Everybody heard about the legendary French monk who is said to be the one who invented the champagne - Dom Perignon. His name is also usually associated with one of the finest champagnes in the world from the famous house of Moet et Chandon. Most of you probably know that Dom Perignon wasn’t the first [...]

50 million: This is the average number of bubbles in a bottle of champagne.
P.S.: More shorts featuring various wine related digits will come frequently as a part of our new Wine Numbers section filed under Vinopedia category.

CHAPTER I - The Auction Collectibles
The most expensive wine ever bought is considered to be the 1787 Chateau Lafite which was sold at Christie’s London in December, 1985 for £105,000 (at that time equivalent of US $156,000). This bottle of wine is believed to be from the cellar of Thomas Jefferson (former US President) as [...]

Robert Mondavi - the man who built a brand name for Napa Valley in California dies at the age of 94 at his Yountville home on May 16, 2008. His name became a brand in U.S. and he was one of the influential personalities of the past century in the wine industry. Probably thanks [...]

Exports of champagne (and we mean the real champagne that comes from France) hit the new all-time record last year (2007) - 300 million bottles.
And this is also due to new and growing demands from Asian countries like China and India. China consumed half a million bottles last year which is not much compared to [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all our dear fellow readers and wine lovers!

Starting of today we have a new version of BookWineTour.com which is based on the wordpress engine and will feature from now on not only booking capabilities of wine tours around the world, but also various articles about the wine regions of the world, wineries and wine industry related stories.
We hope you will enjoy the [...]