Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them to my magazine on Flipboard, but for those of you who aren’t Flipboard-inclined, here’s everything I’ve strained out of the wine-related muck for the week.
Burgundy 2025: Triumph and Disappointment
Christy Canterbury report.
“It’s heart-wrenching”; State senator urges action to aid struggling California winegrowers
Not a pretty sight.
Wine tourism now accounts for a quarter of global winery revenue
Despite so little government support around the world.
Sonoma Mountain’s Best-Kept Secret
Syrah!
Yalumba: ‘New varieties are hard to sell, not hard to make’
A marketing challenge.
The Science of Aging Wine Under Screw Cap
Technical stuff.
A Growing Palate for Hybrids Bolsters Growth of Wineries East of the Rockies
Good news.
What’s the secret to a successful new wine region?
Cooperation, says Jancis.
The Collector’s Guide to Languedoc: Who to Know and What to Cellar from the Region, Part I
A brief overview (Part I)
In the Heart of Burgundy, a Summit Pairing Wine and Hip-Hop
Looked like one helluva party.
He smuggled vines into California — and sparked a Spanish wine boom
Nice profile of Bokisch.
A New ‘Sweet’ and ‘Delicious’ Wine Has Arrived — Straight From Japan’
One more grape in a long list to taste.
Canada Ships 50 million Gallons of Fake Wine to the U.S. Annually
Not even wine at all.
Why New Zealand’s Sato Wines is quiet about its ‘natural wine’ identity
Avoiding its faults.
This Massive Chart Shows Which Companies Own America’s Top Wine Brands
And now you know.
Stephen Towler on the mentality needed to be a Master Sommelier
Mental grit.
Viña Ventisquiero to expand the most Southern vineyard in the world
Go south and then just keep going.
Italian winemakers look to new technologies with old grape varieties to adapt to a changing climate
Except the main “technology” they’re using is increasing elevation.
California winemaker behind America’s most popular Chardonnay and the rise of unheralded region dies
RIP Jed Steele.
Old Vines at a Crossroads: Conference Confronts Loss of Heritage Vineyards
Nice coverage of some of the Old Vine Conference.
The Truth About Natural Wine
An attempt to encapsulate the full history to date.
