In a season of extreme weather, the 2022 wine harvest is underway around the world drvino.com/2022/08/29/202…

Much of the Central Coast is in a state of hurry up and harvest, as many areas are two weeks ahead of schedule, and not everyone has the capacity to deal with a tidal wave of grapes.

Caller on waitwait says his sister’s name is Crystal Decanter. That is crazy as it is, but what if she married Ira Wineglass?

California's 2022 wine grape harvest forecast to be the second smallest of the past ten bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

RIP SevenFifty 😢 It was a good run

“Drought has ravaged dozens of crops throughout Europe — corn in Romania, rice in Italy, beans in Belgium, and beets and garlic in France. Among the hardest hit is the olive crop of Spain, which produces one half of the world’s olive oil.” nytimes.com/2022/09/10/bus…

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Italians discovering Americans will buy Pinot Grigio

Guess how many points? "Crushed blackberries and blueberries with some flowers, such as violets & lavender. Bark, too. Medium-to full-bodied with layers of ripe, refined tannins w/ a cool undertone. Plenty of subtle blackberry & wet-earth undertones. From organically grown grapes

If you were flying JFK - AUK, would you do the new NZ1/2 direct flight? 17+ hrs in the same aluminum tube seems like deep vein thrombosis waiting to happen. But then again, changing planes is a pain...

Just leaving this here…

Sad news. Here’s our obit on Julie Powell, who changed food writing forever. nytimes.com/2022/11/01/din…

The most expensive 2019 wine I have seen--maybe buy a few others and go for the case discount? nyc.flatiron-wines.com/products/domai…

Good Morning Everyone! Is inflation cancelled? Container shipping costs are back to pre-pandemic levels.

I am leading two one-week wine tours in Tuscany this spring. A few spots are still available. It would be great to see you there! drvino.com/2023/01/31/win…

How will this affect the California wine industry? Hope all wineries that had banking relationships with SVB are okay.