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Tuesday 28 June 2005

Wine: Respect grows for the English

Don't take it on my authority alone - but there's increasingly widespread respect for the products of English grapes in the media.

And, if you still don't believe us, take a trip into English wine country and find out for yourself.

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Jacob's Creek adds chill-level labels to wines

Jacob's Creek

LONDON - Jacob's Creek has become the first wine brand to introduce temperature-sensitive labels that will indicate when the wine is cool enough to drink.

The Pernod Ricard-owned brand is introducing the labels on bottles of its sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir, Sparkling Rose and Shiraz Rose to advise consumers when the wine is at its optimum temperature to drink.

Source : brandrepublic.com

French champagne group eyes potential suitors

Paris - Groupe Taittinger, best known for its Champagne but also a force in the luxury products and hotel sectors, said on Monday that it had instructed French banks BNP Paribas and Rothschild to study approaches made by potential buyers.

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