The 2022 wine harvest is underway! Iâve been reposting some winery photos and videos over on my Instagram account as stories. This wine harvest incredibly early: mid-August for some grapes in Northern California, the third week in August for Champagne (incredible for one of the most northerly wine regions), and some pinot nero in Piemonte. [â¦]
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Iâve been leading a ton of Zoom tastings during this quarantine periodâa Zoom boom, if you will. We had this pair with a group recently and they really hit the ball out of the park: Pierre Peters, âCuvA(c)e de RA(c)serve,â Champagne and the 2019 rosA(c) from Domaine du Bagnol in Cassis. (Find these wines at [â¦]
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The global nightmare known as coronavirus has brought enormous tragedy, uncertainty and change to the way we live. In the pre-2020 part of my life, I led lots of wine tastings, large and small, in real life. They were fun and informative! Now that we are all in a pants-optional world of Zoom, itâs no [â¦]
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Tariffs of 100% may soon hit European wines in America. The price of some wines will double. But mostly it will mean that many of the most coveted wines will no longer be available. The comment period ends today at midnight over at the site of the United States Trade Representative. Fully 24,071 people have [â¦]
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Another day, another wine tariff post⦠Last week, news trickled out that the US Trade Representative might raise the tariff on European wine to 100%. Oh, and the tariff on 31-pages of other items. Unsatisfied with progress in the aircraft dispute with Airbus, which was the cause of the 25% tariff imposed on some European [â¦]
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Late yesterday, the US Trade Representative unsheathed a champagne saber. But it wasnât for sabering champagne in celebration; rather, it was for dealing it a blow by threatening tariffs of 100%. French sparkling wine (not still wine) as well as cheese, handbags, makeup and enamelware would be affected. (See the whole list here.) While that [â¦]
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âWine is geography in a glass,â Hugh Johnson said recently. He and Jancis Robinson were in town to promote the new edition of the World Atlas of Wine. He said that back in 1970, the publisher was unsure if a book of wine maps would really fly. So he had to impress upon the publisher [â¦]
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The Kincade fire has already burned 54,000 acres in Sonoma County, roughly the size of the area also under vine. There have been mandated evacuations of 180,000 residents and the 3,400 first responders have it only 5% contained. Strong winds have blowing sparks and embers huge distances but the winds are moderating. The governor has [â¦]
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For those looking to explain the oddities of the recent tariffs on French wine, a clue may have come last week in Texas. But first, those oddities. It is not really going out on a limb to say that this administration has a haphazard, govern-by-tweet style of policymaking. So it should not be a surprise [â¦]
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Our post about the 25% tariff that will be imposed on the $.2.5 billion of wines imported from France, Spain and Germany as of October 18 raised some questions. We respond: Rick: How do you suppose this will affect futures orders that are in place? Dr. Vino: They will be hit by the 25% levy [â¦]
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The trade war gets real! As if tariffs on hundreds of billions of consumer goods made in China werenât real enough, the latest escalation from the Trump administration has found a new target: French wine. Late yesterday, word came down that the Trump administration will impose $7.5 billion in tariffs on goods from our European [â¦]
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One winery I wanted to be sure to visit when I was in Champagne last month was Pierre PA(c)ters. I have always tremendously enjoyed the racy wines in the US and Rodolphe PA(c)ters not only commands a lot of respect in the wine world for his Champagnes but I had heard he had a new [â¦]
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Spain makes a lot of wine. Overall, itâs the third biggest producer in the world. One problem the country has is that many of the countryâs wines sell at low pricesâdonât get me wrong, there are certainly some pricey ones too. Another problem is that as wine enthusiasts and producers around the world rejoice in [â¦]
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On the sidelines of her NY distributorâs recent tasting, I grabbed a quick three minutes with the supremely lovely Evelyne de Pontbriand. She is the third consecutive woman in her family to run the estate Domaine du Closel located at the Chateau des Vaults in the Loire region of SavenniAA"res. Aging SavenniAA"res: underrated or overrated? [â¦]
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On Wednesday, the eyes of wine geeks and those in the wine industry will turn to the the Supreme Court. Wine will be on the docket, and, as you might expect, reds and whites do not map on to a political right and left. A love of wine is non-partisan even though no justice has [â¦]
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