SCOTUS rules on tariffs, downsizing in the US and Spain's vineyard area shrinks
This week Sam discusses this morning’s ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, a laundry list of sales, closures and lay-offs in the US, the sale of Ridgeview Wine Estate in the UK, Wales hi...
20 Feb 6min
Floods hit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monarch Tractor shuttered, early budbreak in California
This week Sam discusses floods in Spain and Portugal, floods and landslides in southern Italy, the closing of Monarch Tractor, a trade deal for China and South Africa, French wine and spirits exports ...
13 Feb 6min
New French grape variety, Argentina’s falling exports, UK’s rising wine taxes
This week Sam discusses a new grape variety for France, Concha y Toro’s purchase of Mirabeau, mining in Central Otago, Meta’s fix on Facebook bans, Argentina’s latest export report, the UK overtaking ...
6 Feb 7min
Strengthening US wine labelling, new EU trade deals, market reports, more bottles lighten up
This week Sam discusses a bill to strengthen US wine labelling, the new EU–India trade deal, a delay in the EU–Mercosur trade deal, reports on the US, South African and Australian wine markets, snow i...
30 Jan 7min
More wildfires, South Africa harvest starts, New Zealand floods, Prosecco up, Champagne down
This week Sam discusses wildfires in Itata and Bío-Bío, flooding and landslides in New Zealand, Trump’s latest tariff threats, the WHO asking member states to tax alcohol more harshly, protests at Moë...
23 Jan 7min
Fires in South Africa, Australia and Argentina, FB bans, state of the US wine industry report
This week Sam discusses fires in South Africa, Australia and Argentina, Facebook’s arbitrary restriction on alcohol-related accounts, France’s restriction of copper fungicides and the 2025 State of th...
16 Jan 6min
Sweetener in French AOC wines, US diet guidelines updated, New Zealand free-trade deal
This week Sam discusses New Zealand’s approval of a free-trade deal with India, the repeal of many of Argentina’s wine regulations, authorisation to sweeten AOC wines, de-alcoholisation in the EU, an ...
9 Jan 7min
Trinchero purchases Mumm Napa, Chablis updates AOC, Canada sells off US booze
This week Sam discusses Trinchero’s purchase of Mumm Napa from Pernod Ricard, Mendoza’s approval of copper mining, Canada selling off US booze, the discontinuation of the ‘Sud de France’ label and Cha...
19 Dec 20255min
