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Brilliant analysis of wine’s zeitgeist by one of wine’s most brilliant thinkers. A must read. blog.resy.com/2025/12/make...
How Wine Can Blaze a Trail to a Much Brighter Future — Resy | Right This Way
In 2013, a group of California winemakers gathered for an unusual tasting called the Seven Percent Solution. The “seven percent” referred to…
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December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Brilliant analysis of wine’s zeitgeist by one of wine’s most brilliant thinkers. A must read. blog.resy.com/2025/12/make...
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Here it is. New US flag.
December 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Here it is. New US flag.
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I think I'm the only journalist in the US to cover this story.
H/T to the Russian journalists at Kommersant and The Insider, who risk their freedom to report stories like this.
www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/12/uk...
H/T to the Russian journalists at Kommersant and The Insider, who risk their freedom to report stories like this.
www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/12/uk...
Ukraine Strikes Back in Russian Wine Row | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The battle of the San Francisco International Wine Competition is over, and Ukraine is claiming victory. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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December 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I think I'm the only journalist in the US to cover this story.
H/T to the Russian journalists at Kommersant and The Insider, who risk their freedom to report stories like this.
www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/12/uk...
H/T to the Russian journalists at Kommersant and The Insider, who risk their freedom to report stories like this.
www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/12/uk...
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A big scandal in Vinho Verde, reports The Drinks Business. This is quite a spectacle.
#wine #vinhoverde
#wine #vinhoverde
Portuguese police have arrested eight people and raided 21 properties in the Vinho Verde wine region following reports of “collusion between viticulture commission officials and businesspeople in the wine sector”.
Vinho Verde appellation officials arrested in wine fraud case
Portuguese police have arrested eight people and raided 21 properties in the Vinho Verde wine region following reports of "collusion between viticulture commission officials and businesspeople in the ...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A big scandal in Vinho Verde, reports The Drinks Business. This is quite a spectacle.
#wine #vinhoverde
#wine #vinhoverde
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Why isn’t this on mainstream media?
Why isn’t this on mainstream media?
The Hero We Need Now
How a tiny 75-year-old woman stood up to Kristi Noem’s goons.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Why isn’t this on mainstream media?
Why isn’t this on mainstream media?
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Why is non-alcoholic wine so expensive?
There are no alcohol taxes, and there is no mandatory three-tier distribution system. It seems that the profit margins of non-alcoholic wines are higher than their alcoholic counterparts. Taken in a grocery store—NY wine stores can’t sell non-alcoholic wine
There are no alcohol taxes, and there is no mandatory three-tier distribution system. It seems that the profit margins of non-alcoholic wines are higher than their alcoholic counterparts. Taken in a grocery store—NY wine stores can’t sell non-alcoholic wine
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Why is non-alcoholic wine so expensive?
There are no alcohol taxes, and there is no mandatory three-tier distribution system. It seems that the profit margins of non-alcoholic wines are higher than their alcoholic counterparts. Taken in a grocery store—NY wine stores can’t sell non-alcoholic wine
There are no alcohol taxes, and there is no mandatory three-tier distribution system. It seems that the profit margins of non-alcoholic wines are higher than their alcoholic counterparts. Taken in a grocery store—NY wine stores can’t sell non-alcoholic wine
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Alder's suggestions are always legitimately good. Though I did make fun of one of them in my annual anti-gift guide: www.tinacaputo.com/post/the-202...
The 2025 Eye-Roller’s Guide to the Wine Enthusiast Holiday Catalog
[You pull up at my wine country estate, finding the gate secured with a heavy chain and padlock. Spotting your car, I dash outside and fumble with the lock. “Just park anywhere!” I yell, making a spri...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Alder's suggestions are always legitimately good. Though I did make fun of one of them in my annual anti-gift guide: www.tinacaputo.com/post/the-202...
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What was once seen as hard labor is now the latest must-have getaway for wealthy wine lovers
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
What was once seen as hard labor is now the latest must-have getaway for wealthy wine lovers
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Hmmm, back again, like a horror film villain www.timesunion.com/tablehopping...
Report: Wine in supermarkets offers major benefits, minimal harm
Bolstered by an analysis that finds New York liquor stores would face fewer negative effects than feared, the campaign has restarted for wine sales in grocery stores, or WiGS.
www.timesunion.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hmmm, back again, like a horror film villain www.timesunion.com/tablehopping...
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Billions of your tax dollars are going to Palantir Technologies, the backbone of Trump's anti-immigrant police state.
Be warned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
Be warned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
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December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Billions of your tax dollars are going to Palantir Technologies, the backbone of Trump's anti-immigrant police state.
Be warned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
Be warned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
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Michelin Guide to Award Vineyards With Up to Three Grape Clusters in New Global Wine Ranking #MichelinGuide #WineRanking #Bordeaux #Burgundy #Vineyards
Michelin Guide to Award Vineyards With Up to Three Grape Clusters in New Global Wine Ranking
First vineyard distinctions will debut in Bordeaux and Burgundy in 2026, expanding Michelin’s influence beyond restaurants and hotels
www.vinetur.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Michelin Guide to Award Vineyards With Up to Three Grape Clusters in New Global Wine Ranking #MichelinGuide #WineRanking #Bordeaux #Burgundy #Vineyards
This.
In New York State, wine and liquor stores are not allowed to sell non-alcoholic wine or spirits. Assembly Bill A7457 aims to change that by authorizing the sale of “non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages” by licensed retailers.
legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/20...
legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/20...
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This.
What is Wine? What is Gin?
open.substack.com/pub/robertej...
open.substack.com/pub/robertej...
What is Wine? What is Gin?
The bureaucrats of Brussels appear to have come to an agreement over the way no and low alcohol wine can be labeled. Who cares?
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What is Wine? What is Gin?
open.substack.com/pub/robertej...
open.substack.com/pub/robertej...
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Happy Thanksgiving!🦃
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!🦃
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November 26, 2025
November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
November 26, 2025
20% left unharvested in 2025 vintage.
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Napa Valley grapes were left on the vine this harvest, while acres of vineyards have been pulled over the past year – Napa County Times
All wine regions in California have been affected by the downturn in the wine industry. About 7 percent of Napa County's vineyards were removed between
napacountytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
20% left unharvested in 2025 vintage.
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Titillation run amok.
www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
English winemaker takes aim at France with ‘real breast’ coupes
Folc’s provocative glassware — modelled on five British women — is a spirited challenge to champagne’s traditions and the mythology of Marie Antoinette
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Titillation run amok.
www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
The 2025 Ultimate Gift Guide for The Wine Lover Who Has Everything www.vinography.com/2025/11/the-...
The 2025 Ultimate Gift Guide for The Wine Lover Who Has Everything
Here's the ultimate holiday wine gift guide for the choosiest and hardest-to-buy-for wine lover in your life courtesy of Vinography.Com.
www.vinography.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The 2025 Ultimate Gift Guide for The Wine Lover Who Has Everything www.vinography.com/2025/11/the-...
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Not everything 2025 is horrible.
Le Beaujolais Nouveau... pas mal.
Le Beaujolais Nouveau... pas mal.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not everything 2025 is horrible.
Le Beaujolais Nouveau... pas mal.
Le Beaujolais Nouveau... pas mal.
My first language is broken English.
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
My first language is broken English.
It doesn't matter how hard you try to "pair" wines with Thanksgiving. Nobody ever remembers what they drank....
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It doesn't matter how hard you try to "pair" wines with Thanksgiving. Nobody ever remembers what they drank....
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It would be a good time for the NYT to have an ombudsman
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It would be a good time for the NYT to have an ombudsman