Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post these stories in 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.
As Wine Production Plummets in California, Small Producers Seize the Moment
Everything is an opportunity.
New Sentences: From ‘The Noma Guide to Fermentation’
Best description of Chianti EVAH?
California wine giant puts one of its most premium wineries up for sale
Comes with an art collection.
Why New York’s Finger Lakes is a Wine Region to Watch
Mmmmmm. Riesling. Cabernet Franc.
Taylor Swift Is the Hero the Wine Industry Needs
Yes, but how do we get her to endorse Riesling?!?
The California wine industry might finally hit bottom next year
If we’re lucky.
Winemakers hit hard losing homes, vineyards and stocks in Victorian fires
Tragic.
Drakenstein wildfire leaves trail of destruction across wine country
South African suffering, too.
The Curse Of Low And No Alcohol Wine
Awfulness.
Pondering the Future of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
Reboot.
A former Apple executive turned wine entrepreneur is choosing a ‘long-term strategy’ over scale
FastCompany profile of Xander Soren.
Spotlight on Undiscovered Grapes
Drink adventurously.
Is the Worst Almost Over?
Possibly maybe?
‘Wine writers discover they have feelings and write thousands of words about it’
Follow up to last week’s conversation between Theise and Maker.
Natural wine has changed how the world drinks
Bloomberg’s perspective on natural wine.
Where to find Rome’s last truly authentic wine taverns
They all sound great.
Top 6 findings from the SVB Wine Report
Have a glass while you read it.
Tom Planer on the art of selling more wine with fun and emotion
Yes to more fun and more emotion.
How Sicily Built A Closed-Loop Wine Bottle System That Actually Works
Love this.
Is your ‘American’ wine really American? New bill would require 100% US-grown grapes
A great piece of legislation.
