On their own, cherries have sweet, aromatic, slightly tart flavours. When used in desserts, Enrico Bernado suggests marrying them with medium sweet wines made from the grenache variety, which are both round and powerful, sweet and velvety, intense and long. (Source: Le Figaro)

Those mouth-watering king prawns with their ocean-fresh taste, so smooth and fleshy, according to Enrico Bernardo, are best with pure, young, dashing wines that are attractively sappy. So we stay away from the Bordeaux and Burgundy whites that have been so patiently aged, and go more for the dry whites of Alsace, the Loire or Provence, or even the Mediterranean rosés. (Source: Le Figaro)

The Best Sommelier in the World in 2004, Enrico Bernardo, suggests matching dry or medium sweet muscat with strawberries, depending on how they are prepared. In general terms, white wines should be preferred that are aromatically rich, light, pure and quite young, because their simplicity and spontaneity marries perfectly with the intense flavours of the fruit. (Source: Le Figaro)

A survey commissioned by a marriage guidance company reveals that a wine cellar is now one of the top ten items the most sought after by young Korean married couples moving into their new home. This appears to be logically symptomatic of the enormous growth in the South Korean wine market. (Source: VSB)

Having sold 1 million bottles and with 170 hectares (420 acres) run by 32 producers, organic Champagne has tripled in size over the last 5 years. (Source: VSB)

Sales of Argentine wine in the UK have increased more than 13% by volume and 16% by value in the past 12 months but will fail to reach its target of 3% UK market share by 2010. (Source: Harpers.com)

The terms “pure malt” and “vatted malt” are to be banned and replaced by the words “blended malt”, in order to spare the term “single malt” from any confusion. This new development could also come with an obligation to bottle these beverages in Scotland. (Source: VSB)