In 2013, a group of international wine experts including viticulture specialists and educators conducted the first wave of the classification, judging participating wineries by quality of wine, ...

The broadening of the fine wine market beyond Bordeaux to not only Burgundy in France, but also Italy, Spain, the U.S., and beyond, is evident in Liv-ex’s latest “classification,” the London ...

production of Smaragd wine was only possible in warm years and the best sites, as grapes would struggle to get ripe. Today, it is harder to produce Steinfeder, the lowest category in Wachau's ripeness ...