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. How Was Wine Blindsided by Recent Trends in Consumption and Demand? Pick a Reason.Jeff …
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Even in a theoretical future dramatically reshaped by climate change, it seems unlikely for Napa to lose its pre-eminence as the home of California’s most beloved Cabernet Sauvignons. Though the spotlight seems destined to remain trained on the ever-more-rarefied Napa, outside the gilt-edged glare of that performance, an understudy diligently waits in the wings, working twice as hard for half …
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Vineyards in France. France’s agriculture ministry has announced plans for a new scheme that would pay winemakers to uproot vines in the country. Global wine production outstripped demand by 10% in 2023, according to figures from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). That has contributed to a significant wine surplus, which has pushed down prices and threatened the …
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The sun-drying of grapes for the production of Monemvasia-Malvasia wines. It seems that everywhere you turn in the wine world, you’ll find a grape called Malvasia – according to the ultimate scientific grapevine database VIVC.de, there are as many as 290 of them. And many are delicious, so are definitely worth exploring. The name ‘Malvasia’ is widespread across the Mediterranean …
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Chardonnay harvest is underway in the Willamette Valley. Living in the Pacific Northwest, I think of 2024 as a relatively steady, somewhat cool summer, with a few hot days but no notable anomalies. I recognise that the weather where I live in Seattle is a bit different than that they receive in the Willamette Valley, and vastly different than that …
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