CURRENT EVENTS
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BEVERAGE LAW UPDATES
The San Luis Obispo Coast Named By TTB As Wine's Newest AVA (3/9/2022)
Wagram DAC & Sekt Austria PDO take immediate effect (2/2/2022)
Europe's shocking move to allow hybrid grapevines (12/16/2021)
Wines of Alentejo Announces Rigorous New Sustainability Certification Program (12/15/2021)
Historical Super Tuscan’ producers unite under new association (12/8/2021)
Arizona receives a third AVA, Valley Verde (11/10/2021)
Lower Long Tom AVA is granted as a sub-AVA in Willamette Valley, Oregon (11/10/2021)
Sweetness levels now stated on Alsace wines (11/4/2021)
Chemical weeding banned in the vineyards of Pomerol (10/26/2021)
Natural Wine is Now Legal: Hungarian Wine Law Joins the Modern World (8/20/2021)
Massive change proposed for Champagne (7/19/2021)
European Union Awards Willamette Valley Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Status (7/16/2021)
Goose Gap becomes a new AVA within Yakima Valley AVA in Washington State (7/16/2021)
Changing the Rules for Chianti Classico (7/3/2021)
Texas Wine Growers Celebrates Authenticity in Wine Labeling (6/28/2021)
The Burn of Columbia Valley and White Bluffs become AVAs in Washington State (6/19/2021)
Palos Verdes Peninsula becomes an AVA in Los Angeles County (6/19/2021)
Chianti Classico increases requirements for Gran Selezione and approved 11 MGAs (6/17/2021)
The B.O.E. Certifies the Strict New Zoning and Segmentation of the D.O. Cava (6/16/2021)
New Jersey introduces new wine regions (6/3/2021)
New Place-Specific Appellations in Store for Germany (4/21/2021)
EU appellations to be granted rights for dealcoholised wine production (4/21/2021)
TTB permits two new grape varieties for American wine labels (3/12/2021)
New Japanese Whisky regulations (3/4/2021)
Swiss Vin Nature: The Regulations Have Arrived (2/23/2021)
INAO approves six new grapes in Bordeaux (1/27/2021)
Tehachapi Mountains becomes an AVA in Southern California (11/21/2020)
Terre Alfieri DOC is promoted to DOCG (10/22/2020)
Ruster Ausbruch becomes a DAC within Burgenland, Austria (10/21/2020)
Côtes du Rhône-Villages AOC receives it's 22nd Geographic Designation: Nyons (10/20/2020)
Candy Mountain becomes an AVA within Yakima Valley, Washington (9/26/2020)
Pouilly-Fuissé AOP receives approval for 22 Premier Crus (9/5/2020)
Royal Slope becomes an AVA within Columbia Valley, Washington (9/2/2020)
Alisos Canyon becomes an AVA in Santa Barbara County, California (9/1/2020)
Trevelin becomes a GI in Patagonia, Argentina (8/19/2020)
Israel receives six new geographical indications (8/10/2020)
Cava DO has new zones and aging terminology, Cava de Guarda and Cava de Guarda Superior (7/15/2020)
Prosecco Rose production is permitted starting with the 2019 harvest (5/22/2020)
France officially recognizes natural wine (3/26/2020)
New Cru Bourgeois classification (2/21/2020)
CURRENT VINTAGE DETAILS
Willamette Valley Could Lose Half its Grape Crop After Frost Hits Oregon Vineyards (4/29/2022)
Killer Frosts Hit Oregon and California (4/27/2022)
Frost damages Wine Grapes Across Sacramento Region (4/22/2022)
NZ Winegrowers: This year's harvest expected to be far better than 2021 (4/22/2022)
Napa Valley grape growers announces that bud break has begun in Napa Valley (3/2/2022)
Warm weather causes wine worries for Lodi vintners (2/11/2022)
2021
A Season of Drought: The 2021 growing season: a dry review (12/2/2021)
Vintners report for 2021 California harvest (11/10/2021)
Ciatti California Report (11/2021)
Cava Completes an Excellent Harvest with Over 330,000 Tons of Grapes (10/27/2021)
Drought hits Napa Valley 2021 harvest but quality shows promise (10/11/2021)
Italy's 2021 Vintage: Small but Perfectly Formed (10/8/2021)
Extreme weather causes 60% drop in Champagne crop for 2021 (9/10/2021)
Severe drought forces one of Sonoma’s foremost Syrah vineyards to make no wine this year (8/10/2021)
Wildfires rage in Greece and Italy (8/10/2021)
Heat units in Northwest vineyards as much as 29% ahead of last year (8/9/2021)
AOC Médoc, Haut-Médoc and Listrac-Médoc to enforce mandatory environmental certification (7/29/2021)
British Columbia wineries face another blow as wildfire rages nearby (7/20/21)
Destruction in the Ahr Valley (7/19/21)
Mildew Threatens French Grape Harvest (7/18/21)
Record Heat Blankets the Northwest (7/9/2021)
Ribera del Duero declares 2020 vintage "excellent" (7/7/2021)
North Coast grape harvest nears with smaller crop amid challenges of drought, wildfires (7/3/2021)
Brunello unleashes another classic vintage (6/22/2021)
Betz Family Winery Announces it Will Not Release a 2020 Vintage (6/10/2021)
Producers reveal the scale of frost damage in Champagne (5/5/2021)
Snow, Freeze Events Hit Vineyards in the Midwest and East (4/26/2021)
Frost hits between 30% and 50% of Bordeaux (4/22/2021)
Record-setting Date for Late Frost in Texas Vineyards (4/21/2021)
