Tasting the 2024s Despite widespread reports of its challenges, the results of the 2024 vintage hold surprises both good and less good for Burgundy lovers. The weather during the 2024 growing season defied current global warming trends. Most of the past six years have been unrelentingly hot and dry, with only 2021 offering some respite. …
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Under my base-case scenario, the small California grape harvest in 2025 will go a long way toward reducing the inventory overhang, which should in turn help firm up grape demand in 2026. To help determine how quickly the inventory imbalance could be corrected, I’ve produced ballpark estimates of the size of the inventory overhang as …
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In a fascinating discussion with the philosopher Barry Smith, the French colour designer Florence de La Rivière talked about her stimulating new book, L’Oeil du Vin (The Look of Wine). Vision is not the forgotten sense – the title of an equally interesting book by Professor Jonas Olofsson – but it’s certainly overlooked by most …
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In New Zealand’s biggest wine region, organic practices are being abandoned and in California, winemakers are giving up biodynamic certifications.
What is it about American wine that sets it apart from the wines of Europe?Wine 101 is an educational podcast for the everyday wine lover, inspired by one of…
How Sella & Mosca is helping to put Sardinia on the global wine map
The sudden sale of Washington’s Chateau Ste. Michelle could well have been a cash-free deal.
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