Having fenced internationally (and at sabre, no less) I never really thought there would be a crossover with wine... until now! wine-searcher.com/m/2024/04/cham…

Bumper crop means Burgundy prices are set fall; Alsace to adopt new bottle shapes; 2012 St-Emilion classification upheld in court; Fraudsters pass off Rioja as Málaga; Rioja growers push to stop table wine production; US owner of Fonplégade and ADAMVS dies wine-searcher.com/m/2024/03/burg…

What if it was Big Wine, and not falling consumer demand, that was behind the current wine glut? wine-searcher.com/m/2024/03/digg…

EU diplomats hacked by a scam #wine tasting invite; Clarendelle (and La Mission Haut-Brion second wines) are back at the #Oscars ; €50,000 of wine stolen in Chablis; and 'Our death in a bottle' protests hit #Lidl in Bordeaux wine-searcher.com/m/2024/03/dipl…

Former Jadot winemaker claims Burgundy is 'eroticism', not porn; Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarosse sale goes to court; Hail slams Mendoza; French National park looks to plant vineyard; Mafia puts bleach in wine; and more.. wine-searcher.com/m/2024/03/wine…

George Clooney to release wine; Mouton Cadet goes Fair Trade; Castillon to become own appellation; Banyuls, Collioure to leave Roussillon; Médoc winery to make hybrid white; #wine abounds in Oscar-nominated film American Fiction, and much more! wine-searcher.com/m/2024/02/geor…

Some amazing Georgian wine made it to Hawke's Bay...

Spaniards dump French #wine in streets of Ciudad Real; Ups and downs for #Argentina 's wine sector; Spanish wine dispute reaches Monbazillac; Fraud inspectors descend on #Languedoc and Michel Bettane's cellar goes to auction. wine-searcher.com/m/2024/02/fran…

A dozen Israeli soldiers just stormed a hospital, disguised as doctors, nurses, patients, & veiled women & executed 3 Palestinians in Jenin - the West Bank.

The IDF has entire units whose specialty is to fight in urban spaces dressed as civilians, like the “Duvdevan unit 217”.

Angry winegrowers break into a supermarket bottling plant and empty #wine on the ground; Brouilly and Moulin-à-Vent the next in #Beaujolais to push for Premier Cru status; #Alsace formally recognises orange wines; and more...wine-searcher.com/m/2024/01/more…

Winegrower direct action group bombs government building in Carcassonne; Red Sea crisis hits Spanish wine exports to Asia; Uruguayan wine production plummets; Winery swaps Christmas trees for wine; and EU approves 'vino generoso' for Rueda wine-searcher.com/m/2024/01/bomb…

Back into my #wine news roundups and 2024 is off to a flier: Bordeaux négoces Ginestet & Cordier in court; wines recalled over sorbic acid levels; new DOP due for Spain; and revelations UK govt stocked up on claret mid-pandemic... wine-searcher.com/m/2024/01/bord…

Winery charged with 'Frenchifying' Spanish wine; Europe adjusts to label laws; Aussie PM blasted for WA winery visit; Champagne sales dip; AI tech boosts Rioja vit company; Menorca's production grows; and a wine card game: wine-searcher.com/m/2023/12/char…

Cognac bosses slammed; Bize-Leroy blasts natural wine; two Loire wineries guilty of fraud; 10-15% of indy French wineries in trouble; 2024 Roussillon harvest (already) on the ropes; wine on tap causes murmurs; Spanish label fraud; and vines in the Vosges wine-searcher.com/m/2023/12/cogn…

Chapoutier to drop foil top on wine bottles; reports Russia is to spot-check its wine importers; UK becomes top market for Spanish wine; French senate debates minimum wine pricing; Major Alsace wineries merge; and more: wine-searcher.com/m/2023/11/chap…

Faking wine happens all the time, everywhere, in plain sight. My latest op-ed for wine-searcher: wine-searcher.com/m/2023/11/wine…