What I’m Reading the Week of 7/28/24 : 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.
Can you make sparkling wine in Texas?
If you can make it in New Mexico…
Public Comment about ICCPUD committee for underage drinking advisory for DGA alcohol guidelines, By Laura Catena M.D.
This may sound dry and boring, but it’s hugely important. Some of the people deciding U.S. dietary guidelines for alcohol are Canadian prohibitionists.
Wine in Türkiye today
Jancis tastes through some of the latest from this embattled industry.
Frost damage in German vineyards to cost millions
More climate chaos news.
Sicily winemakers brace as Mount Etna erupts
And by “brace” what they mean is “shrug and get on with life”
The ups and downs of Hermitage La Chapelle
Jancis explores 30 years of this legendary wine.
Dry-farming in American viticulture? Irrigation and a changing climate
Not as simple as turning off the spigot.
Napa tourism boss accused of mismanaging funds
The saga continues.
Champagne Prepares for a Sobering Vintage
Not a sabering vintage, it seems.
The Hefners: Everything coming together
A profile of Ramiiisol in Virgina.
California vineyard workers are losing wages amid extreme heat. Now they’re fighting back
Unintended consequences of a law designed to keep workers safe.
Social Equity: Wine’s New Organic
Easy to say, hard to do.
Translation, Treachery And Terroir
A thought experiment on AI winemaking.
In Praise of Older Wines
Ask to buy from the library.
A Radical New Vineyard Shape for a Warming Climate
Alternative layouts, trellising, and more.
How Good Wine Rewards Your Attention
An excellent piece by Jason.
Exclusive interview: Sting and Trudie on wine, business and song
Your questions about Il Palagio answered.
Your wine has a hidden shape. Nick Jackson knows what it is.
Jackson talks a lot about texture.
Why Are We So Obsessed With the NBA’s Wine Aficionados?
Because they’re actually connoisseurs, not aficionados.
One of California’s largest wine companies has filed for bankruptcy
Sad to see so many brands go down the tubes.
This European Country Is Leading the Natural Wine Movement — Here’s Where to Drink
Austria flying high.
The Secret to Smelling Wine Like a Pro? Use the Three-Tier Aroma System
One way of smelling.
Could California’s Next Great Wine Valley Be Silicon Valley?
A look at New Almaden.
‘We had to make our wine business work. There was no Plan B’
A brief interview with the man behind Mirabeau.
Napa Valley architect Howard Backen, whose rustic refinement defined the Wine Country look, dies
An iconic mind gone.
These Fine Wine Producers are Investing in a Sustainable Future
Elin McCoy profiles a few producers.
The fall out of Taiwan’s wine fraud scandal
$30 million of fake wine.
Owner of posh NYC wine shop demanded discounts on prize French booze in bizarre deal to sell store
Hanging on to the DRC allocation with tooth and nail.
Ste. Michelle’s Cutbacks Upended Washington Wine Last Year. How Are Growers Faring?
A check-in.
Serbian Wine Is Hitting Its Stride
A primer and some profiles.
Two jailed for Bordeaux grape-picking exploitation
Don’t let ’em get away with it.
