Wine News
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A weekly run-down on the latest news in wine and spirits from the team at wine-searcher.com. Hosted by editor Don Kavanaugh and wine writer and winemaker Oliver Styles
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Focuses on a variety of topical issues impacting the wine and spirits world, such as labor concerns in vineyards, industry scandals, and climate effects on production, with episodes covering topics like immigrant labor challenges, wine fraud cases, and regional wine production news.
Get all the latest wine news stories in time for your Monday morning commute.
A weekly run-down on the latest news in wine and spirits, covering top stories and breaking news from the team at Wine-Searcher.com.
Hosted by editor Don Kavanaugh and wine writer and winemaker Oliver Styles
US soft diplomacy hits Don via a bottle of Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon while Olly is still enjoying the aftertaste of a Barolo from Rivetto. The best-value Tequilas tops our most-read stories of the week, closely followed by a fascinating story looking at why Chile isn't getting past the notion of good value.
Other top stories include: Langhe's fight against climate change: Port's recent declaration (for 2024) as well as the likelihood of a 2025 declaration; and falling prices in Napa.
But this week, it's all about soccer with French former midfielder Jean Tigana in the headlines as well as Rioja winery Marques de Murrietta announcing its 2022 red is the wine gracing the tables in VIP lounges for the FIFA World Cup! Hail hits Burgundy; there's talk of early harvests across France (particularly in Muscadet); Remy Cointreau announces a 20% drop in its Cognac production; there's Prieto Picudo for the Pope and Bodegas Bianchi in Argentina looks to be navigating a way out of its debt situation.
ABOUT THE WEEK IN WINE
The Week in Wine goes out every Monday morning so that you can turn up to work with great talking points from the latest news across the world of wine.
Hosted by wine-searcher editor Don Kavanagh with wine writer Olly Styles – who also produces the podcast – nearly all of the stories we discuss can be found on https://www.wine-searcher.com/magazine
You can get in touch with us at [email protected]
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