Wine supplies could be "substantially" impacted due to widespread strikes at a major supplier. Workers began a 16-day strike today at Encirc, Bristol, a warehouse that bottles 18 of the 20 most ...

Because they allow in proportionally less oxygen than standard bottles, magnums slow down oxidation, helping wines — especially age-worthy reds and structured whites — develop more complexity ...

What changes in a magnum? A magnum holds 1.5 liters of wine — twice the standard bottle — but both allow in roughly the same amount of oxygen over time. This shift in ratio slows oxidation and ...

SWR research & standards director Peter Stanbury said: “We now have more than 20 member signatories to our Bottle Weight Accord, who between them account for over 2 billion bottles of still wine ...