My latest wine news roundup: 2025 set to be great for Barolo; Beaujolais winemaker gets jail for death; Kenyan archbishops take control of altar wine; Wine tanks emptied in Bordeaux; Russia to host BRIC wine forum; and Argentinian winemakers sound the alarm. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/ba...

My roundup of the wine headlines you might have missed last week: Chapoutier intern dies; Cannabis found in barrel shipment in Bordeaux; Burgundy winegrower assaults mayor; Major Cognac vine-pull plan announced; and Orchestra pairs wine with music. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/ca...

This week's wine news headlines: 🍷 French winegrower releases Palestine cuvée; 🍷 CAV empties wine tanks in Languedoc; 🍷 Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin launches Bordeaux whiskey; 🍷 New Vino de Pago for Tharsys; and 🍷 Wine "not incompatible with sport" says Olympian. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/wi...

Finally managed to chat to the wonderful Emre Rende of Château Garbage... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/ga...

My wine-news-you-missed last week: 🍷 Italian winemaker admits brutal homicide; 🍷 "CBD influencer" in Bordeaux court for extortion; 🍷 Wine crisis hits Asti; 🍷 Muscadet winegower dies in cellar, close call in Beaujolais; 🍷 Second winegower suicide in Bordeaux www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/09/it...

My weekly wine news roundup: Pallets of wine sent to Bordeaux prison; Argentina unveils new Geographical Indicator (GI); Brazil's Lula to serve açai wine at climate summit; Bordeaux producer acquitted of misleading consumers; and more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/09/fr...

"It will be the same serious nods as those made when Cheval Blanc and the like left the Saint-Émilion classification. The brand doesn't need the appellation. They might be right. But it is, to me, as an environmental conservative, still, actually, quite sad..." www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/09/la...

The wine news stories you might have missed last week: Aude smoke taint "unprecedented"; Calvados producer says Trump tariffs hitting all; Conservatives asked to can Calimocho competition; Balearic vineyards to expand; and wine thief gets stuck up chimney... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/fr...

My wine news roundup this week: Château Angélus assigned administrator following family feud; Navarra winery stars in Amazon Prime series with Catherine Zeta-Jones; Bordeaux harvest begins after heatwave; St-Emilion looks to adopt white wines; and Top NZ winery for sale...

Travis Scott drinks white Burgundy; Wildfires in Corbières; Bordeaux cancels wine festival; CIVB moves to co-presidency; Natural/organic wine on the up in Argentina; Sicily expects good vintage; wine a most-stolen good in Spanish supermarkets AND MORE: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/ra...

My wine news roundup this weekend: Polish court rules against Prosecco body lotion; "Cursed" Bordeaux château changes hands; Muscadet to add subregions; Alsace production to fall; Savoie harvest nearing; and Israeli firm installs zero-alc factory in Spain... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/cu...

My wine news roundup from last week: Trade slams worst En Primeur in 40 years; Champagne fraudster facing more jail time and sex charges; Downsizing hits Courvoisier; Lanzarote vineyards in new TV series; and Pays d'Oc (and others) to reuse bottles... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/tr...

"Imagine you worked in an industry in which, every two days, a woman files a complaint of sexual harassment. Welcome to the wine industry." My interview with Paye ton Pinard founder Isabelle Perraud www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/ta...

My latest #wine news roundup this week covers: Real wine lovers swallow; Montepulciano to add subregions to labels; Boisset buys a Dauvissat; Mildew pressure in southern France and Andalucia; and Ribera del Duero winery theft arrests nab crime gang... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/re...

Wine news roundup: Rafa Nadal says farewell with Burgundy and Sherry; major Bordeaux fraud case (Languedoc turned into Pauillac) to go to court; huge company spat between Spain and Argentina opens up; Union bosses say Cognac industry is "facing disaster" www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/na...

This weekend's wine news: Floods and hail storms batter France; Italy exports "worrying"; Rhône wines recalled over glass in bottles; Wine labels feature in Argentinian torture case; Fraud office clashes with behemoth; and Cité du Vin charge thrown out... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/st...

My #winenews roundup this week: Archeologist says Asterix's magic potion was wine; Israeli tasting in Chianti scrapped after furor over Gaza; Hollywood actor in Ribeira Sacra; More layoffs in Cognac; Bordeaux vigneron commits suicide; and Buzet coop saved... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/as...

Feminist wine organization gets EU funding; the wine that links the Obamas, late Pope Francis I, his Swiss Guard, and high-powered industrialists; Dijon's Cité du Vin caught in €5m embezzlement charge; Spain approves National Wine Day; and "Weeping baboon" wine www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/po...

My top wine news stories you might have missed last week includes: Michael Bublé touts Argentinian sommelier film; Moët Hennessy to cut over 1000 jobs; French winemakers band together to make a rock album; wine consumption stablises in Spain; and alleged fakes of a cult wine on the shelves...

My piece on using hypnosis to taste wine: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/wa...

Rioja winery concerned for papal supply; Cognac house lays off hundreds of workers; Burgundy "teddy bear" for sailor; Jura asks public for Percée poster; and French designer mixes wine and hip-hop... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/ri...

Vosne-Romanée extends vineyard area; Emmanuel Macron's favorite holiday wine revealed; Bordeaux négoce shuts down bottling line; Ricard launches Pastis RTD; Camargue battle continues... #winenews #winewriting #pastis #macron www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/to...

Wine bottle-maker cuts 15% of French workforce; white-only Clairette de Die looks to produce rosé; Mahou San Miguel turns to wine-based RTDs; Rueda pairs wine and literature; Sherry's ups and downs; and more... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/wi...

