What I’m Reading the Week of 6/30/24 : 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.
We Might Owe Wine To The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs 66 Million Years Ago
To get wine, we had to lose the dinosaurs.
A hundred years since the acquisition of Vieux Château Certan and a hundred-year-old wine
Jancis offers some thoughts on a recent tasting.
The unsung hero of the wine world – a look into the rise of English vineyards
The Condé Nast guide to English Wine Tourism.
Harvard Data Science Review uses big data to examine wine
Sounds like an interesting conference.
The scientific studies showing the health benefits of wine
In case you needed a list of them somewhere.
Minus Tide Wines is a love letter to Mendocino County
Great press for good folks with excellent wine.
Are Things Getting Better for the Wine Industry? SVB Says Yes — and No
Jeff Siegel analyzes the results. Would you get a load of those prices…?
The California wine hot spot that locals have only just discovered
SYV is lit.
Wealthy US millennials more than twice as likely to invest in wine than Gen X or Boomers
But what they really want to invest in is wristwatches.
In Defense of Wine
Eric at his most eloquent.
Tempranillo grape relatives show promise in climate study
Spain holds many keys I believe.
New Tariffs Threaten Europe’s Winemakers
Kathleen Willcox lays it all out.
Chapel Down’s sale would reflect British wine going global
Analysis from The FT.
To Miho Fujita, ‘rules are meant to be broken in the sake world’
A pioneer in modern sake.
Devil’s Advocate: Wine, Factories and Brands
Robert plays with language.
A former top Google exec just bought two celebrated Sonoma wineries. These are his ambitious plans
Esther talks with David Drummond.
Bob Gallo, Modesto philanthropist and former co-president of Gallo, dies at 89
RIP Bob.
Laurent Delaunay: ‘There’s an inertia at the heart of Burgundy’
An interesting interview.
The Wine Emperor’s New Clothes
Lovely piece, this.
TTB Establishes Contra Costa AVA and Expands Central Coast and San Francisco Bay AVAs
Not just a county anymore.
California Winemaking Is at a Dangerous Crossroads. Here’s How Vintners Are Responding.
A nice wide ranging article.
The Yeasts are Alive with the Taste of Terroir
Simon talks yeasts.
London con artist sentenced over $13m wine and whiskey investment scam that targeted older Americans
The periodic reminder not to invest in wine.
Hope of recovery for Hong Kong wine market despite slump
Long way to go.
Woman arrested in Spanish winery intruder case
If you call dumping $2.5 million of wine down the drain “intruding”.
The Shady Business of Shielding Soils
When throwing shade is a good thing.
Why Oregon Winemakers Are Trading Their Pinot Noir for Chardonnay
Damn good stuff.
