After a legal battle lasting nine years, Mosel winemaker Albert Kallfelz has won his claim against a supplier of natural corks.

The Masseto wine from Tuscany is the first Italian wine to be distributed via the Bordeaux marketplace.

Zehnthof and Knipser, Weil and Schloss Johannisberg, Stodden and Alexander Laible - all have received awards for the quality of their wines. They are included in the list of producers who have just been recognised by the new German wine guides, "GaultMillau 2009" "Eichelmann – Deutschlands Weine 200

The German magazine Stern, published in Hamburg, has launched an attack against wine collector Hardy Rodenstock. In a report just published, Stern reporters have tried to prove that Rodenstock has had reprints of labels of old wines printed.

Madeleine Gay has been named as the female winemaker of the year in Switzerland. She is a cellarmaster at Provins Valais, and is one of the best-known women in the wine business in Switzerland.