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Richard Smart and Nelson Shaulis
Wine news in 5 Hail and fires in France, Australian organics upset, a Burgundy–UK venture Plus a clarification on Vietnam’s new tax hike on alcoholic beverages and a remembrance of Dr Richard Smart. Smart is pictured above (r) with Cornell professor Nelson Shaulis. Before I...
Samantha Cole-Johnson 2022
Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 12 July 2025 • 4 min read
The new Shanghai location of 67 Pall Mall wine club (right) plus Wine news in 5 logo
Wine news in 5 French protests and storms, microplastics in beverages, human trafficking in Champagne
Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 28 June 2025 • 1 min read
A weather map showinr rain and hail in southern France May 2025, and Wine News in 5 logo
Wine news in 5 France hit by severe storms, Australian wine exports surge, fine-wine sales slump
Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 24 May 2025 • 1 min read

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Wine news in 5 Hail hits Champagne, Mendoza considers mining, France's new export scheme Plus, more changes at the Duckhorn Portfolio, and an update on 2024 bordeaux en primeur. Above, Château Cheval Blanc. Hi... Read more
just-picked Assyrtiko grapes in a crate at Domaine Sigalas in Santorini
Wine news in 5 New MWs, Criolla Chica promoted, Aude hail, growth markets for beverage alcohol And bad news for lovers of Santorini's stupendous wines. Above, one of the few crates of Assyrtiko eked out of... Read more
Montes' Chiloe vineyards
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Wine news in 5 Ontario strike intensifies, hail hits Bordeaux, California fires, EU vine-pulls, spirits sales strong Plus a plea to abandon the wasteful wine capsule and news of Come Over October, a campaign to promote wine’s... Read more
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Wine news in 5 Hail and wildfires, world's oldest wine discovered, Bordeaux's weak en primeur campaign And the identities of the wines poured for the notoriously difficult Master of Wine exam have just been released. Sam... Read more
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Wine news in 5 Hail and floods, alcohol and health, smuggled vines and the end of a Pinot Noir celebration Extreme weather in Europe, the US Federal Government’s impending update to dietary guidelines, James Millton’s conviction for smuggling vine cuttings... Read more
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Inside information Italy's unusually soggy spring Rains that (almost) never stopped are reported in Italy. 12 June 2019 Piero Lanza of the Poggerino estate in Gaiole... Read more
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Free for all Bordeaux hit by severe localised hailstorms Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc in the Entre-Deux-Mers sends this report on the hailstorms that have been discussed on our... Read more
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Free for all Haisma on hail, and Burgundy vintages Here in the western Languedoc, much of the talk is about hail, the hail that on Sunday night wiped out... Read more