Bordeaux Futures, Vines in High Altitude, and Grasping an Opportunity
If we are absolutely honest, the wine industry has seen better times and has a couple of nuts to crack if it wants to get
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Markets in the Digital Age, Chile Bio and the Future of Douro
Just back from a visit to the wonderful Douro Valley, we will, of course, talk about some of the things I’ve learned during my stay.
Harvest in the Southern Hemisphere, Tokenisation and the Importance of Authenticity
Numbers, numbers, numbers – data is the currency of the 21st century and wine is no exception. So it seems, as more updates on the
The Rising Cost of Making Wine and More
The big news this week certainly is the OIV report on the state of the wine world. We will cover this in a dedicated article,
Forgotten Varieties, Ponzi schemes and what the OIV got up to
Apologies are appropriate, I believe, for a break that was necessary for both personal and professional reasons, which even made me miss two wine events
The Cost of War for the Wine Industry
In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. Not my words but those of Neville Chamberlain,
The Truth behind Wine Quality Assurance, Buying Local and Wine after Covid-19
It is difficult to describe how depressing this current crisis is. Even though it seems so far away, the war on Ucraine is an attack
A Crisis averted, Barolo in Bordeaux, and a new AOP
With Europe on the brink of war, it feels strange to write about news from the wine. Still, the show must go on and it
Spiked Champagne, European Prohibition and do PDOs equal Quality?
Image courtesy of Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/99405169/) Travelling back from the motherland, I had plenty of time to catch up on some wine news today
Assessing the Health Risks of Drinking Wine
It has been a somewhat slow week in the wine world in terms of news. Well, while there were quite a few new stories and