Star Interview: Joseph Helfrich- President of GCF Group of France
To make a small fortune in wine, one must start with a big fortune, goes the saying. But it does not hold true for Joseph Helfrich, owner of Les Grands Chais de France, who started the wine business with practically no capital in 1979 and now owns several wineries with annual revenues of 735 million Euros, writes Subhash Arora |
MUNDUSvini Completes a Decade
Unmindful of the fall in the entries in most other international wine competitions, MundusVini completes a decade of the German Awards with a record number of 6000 entries with Germany, Italy, Spain and France pitching in over two third, reports Subhash Arora from Neustadt on the Winestrasse where he is at his fourth outing |
Chinese Dragon too Big for Indian Elephant
Starting from a near non-existent base since 2003, Chinese wine sector is experiencing remarkable growth rates. The industry has experienced an average annual growth rate of 17 percent by volume and currently holds a retail value of 7.15 billion dollars. In contrast to the Indian wine industry, China’s growth is far too imp |
Chinese Expertise for Fake Wines
While China is struggling to improve quality of its self produced domestic wines, the legendry Chinese expertise to copy and produce fake goods has started making inroads in the wine market, with several fake labels imitating top quality wines being caught on bottles filled with cheap Chinese products. Several recent incidents of
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English Wine beats Champagne to bag Trophy
With the quality of English sparkling wines improving drastically over the last few years because of the positive impact of global warming, it may not have come as a total surprise to find an English bubbly beating champagnes like Moet & Chandon to win the Decanter International Trophy. Ridgeview Grosvenor Blanc de Blancs 2006, pro |
No More Port and Champagne from Australia
While Goan Port merrily carries on selling increasing number of cases of fortified unregulated wine in India, countries like South Africa and Australia have banned the use of words like Port, Sherry and Champagne, with Australia being the latest country to sign a new agreement with EU to safeguard various graphical indications. A ne |