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Three famous German Christmas markets to visit instead of Munich

With Munich's market cancelled, we take a look at some others that are still planning to go ahead this festive season.

Food and Drink

France's Beaujolais Nouveau wine 2021 edition starts in Beaujeu

Every year, hundreds of wine lovers are eagerly awaiting the festival celebrated in the sleepy village of Beaujeu, some 50 kilometres north of Lyon.

Food and Drink

Beaujolais Nouveau: Banana-flavoured bargain or blight on the region?

Few can argue that the concept of Beaujolais Nouveau has put the Gamay-making region on the map, but the winemaking here is more than just a barrel of laughs.

Destinations

Trentino: Hit the slopes in this magnificent Italian region

Skiing's just been made easier in the Dolomites with the new 'starpass'. But there's lots more on offer if hitting the slopes isn't for you.

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Food and Drink

Meet the first winemaker in the world to sell his stock as NFTs

Barrels of Neldner Road single-vineyard wines are being offered as individual NFTs on OpenSea. Euronews spoke to trailblazer Dave Powell to find out why.

Lifestyle

Meet the Turkish winemaker taking risks to restore Assyrian culture

Assyrian winemaker Yuhanna Aktas is bringing the Turkish Mardin province's wine-growing traditions back to life.

Food and Drink

Hotel 'guests' steal 45 bottles from Spanish wine collector

The 'refined' couple left with a booty that included the valuable 1806 Chateau d'Yquem and at least six other 19th-century bottles from the exclusive Romanée-Conti winemaker in France's Burgundy region.

Culture news

Russia and France extend Champagne label row into 2022

Since July 2, a modification of the Russian law obliges the distributors of champagne to exchange the prestigious title of "champagne" for that of "sparkling wine" on the label of the bottles written in Cyrillic.

Culture news

Ancient winemaking complex unearthed in central Israel

Jon Seligman, one of the directors of the excavation, said the wine made in the area was known as “Gaza” wine and exported across the region.

World News

Arrests after raids at EU farms and vineyards over labour exploitation

Police raids were carried out at 704 locations in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Destinations

Which country makes the best wine in the world?

The Zuccardi Valle de Uco winery in Argentina has been selected as the best in the world for the third consecutive year.

Green News

Euroviews. New York's first Black-owned winery is combatting climate change

Growers are installing cover crops to stabilise their soils and revolutionising how they irrigate their fields.

Culture news

'There really isn't much left': Burgundy harvests tiny yield in 2021

"We had the big frosts around April 7: down to minus 8 degrees. The vines finally recovered but we had a big hail on June 21, which destroyed all our hopes in 15 minutes," says one winemaker.

Culture news

A case of sour grapes? Chateau owner accused of conflict of interest

Hubert de Boüard and Philippe Castéja are accused, by chateaux that didn't make the grade, of acting in their own interests regarding the classification of St Emilion Grand Crus.

Culture news

Prosecco v Prošek: origin protection move 'sparkles' Adriatic tension

Italy, the homeland of Prosecco, is not happy with Croatia's attempt to get EU recognition for the Dalmatian wine, 'Prošek'.

Culture news

Wine leads the way out of tourism slump for Portugal, Greece and Italy

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) held the fifth global wine tourism conference in Portugal. Food and wine may be the solution to increased numbers of visitors, even in a pandemic year.

France

France to resume champagne exports to Russia as talks bid falls flat

Exports stopped because a new law in Russia meant French producers had to remove "champagne" from their bottles and replace it with "sparkling wine".

Culture news

EU court backs Champagne makers in 'champanillo' name protection case

The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice said it is up to the Barcelona Provincial Court, which had requested the ECJ to interpret EU law, to decide on the matter. But it made clear that protective designations of origins cover “both products and services.”

Moments

This European capital is the world's biggest urban vineyard

This European capital city produces more wine than any other in the world

France

French wine production in 2021 cut by 30% due to frost and disease

Losses incurred by a historic bout of frost in early spring were compounded by the emergence of diseases blamed on the wet summer.