Happy New Year, 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.
Is U.S. surgeon general’s warning another blow to California wine?
Yep.
After 16 years of writing about wine, our columnist says farewell
My buddy Dave McIntyre rides off into the sunset.
This Englishman Put California Wine on the Map Well Before the ‘Judgment of Paris’
Harry Waugh has been forgotten.
Seeking (wine bottle) closure
Corks vs. screwcaps again.
My Restaurant Was Named One of New York City’s Best. Here’s Why It Closed.
An important read for anyone who eats out.
Raise a glass! Okanagan wine industry toasts resilience after devastating 2024 freeze
They will survive.
Changing Bordeaux: Jacques Lurton In The Footsteps Of His Father, André Lurton
Hard footsteps to follow in.
Cava crisis: Spanish fizz must adapt amid torrid droughts
Worst ever?
Detector dogs are sniffing out grapevine disease
Pretty amazing.
The Battle Over What to Tell Americans About Drinking
And yet this article fails to mention some studies in favor of moderate consumption.
Meet the Vintner Trying to Make Umbria’s Native Wine Grape World Class
Arnaldo Caprai is a leader in the region.
China’s Biggest Wine Influencer Stirs Controversy with New Wine Launch
Giving up writing about it to make it.
Why Moët is maintaining malo-lactic fermentations
Even in the face of lower acidity.
Siepi and a New Tuscan Wave
James Lawrence reports.
Pitt and Jolie settle divorce but vineyard fate uncertain
Where will Miraval land?
Wine lover’s guide to Alsace
A handy guide.
Champagne Sales Continue to Slump
Social and environmental concerns are turning off younger drinkers?
David Kermode on why Arlberg Weinberg is the “Davos of wine”
Certainly seems like one heck of a tasting.
Pascaline Lepeltier: ‘The nose can be deceived, but the mouth much less so’
Pascaline focuses on mouthfeel.
‘The Simpsons’ new wine episode caught me by surprise
Marge goes a’counterfeiting.
How This Power Couple Is Trying to Make Croatian Wine World Class
They’ve got the money and the consultants.
5 Bold Wine-World Predictions for 2025
Rather safe predictions, actually.
Switzerland’s best-kept secret is its wines
And when we say kept, they really keep them.
Why This Legendary Burgundy Winemaker Is Sending Its Bottles to America on Sailboats
Not the first, and it’s still a gimmick.
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