Frost strikes European vineyards (4/9/2021)
New Zealand: Light 'n' Lovely: Low yields but High Quality in Vintage 2021 (4/8/2021)
Bud Break Begins in Napa Valley (3/11/2021)
A Look Into 2021 in Wairarapa (2/23/2021)
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WINERY UPDATES
14 Wineries Producing Nova Scotia's Signature Wine (4/28/2022)
Taylor's and Quinta do Noval Declare 2020 Vintages (4/25/2022)
Why is Château Angélus leaving the St Emilion classification? (1/5/2022)
WINWSA’s 50 most influential women in wine and spirts (12/15/2021)
Vega Sicilia buys land in Rías Baixas for its sixth winery (11/29/2021)
Guigal to launch fourth ‘La La’ Côte-Rôtie (11/3/2021)
Symington Family Estates launches ‘School of Port’ series (10/27/2021)
Chile to form organic wine growers’ association (7/26/21)
Château Ausone and Château Cheval Blanc renounce the Saint-Emilion classification (7/9/2021)
The story of Chile’s Seña (7/7/2021)
Francis Ford Coppola Winery to be acquired by Napa-based Delicato Family Wines (6/24/2021)
Gaylon Lawrence Jr. of Lawrence Wine Estates purchases Burgess Cellars (6/2/2021)
Jim Clendenen, Santa Barbara Winemaking Pioneer, Dies at 68 (5/19/2021)
Constellation Invests in Donae Burston’s La Fête du Rosé (5/13/2021)
Corpinnat turns it up to 11 by adding Pardas (5/12/2021)
Renowned winemaker Paul Hobbs releases inaugural Finger Lakes wine (5/10/2021)
Wine ‘Mozart’ Laurent Vaillé of Grange des Pères dies (5/5/2021)
Fladgate Partnership declares four vintage Ports from 2019 (4/21/2021)
Pio Boffa, Piedmont Wine Patriarch, Dies of COVID-19 (4/18/2021)
Bollinger Champagne Owners Buy Oregon's Ponzi Vineyards (4/7/2021)
Antinori acquires majority stake in Friuli Venezia Giulia's Cantina Jermann (3/5/2021)
LVMH acquires 50% of Jay-Z’s Armand de Brignac Champagne (2/22/2021)
Louis Roederer reveals new still wines from Champagne region (2/18/2021)
Penfolds debuts California collection (2/15/2021)
Château du Tertre sold to Alsatian winemakers (1/21/2021)
Stony Hill Vineyard purchased by Heitz Cellar (12/23/2020)
F.X. Pichler walks away from the Vinea Wachau Association (10/16/2020)
Far Niente Family of Wineries Expands (10/8/2020)
Heitz Cellar Team Buys Napa's Burgess Cellars (9/11/2020)
Jackson Family Wines buy Australia's Giant Steps Winery (8/24/2020)
Guigal acquires it's second Chateauneuf-du-Pape estate Domaine Les Clefs d'Or (8/10/2020)
Cole Ranch AVA sells for $2.7 million (8/5/2020)
INTERESTING ARTICLES
Removing Brett from barrels using just steam (12/3/2021)
Regenerative viticulture: what is it, and why all the fuss now? (11/18/2021)
Climate Change Threatens Wine, and a Way of Life, in Jura (11/3/2021)
Paper shortage, delays cause disruption in printing of wine labels (10/26/2021)
Massive Byzantine-era winery discovered in Israel (10/11/2021)
Argentina’s Vineyards Can’t Bottle Wines Due to Glass Shortage (10/8/2021)
How much does a French vineyard cost? (7/30/2021)
5 reasons why Itata will be Chile’s next big thing (7/23/21)
Could underground heat exchangers combat frost in vineyards? (7/23/21)
A Bolivian adventure (7/17/2021)
Wine Scholar Guild creates an Italian Vintage Chart (7/8/2021)
Winemakers Speak Out on Choosing New Jersey and Transforming the Wine Scene (6/29/2021)
D.O. Cava Launches the First Certified Online Cava Training School (6/22/2021)
Secret Workings of Smell Receptors Revealed for First Time (6/21/2021)
Assyrtiko, Carricante, and Timorasso: Three peas in a pod? (6/17/2021)
Bordeaux Is Back: 2020 Futures Prices and Analysis (5/20/2021)
The Complete Guide to Fighting Frost (4/22/2021)
The Fascinating History & Wines of Crete (4/6/2021)
French trademark major grape varieties (4/1/2021)
Swiss Grapes: Räuschling — The Acid Queen (3/29/2021)
On the Origin of Fun in Distilled Liquors (3/26/2021)
What is the Sweet Spot for Low Alcohol Wines? (3/16/2021)
Who are the true innovators in the world of wine? (3/15/2021)
Cease Fire - U.S. and EU Agree to Suspend Airbus Tariffs for Four Months (3/5/2021)
Futuro Viñador, a new terroir-driven association to watch in Spain (2/13/2021)
St-Emilion to get hail defence ‘launch’ system (1/29/2021)
Wine Lovers Looking To Bolivia (1/3/2020)
China imposes tariffs up to 212% of Australian Wine (11/27/2020)
Champagne producers petition to permit honey for dosage (10/29/2020)
AWRI wine closure trial report (10/9/2020)
Vermouth production begins in Japan (10/5/2020)
2,600-year-old wine 'factory' unearthed in Lebanon (9/14/2020)
Flash detente technology for smoke effect mitigation (8/27/2020)
Three misunderstood topics in Spanish wine (8/21/2020)
Walla Walla confronts phylloxera (8/10/2020)
A breakthrough study in Europe could open the door to an end to the curse of phylloxera (7/30/2020)
100 million Euro wine fraud ring uncovered, six arrested (7/27/2020)
2018 another declared vintage for Port (4/24/2020)
Understanding Arak, an Ancient Spirit with Modern Appeal (3/9/2020)
