especially for newcomers to French wine. What do vintage dates on French wine labels indicate, and how can this influence a buyer’s choice and expectations? Vintage dates on French wine labels ...

The result is that French wine labels ... specializes in natural wine, while importer Olé & Obrigado brings in wines primarily from Spain and Portugal. " The vintage refers to the year the ...

The upside of all this negativity in the market is that French vintners and exporters are now selling a much wider variety of wines than ever before, when rigid tradition ruled the industry.

And, of course, you'll learn to interpret the basics of a French wine label -- there's the producer, the vintage year, the ...

French and Italian police say they have broken up an international fraud ring that was passing poor quality bottles of wine off as vintages worth up to €15,000 (£12,500) each. Six people ...