Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 9/6/26

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I spend each week exploring the internet for everything published about wine online, and here’s all the stuff that I think would be worth your valuable time.

Standing Up for Cabernet Sauvignon
Eric Asimov likes underdog grapes. Bet he never thought he’d be rooting for Cabernet.

To shelve or not to shelve: How the American alcohol response varies widely by province
What Canada is doing (or not doing) with American booze

Thinking & Drinking: New Colors, New Flavors
Be the first to taste a new taste?

Man arrested over suspected £500,000 counterfeit wine sale
Pulling a Rudy?

Wineries Are Offering Bingo, Picnics, Jewelry … and Sometimes Wine
Bring ’em in however you can these days.

Preserving the Languages of Terroir
Kathleen Willcox gets chatty.

Of Substack & wine
Miquel Hudin runs some numbers.

To Withstand a Tough Market, Vineyard Idling May Be the Solution
Idle vines are the devil’s…. playground?

Science Explains Why Wine Buying Makes People Nervous. One Retailer Profitably Took Notes
The paradox of choice is just the beginning.

Raising Standards
How does a wine region raise the bar?

The Hawaiian-shirt wearing California winemaker who ‘put Merlot on the map’ has died
RIP Tom Rinaldi.

Climate change pushes French wine production north
Brittany and Normandy?

The Vanishing Wine Smugglers of Hong Kong and Shenzhen
My favorite endangered species.

As Climate Change Shifts Harvest Earlier, Winemakers Face a New Set of Challenges Beyond the Vineyard
Not just about the grapes.

The French wine region with a new reason to visit at last
Getting fancy with lodging in Burgundy.

Is California wine ready for a $250 Cabernet made without this crucial ingredient?
Zero Zero Cabernet? Seems like 6 or 8 years ago would have been a better time to do this.

Jamie Goode: Old vines won’t survive on sentiment alone
We all gotta buy the wines.

‘The Truffle Hunters’ Directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw Look for the Perfect Wine in ‘Burgundy’: ‘A Great Glass of Wine Changes How You Perceive the World’
If only they had made this in a region that actually needs some attention.

The up-and-coming wine region you’ve likely never heard of
You’re right. I’ve never heard of it.

Wine releases – what’s the rush?
Who needs fresh, says Jancis. Age can make for better wine.

Domestic Wine Production Could Drop Sharply
Says the country of Hungary.

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