Winemakers once more use corks as a result of the sustainability movement

The traditional cork wine seal is making a comeback, which is shocking news for anyone who has ever battled with a corkscrew.

Winemakers claim that cork is more environmentally friendly and enhances the wine-ageing process.

Only 15% of Australian wines are sealed with a cork.<...

AUSTRALIA THREATENS WTO AS CHINA HIKES DUTY ON AUSTRALIAN WINE

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• Australia has threatened the World Trade Organization as China has increased the duty on the wine
• The trade minister of Australia said that, the tariffs have meant it had been basically impossible for the wine of Australia

WINE IMPORTS IN S. KOREA RISE IN 2020 AMID PANDEMIC

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• Wine imports in S. Korea rise in 2020 amid pandemic.
• The country imported 54,127 tons of wines last year, an up 24.4 percent from a year earlier.
• Chile was the top exporter of wines to South Korea in 2020, with 14,70...

AUSTRALIA COMPLAINS AS HIGH WINE TAX IS FORESEEN ON THAI FRONT

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• Australia's diplomat to Thailand Allan McKinnon said notwithstanding Covid-19, his nation stays idealistic on exchange and venture with Thailand on account of arrangements set up

Although Australia is the world's driving food...

RED WINE AND ITS POSSIBLE HEALTH BENEFITS

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• Red Wine and its possible health benefits.
• However, one must remember to not binge drink the same too, and rather have it on a moderate basis.
• Red wine may have several cardio-protective effects.
• Red wine is sa...

IS RED WINE REALLY HEALTHY? LET'S FIND OUT

While we all have an negative image about hard drinks, most of us firmly believe that a glass of wine each day integral part of a good diet. Though studies have constantly showcased that moderate red wine consumption is likely to lower the risk of several diseases, including heart disease, there ...

WINE OF POST MALONE WILL RECEIVE LIMITED RELEASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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• The ‘wine’ from Malone is going to receive the limited release in the United Kingdom
• The wines ‘French Rose and Maison No. 9’ are going to be available online from 17th December 2020

Post Malone, w...

CHINESE RUMBLINGS LOSING FACE AMIDST AUSTRALIAN COMMONERS PRIDE

• China suddenly is finding itself on shaky grounds with losing face amongst the ordinary Aussies which has plunged from 52 per cent to just 23 per cent within a span of two years.
• The vigorously escalating row between China and Australia holds an important message for India and ...

AUSTRALIAN WINE SIPPED BY DEMOCRACY LEADERS OF THE WORLD TO SHOW UNITY AGAINST DRAGON GOVERNMENT

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• Pro-democracy leaders across the world pledged to drink Australian wine to stand against the Chinese move of banning Australian wine

Members of IPAC – Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China consisting of 200 MPs from 19 countrie...

DOMESTIC ALCOHOL PRODUCTION IN S KOREA PLUMMETS WITH IMPORTS ON THE RISE CONTRASTINGLY

• Production of domestic alcoholic beverages decreased by over 10 percent over the past five years, but ironically imports of alcohol nearly doubled during the same period, government data showed Sunday.
• The total output of alcoholic beverages made in the country came to 337 mill...

AUSTRALIAN WINE INDUSTRY LEVIED ENORMOUS TARIFFS FROM CHINA, YET AGAIN

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• Simon Birmingham, trade minister of Australia announced the newest blow Chinese have given to the Australian trade by imposing heavy duties on Australian wine exporters

It will make increase hardships for Australian wine exporters to...

CHINA IN HOSTILE MOVE ENFORCES ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON AUSTRALIAN WINE

• China on Friday said it would enforce anti-dumping measures on Australian wine, in a further escalating of tensions between Beijing and Canberra.
• China — Australia’s biggest trade partner — has threatened economic strike-back since Canberra called for a probe ...

SOUTH KOREA IN HIGH SPIRTS AS WINE IMPORTS RISE BY 9.5% AMIDST PANDEMIC

• South Korea's wine imports soared higher than 9 percent in the first half of the year as it was clearly seen that more and more people were thoroughly indulging in drinking at home.
• Even when alone, time spent at home was unnaturally high due to the coronavirus outbreak, da...

JAPAN LOST ITS STATUS OF BEING THE COUNTRY FREE FROM CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER: OIE

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• Japan lost its status of being the country free from classical swine fever: OIE.
• The World Organization for Animal Health or OIE suspended the status.
• The OIE gave the country the status in the year 2015.
• Japa...

CHAMPAGNE WAR IN FRANCE LED GROWERS AND PRODUCERS AT ODDS

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• The growers and the producers of champagne are not agreeing on decisions because of the losses they face last year
• Despite of this, they are demanding the government to reduce some of their taxes

In the champagne vineyard...

ITALY’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL WINE EVENT AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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• Italy will celebrate its international wine week for the first time after Covid-19 pandemic
• Federico Gordini is planning this to happen in the month of October

When it comes to the Coronavirus, the region of Lombardy...

RECENTLY EMERGED SWINE FLU IS CAPABLE OF BECOMING PANDEMIC, CHINESE HEALTH EXPERTS CLAIM

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• A new influenza strain was found in pigs by Chinese researchers.
• The studies revealed that the current virus is mix of three strains – N...

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI: NEW VIRUS IN CHINA HAS TRAITS OF 1918 PANDEMIC FLU

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• Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House coronavirus advisor, stated that the new virus by pigs in China carries the traits of the 2009 H1N1 virus and 1918 pandemic flu.
• The scientist are calling the newly discovered virus as G4 EA H1N1.
• ...

NEW SWINE FLU WITH PANDEMIC POTENTIAL: CHINA

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• Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of swine flu which is capable of triggering a pandemic.
• The swine flu is named G4 and it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain which was responsible for the 2009 pandemic.
• G...

ITALY: RED WINE OUT OF WATER TAP IS INDEED A DREAM COME TRUE

It definitely sounds like a dream scenario as every other individual at some point of time has dreamed of getting liquor out of water tap. Well this dream has indeed turned true for a town of Castelvetro di Modena in Italy. The residents of this town got surprised after turning on their faucets a...