Winemaker, Writer, Fencer, Fisherman, Tinker.
Hawke's Bay Region
Joined July 2009
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My interview with @SergeZaka for wine-searcher: wine-searcher.com/m/2026/10/…
My #wine news roundup for the last week:
🍷 Bordeaux chateau sale back in court;
🍷 Burgundian winemaker builds AI app;
🍷 2026 heat impacts Hospices de Beaune;
🍷 Vinho Verde's AI label checker;
🍷 Rioja to produce major surplus wine-searcher.com/m/2026/10/…
🍷 Rafael Nadal releases own label
🍷 Police sieze assets in Châteauneuf-du-Pape fraud
🍷 Romanian prince gets thumbs up for wine
🍷 Mendoza stock exchange opens annual label prize
🍷 Major Cognac house issues cry for help
🍷 China hosts "UN of Wine"
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🍷 Grape pickers unpaid in Burgundy
🍷 AI developed to detect wine faults
🍷 Antarctic Chablis goes to auction
🍷 Slovenia tops best wine destination
🍷 Cork maker puts Marianne on corks
🍷 Argentina exports rise but value stalls
wine-searcher.com/m/2026/10/…
Straight Outta Côte d'Or: my 50 cents on the Vin et Hip-Hop events wine-searcher.com/m/2026/10/…
The week in wine:
🍷 Red wine downturn hits Burgundy;
🍷 Bordeaux reopens irrigation debate;
🍷 Sauternes harvest on a knife-edge;
🍷 Latest legal battle in the Sólis-Carrión war; and
🍷 Champagne group spends €3m on AI ads.
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The week in wine: Death Metal band Gojira launches Bordeaux wines; Brazen 3000-bottle Barolo heist; Court orders Sazerac to honor contracts; Rémy Martin hosts Doisneau exhibition; Valle del Guadalupe worth $1 million; Rioja wine in hot water in Tenerife wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/…
The week in wine: Bordeaux 2026 early summer equivalent to Jerez; Graves and Pessac-Léognan spat over vine density; Vines introduced to Spain by Phoenecians, says study; Balzac museum to run wine-themed exhibit; and Puglia wine hits crisis point
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The week in wine: Champagne can hit 15% alc; Israeli winemaker defiant over sanctions; Champagne Lanson profits slashed; Vin et Hip-Hop unveils Burgundy roster; French harvest smallest in 30 yrs; Prosecco harvest down; Another Argentinian winery wobbles
wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/…
The week in wine: Young drop somms for AI; FR, IT, ES exports to US down 25%; Early-harvest Chardonnay prone to oxidation; Customs find cocaine in sparkling wine truck; death and injuries in French vineyards; Kurniawan-inspired novel centered on wine; wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/…
This (last) week's wine news:
🍷 Cava nears crisis
🍷 Cognac growers sue Sazerac
🍷 Alsace vineyard reduction
🍷 Argentina wine exports up and down
🍷 Police thumbs-up to German wine fair
🍷 North Italy early harvest
🍷 Wine and sexuality in Mendoza
wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/…
The week's wine news: Bordeaux starts red harvest; Benjamin Romero dies; two die in Champagne harvest; Alsace sets record for earliest harvest; Bordeaux wildfire victim given hope; Wine production to be digitised in Galicia; and a solar eclipse wine wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/…
Burgundy earliest harvest on record; Exceptional harvests "the norm" - scientist; White wine harvest starts in Bordeaux; Drought and smoke fears in Piedmont; Stock levels prompt harvest concerns in Italy; and Argentina continues winemaking deregulation.
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The week in #wine : NBA star in Bordeaux; Portugal establishes national wine day; Rioja begins earliest harvest ever; Bordeaux, Champagne harvesting; French delay 2026 yield estimate; Italy looks to early and smaller harvest; Spanish workers fight for pay wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/…
My latest wine news headlines: 🍷Bichot and Jadot fined for "deceptive" labels; 🍷Eva Longoria in Vouvray; 🍷World Cup stars open DRC in Ibiza; 🍷Bordeaux allowed to sweeten reds; 🍷Madrid, Cebreros hit by wildfires; 🍷Wine theft during Bordeaux fires wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/…
My wine news latest:
🍷 World Cup stars on Salon, Coche-Dury and Rayas;
🍷 Roederer finally acquires Burgundy estate;
🍷 Weather takes its toll on European vineyards;
🍷 Gastronomy, wine and sex for dinner;
🍷 Brawling footballer's wine;
All this and more: wine-searcher.com/m/2026/07/…
The week in wine: French harvest under way; Bordeaux prices in freefall; Texan vines go to space; Winzer von Baden files for insolvency; Cognac tsunami threatens bulk market; hail hits France; two jailed in wine scam; fire at barrel firm; and much more wine-searcher.com/m/2026/07/…
The wine news last week:
🍷 Heatwave threatens Bordeaux
🍷 Biggest private wine collector in village feud
🍷 Brett found across Champagne wines
🍷 Argentina exports on the up
🍷 Uco Valley growers losing money
🍷 NZ home company adopts winery names
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My weekly wine news roundup:
🍷 Neymar launches wine range
🍷 €7m wine scam in court
🍷 Crémant de Loire changes could isolate some
🍷 Spanish giant posts strong performance
🍷 Maradona World Cup goal wine relaunched
🍷 Historic Sherry rakes in thousands.
wine-searcher.com/m/2026/06/…
My weekly wine news roundup features:
🍷 Gérard Bertrand: French Wine Crisis "Only the Start"
🍷 France readies for early harvest
🍷 Marques de Riscal launches first bubbles
🍷 Miguel Torres publishes memoirs
🍷 Maule threatened by climate change
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