José Peñin to release memoirs; "Gru Cru Gang" has criminal trial set back 6 months; Burgundy producer Bichot ages wine on transatlantic sailboat; China extends Cognac tariff investigation; and a historic Monbazillac sale set to raise money for cancer research... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/bo...

Beaujolais' Jean Foillard to release first white wine (Chardonnay); Bordeaux protestor in court; Loire winemaker jailed for illegal additions; Mexico gets first IGP wine title; Muscat de Frontignan to go red; Plovdiv named Europe's top wine destination; and more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/03/fr...

#Wine industry to bounce back in 2026; Cognac on the brink; French mayor sends wine to Trump; France approves low-alcohol IGPs; Fire ravages Languedoc winery; and Winery bosses in court over deaths...

Not a big collection of stories this Sunday, but an interesting dive into just how badly a trade war with the US will affect the Italian wine (and foods):

Did Château Lafite save Julio Iglesias from cocaine? Cru Bourgeois classification fallout begins; Sudan conflict hits wine additive supplies; Pierce's disease in Puglia; Swiss wine production hit; wine downturn hits competitions... and more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/03/wi...

Hollywood Eyes Yquem Heist Movie; Rioja Alavesa becomes "Queer Destination"; Cognac's lowest yields for 20 years; Bordeaux négociant hit with label fine; EU asks India to dial back wine tariffs; Torres captures pure CO2 from wine; and more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/03/ho...

Our Halcyon Days Vermillion got a wonderful mention in the Real Review – therealreview.com/2025/02/12/s... – so that's nice! And just as nice to be mentioned alongside some wonderful friends.

Brigitte Bardot launches rosé; 2024 Bordeaux vintage is smallest crop in 25 years; EU approves Sherry alcohol drop; Brussels promises wine industry aid; Brasilian harvest workers exploited; Beaujolais to triple white production... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/02/br...

France revises inheritance tax laws helping Burgundian families pass holdings from one generation to the next: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/02/in...

Spanish cops and Interpol bust fake Rioja ring; Alsace trio buy 4ha of top Grand Cru; Spain gets new appellation; US-Canada trade war hits Oregon wines; and Trump could cost Italy's wine industry €300 million... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/02/po...

Guigal will have to change its labels; Cognac sales "in limbo"; Sherry sales still falling (mainly due to UK); "Irregularities" in Argentinian wine fund; and NBA star Jimmy Butler's cellar catches Le Figaro's eye. All in this weekend's news-you-missed-last-week: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/02/gu...

Carla Bruni releases new no-alcohol sparkling rosé; Félix Solís and García Carrión wine fraud case closes; Bordeaux wine "bible" to be republished; outspoken Burgundian hits out at no-alc wine and more: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/01/ca...

#Prosecco producers lashes out at #Russian #drone strike; Prosecco had a great 2024 (as did Uruguay...ish); and one of Paris' top three vineyards opens for visitors (how long before we see that story in a wine magazine?)...

Henri Jayer magnum takes auction record; China extends EU Cognac probe; Italy gives green light to zero-alcohol wine production; and Mallorca aims to reduce overuse of tartaric acid in light of climate change. Read all about it in my Sunday wine news roundup:

My weekly #winenews roundup: the assassination of a wine "pioneer" in Mexico; a Pétrus resale scam; La Fleur Morange makes white wine with Tahitian vanilla; wine merchant raided by growers for importing wine; Brittany launches bid for IGP status; and more... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/12/wi...

Cocky Conservative? Lording Libertarian? Argentina's Javier Milei may well have the wine label for you... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/12/ar...

Latest CAV attack in S France (on a Grands Chais de France winery) investigated by police; Burgundy and Beaujolais bosses to debate their boundaries; native grape rediscovered in Spain; Dordogne vineyards to shrink; and NZ wine pioneer dies: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/12/wi...

It's been a while since I've had one of these...still trucking...

My #wine news roundup of the week: new appellation for Dijon (Bourgogne-Dijon); MMA fighter drinks wine before a fight; #AI and glass-pour calculations; roadside wine free-for-all in Argentina; more protests in S. France; Mallorca harvest down 20% and much more: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/12/di...

Gah, the news never rests. Thought we could hold onto this for a bit longer but @decanter.com went with it, so here is my long-form piece on the #naturalwine that's going to be used for mass when #NotreDame reopens next month: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/11/no...

I flagged one of these cases earlier this year, but now appears there is a major human trafficking problem in Bordeaux vineyards (and my gut says it's not just Bordeaux or Champagne – which we saw last year) #wine #humantrafficking #exploitation www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/11/vi...

My roundup of news this week (with a bigger story coming tomorrow): wine protests (including a highway rescue) across south France – and Spanish reactions to tankers being emptied; Cahors embraces sparkling wine; Cariñena named European City of Wine; and more: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/11/fr...

Hey folks, I've created a wine-conversation Starter Pack in the event that all-y'all new Skyers need a quick list of who to follow. go.bsky.app/MtuMFYK

Still quite surprised that no major wine publication has picked this up in news: www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16... (the study basically says that wine drinkers are generally healthier than beer drinkers – there's more to unpack, but that's rarely stopped the likes of wine-speckky or wine-enthusiast)

The first of our 2024 wines heading out to the mailing list...! #proud #petnat #wine #hawkesbay #cheninblanc

Unrest in Bordeaux and Languedoc, Jean Reno and Eva Longoria at the Hospices de Beaune auction today, New #Beaujolais cru on the cards, and much more. My Sunday #wine news roundup.... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2024/11/un...