of wines with the addition of Castell de Raimat Xarel.lo-Chardonnay and Castell de Raimat Chardonnay Barrica.

Australian wine brand Wolf Blass is to launch a sparkling rosé wine at the London International Wine Fair.

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