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.
Moving the Making of Madeira
A very interesting story.
€15m EU funding to boost inclusive growth in South African wine
This is great news. Why the hell isn’t SA doing this?
Great American Wines That Stand the Test of Time
Eric Asimov on Littorai.
Meeting Laurent-Perrier’s new cellar master
David Kermode reports.
Grape expectations: English wine turns to exotic varieties
Well, exotic for England anyway.
Navigating Wine’s New Benchmark Regions
More questions than answers here.
This French Town Is Known as the ‘Venice of the Alps’ With Beautiful Canals, a Turquoise Lake, and Michelin-starred Restaurants
A guide to Annecy.
What Happened When This Founder Bought His Winery Back From Its Corporate Parent
Patz & Hall post buyback.
The Obscure Wine Region That’s Becoming Georgia’s Answer To Bordeaux
Upscale Kakheti in British Vogue.
The Count of Burgundy
Jancis Checks in with Liger-Belair.
They can’t get fire insurance. So California wineries are seeking out fire trucks and military tech
Doing what needs to be done.
Wine Talk: Mac McDonald Takes a Bow
Interview with the visionary vintner.
Wine Sales Are in Decline—Here’s How Western Wineries Are Reaching Younger Generations
Nothing revolutionary here. But making the effort is more than some are doing.
Loss of an Icon: Meininger’s International Shuts Down
And the dominos continue to fall.
‘Beloved’ Oregon viticulturist detained by ICE
More on Sotelo-Casas.
Defunct NYC wine shop Sherry-Lehmann sues ex-owners, Pulitzer-winning NYT journalist over ‘press smear campaign’
Not dead yet.
When ICE Raids Come to Wine Country
F*ck Ice.
The Tiny, Ageing, Minority that’s Sustaining French Wine
Robert Joseph takes his Devil’s Advocate column to LinkedIn
Smaller wineries lead economic turnaround in the US
That would be the most optimistic headline one might wring from the SVB report.
Wine production – who pays the price?
Jancis on the real costs of vineyard work.
Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking
Damn straight. Let’s see some heads roll!
How the new CEO behind Two Buck Chuck plans to ‘win’ the wine crisis
And best of luck to him.
Exclusive: US to drop guidance to limit alcohol to one or two drinks per day, sources say
A damn sight better than “no amount is safe.”
