José Peñin to release memoirs; "Gru Cru Gang" has criminal trial set back 6 months; Burgundy producer Bichot ages wine on transatlantic sailboat; China extends Cognac investigation; and a historic Monbazillac sale to raise money for cancer research... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/bord…

Wine bottle-maker cuts 15% of French workforce; white-only Clairette de Die looks to produce rosé; Mahou San Miguel turns to wine-based RTDs; Rueda pairs wine and literature; Sherry's ups and downs; and more... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/wine…

Vosne-Romanée extends vineyard area; Emmanuel Macron's favorite holiday wine revealed; Bordeaux négoce shuts down bottling line; Ricard launches Pastis RTD; Camargue battle continues...wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/top-…

Rioja winery concerned for papal supply; Cognac house lays off hundreds of workers; Burgundy "teddy bear" for sailor; Jura asks public for Percée poster; and French designer mixes wine and hip-hop... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/rioj…

My piece on using hypnosis to taste wine: wine-searcher.com/m/2025/04/waki…

Was I the only person to watch the Francis Mallmann episode of Chef's Table and come away feeling the guy was an insufferable, self-absorbed asshole?

Michael Bublé touts Argentinian sommelier film; Moët Hennessy to cut over 1000 jobs; French winemakers band together to make a rock album; wine consumption stablises in Spain; and alleged fakes of a cult wine on the shelves... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/bubl…

Feminist wine organization gets EU funding; the wine that links the Obamas, late Pope Francis I, his Swiss Guard, and industrialists; Dijon's Cité du Vin caught in €5m embezzlement charge; Spain approves National Wine Day; and "Weeping baboon" wine wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/pope…

At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory

My #winenews roundup this wk: Archeologist says Asterix's magic potion was wine; Israeli tasting in Chianti scrapped after furor over Gaza; Hollywood actor in Ribeira Sacra; More layoffs in Cognac; Bordeaux vigneron commits suicide; and Buzet coop saved... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/aste…

This weekend's wine news: Floods and hail storms batter France; Italy exports "worrying"; Rhône wines recalled over glass in bottles; Wine labels feature in Argentinian torture case; Fraud office clashes with behemoth; and Cité du Vin charge thrown out... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/stor…

Wine news roundup: Rafa Nadal says farewell with Burgundy and Sherry; major Bordeaux fraud case (Languedoc turned into Pauillac) to go to court; huge company spat between Spain and Argentina opens up; Union bosses say Cognac industry is "facing disaster" wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/nada…

My latest #wine news roundup this week covers: Real wine lovers swallow; Montepulciano to add subregions to labels; Boisset buys a Dauvissat; Mildew pressure in southern France and Andalucia; and Ribera del Duero winery theft arrests nab crime gang... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/real…

"Imagine you worked in an industry in which, every two days, a woman files a complaint of sexual harassment. Welcome to the wine industry." My interview with Paye ton Pinard founder Isabelle Perraud wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/tack…

My wine news roundup from last week: Trade slams worst En Primeur in 40 years; Champagne fraudster facing more jail time and sex charges; Downsizing hits Courvoisier; Lanzarote vineyards in new TV series; and Pays d'Oc (and others) to reuse bottles... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/06/trad…

My wine news roundup this weekend: Polish court rules against Prosecco body lotion; Cursed Bordeaux château changes hands; Muscadet to add subregions; Alsace production to fall; Savoie harvest nearing; and Israeli firm installs zero-alc factory in Spain... wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/curs…

Travis Scott drinks white Burgundy; Wildfires in Corbières; Bordeaux cancels wine festival; CIVB moves to co-presidency; Natural/organic wine on the up in Argentina; Sicily expects good vintage; wine a most-stolen good in Spanish supermarkets AND MORE: wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/rapp…

My wine news roundup: Château Angélus assigned administrator following family feud; Navarra winery in Amazon Prime series with Catherine Zeta-Jones; Bordeaux harvest begins after heatwave; St-Emilion looks to adopt white wines; and Top NZ winery for sale...wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/ange…

The wine news stories you might have missed last week: Aude smoke taint "unprecedented"; producer says US tariffs hitting all margins; Conservatives asked to can Calimocho competition; Balearic vineyards to expand; and wine thief gets stuck up chimney wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/fran…

"It will be the same serious nods as those made when Cheval Blanc and the like left the St-Émilion classification. The brand doesn't need the appellation. They might be right. But it is, to me, as an environmental conservative, still, quite sad..." wine-searcher.com/m/2025/09/lafl…