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Matthew Nugent @Winechat

Irish Sun Wine critic. Weekly online column - Site gets 8 million hits a month.

Joined July 2009
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The 8 Best Naturally Low-Alcohol White Wines, According to Experts | SevenFifty Daily

Consumer demand for lighter, fresher wines has put the spotlight on naturally low-alcohol whites. Here are eight bottles wine professionals across the country recommend…

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Weather No Longer a Factor for Bordeaux | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

Oliver Styles is confused by some of the commentary emerging from Bordeaux's 2025 En Primeur campaign. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

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Curiosity, selectivity and digital influence grow among UK consumers - Drinks Retailing

Brits are becoming more knowledgeable, more digitally influenced and increasingly driven by experience over habit when it comes to deciding what to buy in the drinks aisle, according to new data....

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Wine industry searches for answers as US alcohol sales slide

The US wine industry is grappling with falling sales, shifting consumer habits and intensifying competition from alternative drinks categories. But while traditional consumption patterns continue to...

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Truth behind minerality of your favourite wine, top easy-drinking summer red & €7.19 supermarket...

IT’S a subject that finally comes up during many a discussion with winemakers – that of “minerality” in your favourite tipple. So, I was not surprised at all when Dermot Cradden, of Baltinglass, Co…

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The Buyer | Why The Uncommon is moving into glass bottles at the right time

“It probably only feels strange if you see us as a canned wine brand. We don’t. We think of ourselves as English winemakers trying to get more people drinking brilliant local wine, more often.”...

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Why More Wineries Are Betting on High-Volume Wines | SevenFifty Daily

Accessible, higher-volume SKUs are helping producers build resilience in a difficult wine market…

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Form Over Function: Why Some Wineries Are Rethinking the Shape of the Bottle

Picture a wine bottle. What do you imagine? Odds are, you’re seeing something relatively tall and cylindrical, with a narrow neck at the top. Maybe you are visualizing one of the more classically...

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Supermarkets Roll Out AI Somm | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/…

Supermarkets Roll Out AI Somm | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

The AI Panzer rolls relentlessly on, while there is also a ray of hope for US winemakers. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

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Severe flooding hits parts of Western Cape wine region - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory…

Severe flooding hits parts of Western Cape wine region - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Vineyards lying alongside the Breede River in South Africa’s Western Cape have been devastated by severe flooding after the river burst its banks. The...

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All you need to know about the new Bordeaux Claret classification the-buyer.net//insight/all-y…

The Buyer | All you need to know about the new Bordeaux Claret classification

Bordeaux’s decision to officially bring back the Claret classification - so often associated with the traditional UK wine merchant and archetypal Bordeaux drinker - but now revamped and repositioned...

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Too Many Wineries, Not Enough Consumers | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/…

Too Many Wineries, Not Enough Consumers | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

Banks are telling US wineries that some of them need to get out of the pool, a new report reveals. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

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Sales of rosé buck the falling trend in UK wine sector

Increasing sales of rosé wine in the UK are providing a “much-needed ray of sunshine” for wine producers and retailers “who are currently facing some of the toughest market conditions in recent...

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Why Younger Wine Drinkers Are One of the Industry's Biggest Opportunitie... youtube.com/shorts/6MW9J6RM7… via @YouTube

Why Younger Wine Drinkers Are One of the Industry's Biggest Opportu...

Is wine making a comeback? 🍷 In April 2026, the data is in: Millenn...

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Vergelegen – continuity and change on the Schapenberg - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory…

Vergelegen – continuity and change on the Schapenberg - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

With new UK distribution in place via Seckford Agencies (off-trade) and Ellis Wines (on-trade), Jason Millar takes a closer look at what winemaker Luke...

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Another step closer to Australia’s National Vineyard Register - Winetitles

Wine Australia has announced the enlistment of Map of Ag Australia to build the digital platform for the National Vineyard Register, a nation-wide resource that aims to “support balancing supply and...

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Hugh Johnson: ‘I feel solidarity with the courageous growers who stake so much on challenging the English weather’ decanter.com/wine/hugh-johns…

Hugh Johnson: ‘I feel solidarity with the courageous growers who stake so much on challenging the...

It’s surprising, in a sense, that the category of English wine that’s the first to establish itself as seriously good is the most expensive: the bubbly.

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Austrian sustainable viticulture reaches record high - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory…

Austrian sustainable viticulture reaches record high - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

The extent of Austrian vineyards which are sustainably farmed has reached an all time high for the country, with 28% of its total area under vine now in...

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‘High-spirited’ brothers who stole €250 of food from McDonald’s drive-thru felt ‘very foolish’ afterwards and ‘never intended to keep it’ independent.ie/irish-news/co…
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SA wine mogul calls for mass vine pull, Barossa hotel set to rise soon - News | InDaily, Inside...

The man synonymous with South Australian vino has called for industry coordination to tackle oversupply in an exclusive InDaily interview.

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