Dozens of people in Cambodia recently died after drinking toxic home-brewed alcohol. A man named Prom Vannak, who was 50 years old, had some wine for his uncle's funeral.

Various killed in Cambodian village due to a bad batch of rice wine

Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday.

Australia taking China to WTO over wine duties

If a bottle of Petrus 2000 that Christie's is selling tastes out of this world it might be because it aged for 14 months aboard the International Space Station. Christie's hopes the bottle, now up for grabs in a private sale, will fetch $1 million, which would make it the most expensive wine ever sold.

Space aged: wine matured aboard ISS expected to sell for $1mn

Pictures: With smelling abilities hit by COVID-19, wine testers fear the loss of livelihood

Australia has threatened to take an action against China over its "unjustifiable" decision to hike duties on wine imports for up to five years. "We will be looking at next steps, and those next steps will include looking at taking this matter to the World Trade Organisation," Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan said on Saturday.

Australia threatens WTO action as China hikes duty on wine

A team of researchers in Bordeaux are analysing a dozen of bottles of French wine which have returned to Earth after spending a year at the International Space Station.

Connoisseurs taste £4,000 bottle of wine that traveled to space

After spending a year at the International Space Station, a batch of grapevines returned to earth for a tasting session in Bourdeaux. Can the wine tasters differentiate between the space-aged wine and the one aged on earth? WION's Palki Sharma tells you the story.

Gravitas: Does fine wine still taste fine after a space voyage?

Chrissy Teigen once accidentally spent $13,000 on a bottle of wine that she says 'sucked'. The former model and cookbook writer paid $13,000 for a bottle of Cabernet and talked about it to her followers on Twitter.

Chrissy Teigen talks about the time she 'accidentally' spent $13,000 on a bottle of wine

Including more wine and cheese, in diet, may help reduce cognitive decline, suggest the findings of a new study. Daily consumption of alcohol, particularly red wine, is related to improvements in cognitive function.

Including cheese in diet may help reduce cognitive decline: Study

The Golan Heights Winery, which grows its grapes on the plateau that Israel captured from Syria in a 1967 war, will display its bottles on shelves in Dubai this week, the Israeli company said.

Wine from Israeli-held Golan Heights to hit Dubai shelves

Faced with sluggish sales to top export markets, virtually no foreign tourists, and decreasing restaurant sales due to COVID-19, Australian wineries are increasingly looking to locals to secure their livelihoods as coronavirus curbs ease.

Australian winemakers look past China, US woes and toast the home market

Tens of thousands of Californians fled their homes in the Napa and Sonoma wine regions in the face of wildfires, as a new blaze in the north of the state killed three people.

Famed wine regions in California destroyed by wildfires; thousands flee

The vineyards of the Paris region, once the most important in the country, are rising from the ashes. "The wine-growing revival in Ile-de-France is a joy", rejoices the president of the Ile-de-France Winegrowers' Union.

Paris: Vineyards in Ile-de-France witness revival

Wineries are at risk of shutting down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grape harvest this season is better than last many years but still, there is gloom in vineyards.

Vineyards in Spain at risk of bankruptcy, demand for wine down by 80%

Winemakers in France's Champagne region were this week gathering a bumper grape harvest thanks to a shift into hotter climates, but there was a bitter after-taste: the slump in demand for bubbly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic means an excess in stock of bottles of the prized beverage.

COVID-19 pandemic takes sparkle out of champagne

Some restaurants and bar owners in Florence, Italy have revived a medieval practice to keep their businesses running amid plagues. Florence's Wine Window Association have opened few 'wine windows' across the city.

Medieval-aged ‘wine windows’ make comeback in Italy to run businesses amid pandemic

Workers carefully snip off bunches of plump grapes and place them into crates, while inside the building nearby, award-winning Taiwan wine-maker Chen Chien-hao syphons a glass of golden liquid out of a wooden barrel to scrutinise its golden hue.

Quaff a glass of award-winning wine from unlikely producer Taiwan

The Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC), an apex body of the alcoholic beverage industry, has urged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to allow liquor trade in the state in a "controlled and responsible manner".

Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies urges Nitish to permit liquor trade in Bihar

As social distancing has taken over the world, a lot of businesses have suffered losses. However, a young Taiwanese sommelier has decided to not let the lockdown get the better of him.

Taiwan sommelier teaches  wine tasting through online classes to fight lockdown blues

The prices of wine may decrease very soon, owing to the surplus of California grapes, CNN reported. Wine sales could hit its lowest figure in five years. There is less demand now than ever before, with prices expected to stay low for over three years.

Grape surplus triggers freefall in wine prices

U.S. consumers, companies and workers will pay the biggest price for proposed 100% tariffs on French Champagne and other sparkling wines, cheese, porcelain, enamel cookware and handbags, witnesses told the U.S. government on Tuesday (January 7).

Sour grapes as U.S. wine sellers fear looming luxury tariffs on France

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Delhi Government on a petition challenging the city government's decision to stop sales of wine and beer in departmental stores.

Delhi HC seeks city government response on plea against ban on sales of wine, beer in departmental stores

Around 11 people were killed and more than 300 treated in the Philippines after drinking coconut wine, Reuters reported today. The coconut wine, which is referred to as 'lambanog' wreaked havoc in two provinces south of Manila - Laguna and Quezon.

Eleven dead after coconut wine poisoning in two provinces of Philippines

Japan has agreed to phase out tariffs on US wine imports as part of a bilateral trade deal expected to be signed at the end of the month, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday.

Japan to eliminate tariffs on United States wine in trade deal: Report

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