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.

The 2025 Eye-Roller’s Guide to the Wine Enthusiast Holiday Catalog
Always funny.

A Wine Realist on Wine Collecting
Amen.

Tough Times for Fine Wine and Spirits
Really? Hadn’t Noticed

The Wine Industry is Worrying About the Wrong Age Cohort
Millenials, people.

Château Rayas’ Emmanuel Reynaud Dies at 61
One of the GOATs.

Solar energy protects German vineyards from climate change
A number of different ways.

Napa Valley’s Chenin Blanc Is Ready for the Spotlight
Indeed.

Does Wine Have to be ‘Interesting’ to be ‘Worth Drinking’? And Should it be Flavoured With Chocolate?
Robert Joseph asks good questions.

The Most Interesting Wine Books of 2025
Eric’s annual roundup.

Peter Fraser, Yangarra Estate winemaker, dies at 51
Such a tragedy.

‘Do you use Roundup?’ Why so many Napa vineyards have abandoned Monsanto’s controversial weed killer
A change driven by consumer sentiment.

The MICHELIN Guide Introduces a New Distinction in the World of Wine
Yes, it’s a press release, but it answers some, but not nearly all the questions that their announcement raised.

This Western State Is Known for Outdoor Adventures, but It’s Also Home to a Lesser-known Wine Region
Colorado wine is a thing.