What I’m Reading the Week of 10/13/24 : Vinography
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.
Italy triumphs at World Tasting Championship
Some of these wines are brutal. NZ Sav Blanc with 10% Semillon? Rough.
Climate Change Is Altering How Wines Are Made
Are we going to be reading these articles every month ’til forever?
Can the French make good wine in California?
As if they haven’t been for decades?
‘Wine is hurting’: the decline of sales in the US continues
I don’t like posting sad news, but news is news.
Why some Napa and Sonoma wineries are making tastings free this month
Come Over October has its benefits.
Familiar Faces Buy Back Wineries
A roundup of the buybacks.
He criticized one of California’s most popular wines. Then he got a letter from its lawyers
Adam Lee is a great sh*t disturber.
Nominations Open for Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2025
Nominate someone great!
Paso Robles looks to Bordeaux for sustainable insights
Would love to see some agroforestry in Paso.
Katherine Cole: ‘I think of moulded plywood and feel hopeful’
Katherine looks at what’s trending.
Melody Wong: ‘There is still a long way to go to fix the industry’
Persistence rewarded.
Is South Africa due an organic wine revolution?
YES, YES, YES!!
Helene Devastated Western North Carolina’s Wine Industry—Here’s How To Help
That’s a helluva photo.
The US Wine Market Faces an Unwelcome New Normal
Unwelcome indeed.
Devil’s Advocate: Wine, a Female James Bond, and Losing the Lead
More options needed.
Could wine play a role in Chinese soft power?
Chinese wine becomes sneaky diplomacy?
God’s Ladder plainchant and testimony
Andrew Jefford doing his thing.
Remembering a Big Decade for Santa Barbara Vintners
And discussion of a Business Improvement District.
China’s Biggest Wine Influencer Is Calling it Quits
Being famous is rough.
Native American Terroir: Tribes Reclaim Land with Vines and Wineries
So much better for the world than casinos.
South Africa hopeful of recovery after ‘challenging’ 2024 harvest
Fingers crossed.
“Giuseppe Versus the Volcano” ~ The Etna Report 2024.3
Alfonso muses on Etna.
The current state of world wine consumption, and our responses to it
Change, change, change.
Wine counterfeiters busted in Italy for selling bottles of fake wine for EUR 15 000
That’s some expensive sh*t.
Women in wine – Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse
The woman behind Beauséjour.
Devil’s Advocate – Will Investment in US Change Wine Buying in France?
More DTC perhaps?
Why should young people invest in wine?
They SHOULDN’T. This is basically advertorial. Shame!
Napa Valley just got its first new official wine region in 13 years
Welcome to the Crystal Springs AVA.
The Annual SVB State of the Industry Survey is Closing
If you’re a winery and you haven’t participated, please do.