Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I spend each week trolling the web for everything published about wine online, and here’s everything that I think would be worth your valuable time.
These Winemakers Are Starting Over. Will the Third Time Be the Charm?
I hope so. Regan is so very talented.
The Real Neill: Farewelling a Wine Legend
RIP to an amazing human.
Sam Neill fans send sales of his Two Paddocks wine soaring in tribute to late actor
Good.
What the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Roundup Means for Wine (and the World)
Nothing good.
The Wine Substack List
A useful list of wine writing substacks.
SevenFifty Daily’s 2026 Drinks Innovators
An interesting list.
Justin Willet on Defining the Potential of Santa Barbara
An interview with Justin.
How to Detect—and Prevent—Sunburn in Grapes
Suncreen!
Melon in a Glass? Long Island Wineries Embrace ‘a Weird Name’
I’m all for weird grapes.
This Tenerife wine is anything but ‘plonk’
Love me some Canary Island wines.
Eben Sadie: ‘Culture, not science, makes wine’
Jancis talks with Eben Sadie about succession.
Kansai’s first Michelin-selected sommelier knows how to read a room
Talent from Osaka.
A Swiss woman gives up her desk job to make wine in the south of France
Swiss national profile.
How Alessandro Noli has found the true heart of Domaine Clos de Tart
An update from the grand Grand Cru.
The Art of Winetasting on a Honeymoon in Champagne
All you have to do is marry a sommelier?
