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Trinchero purchases Mumm Napa, Chablis updates AOC, Canada sells off US booze
Plus Mendoza’s recent embrace of copper mining and the end of the Sud de France moniker on wine labels. Above, a view of Chablis. Before I get to global news...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 19 December 2025
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Water, water, not quite everywhere
4 September 2025 Should irrigation be more widely permitted in France’s fine-wine regions? We’re republishing this argument against, free for all, to inform this debate made especially topical by Château...
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Thursday 4 September 2025
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Bordeaux, Burgundy – it's time to irrigate!
4 September 2025 Château Lafleur quitting the restrictive appellation contrôlée system has put irrigation in the spotlight again. We’re republishing this report from 2022, and its riposte, to inform the...
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Thursday 4 September 2025
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Why defining the identity of Mediterranean wine is more important now than ever. Thousands of years before the châteaux of...
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An easy way to make planet-friendly wine choices, no greenwashing allowed, courtesy of International Wineries for Climate Action. Above, IWCA...
Wine news in 5
The warming climate continues to wreak havoc on wine regions around the world, as evidenced by the photo above of...
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How much power is too much? Above, Grand Cru Brand, from the middle of the vineyard.
Are Alsace's grands crus...
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Jamie Goode writes a rough draft of the potentially best new-viticulture book of the decade.
The New Viticulture The science...
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2 November 2023 Today we’re republishing this report on the devastating floods in Chile to draw your attention to a...
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26 October 2023 Since my original article was published, a mining company, Cienth Pty Ltd, has reapplied for a prospecting...
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British Columbia, in western Canada, has had its worst wildfire season on record, and the latest is threatening Kelowna, in...
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Following up on Tam's March visit to France's Roussillon, when the wild rocket and cherry trees were in full bloom...
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With water in short supply, Roussillon's vintners are planning ahead. Above, one of Treloar's old-vine vineyards showing verdant ground cover...
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We can make a difference – and other takeaways from the Sustainable Wine Roundtable’s latest conference.
Last month, the Sustainable...
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A plea from the cyclone-hit east coast of the North Island. Above, the Omahu vineyard in the Gimblett Gravels in...
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Severe drought and extreme heat pose a significant threat to wine production – especially in Baja California, Mexico (although see...
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28 June 2023 The Old Vine Registry has just been launched! See this article for background.
9 February 2023 Exciting...
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5 January 2023 We're republishing this article free in our Throwback Thursday series to remind you of the topic of...
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In this third episode of the JancisRobinson.com Podcast, Elaine Chukan Brown talks climate-change activism with sustainability scientist Kimberly Nicholas.
Two...
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