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📺Are COSTCO Kirkland Signature Wines as GOOD as the REAL Thing???
📖 Get YOUR Guide: A $9 Wine that Tastes like $30 | 14 Gems $20 and Under: https://payhip.com/b/7zvuSThe Kirkland Signature wines from Costo are popular but ...
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🎧Bordeaux on the Brink Part 1
NB: this episode contains sensitive material, given we discuss suicide - see the links on our website show notes for help and more. Bordeaux is one of the most famous names in wine. Yet this jewel in the French wine crown has been having a wretched time of late, afflicted by a whole bunch of problems, from rampaging wildfires to plummeting consumption, land prices tanking, production plunging and general climate change chaos. It's being described as the worst crisis for Bordeaux since phylloxera and the Great Depression - so no wonder producers are feeling the pressure, in some cases with tragic outcomes. Bordeaux's proud vineyard is being severely pruned - down from 109,000 hectares in 2023 to 86,000 hectares in 2026, a severe contraction of more than 20% in just three frantic years. Olives, goji berries and apples are replacing vines. 'The landscape of Bordeaux is changing,' notes respected Bordeaux-based writer Chloé Cazaux Grandpierre, who has some eye-opening details to share in t
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U.S. alcohol ban expected to have limited impact on B.C. wineries
U.S. alcohol ban expected to have limited impact on B.C. wineries
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🎧221: JJ McNab – L’Amitié Wines
In this episode I talk with John "JJ" Julius McNab, assistant winemaker at Matthiasson Wines and founder of Lamitié Wines, about his unconventional path from Chicago brokerage and endurance sports into the wine world. JJ traces his move from finance to Santa Barbara hospitality and DTC sales at Brewer-Clifton and the moment he realized he wanted to make his own wine. We dig into his decision to complete the UC Davis Winemaking Certificate, how that "inch deep, mile wide" technical foundation pairs with on-the-job experience, and what he really learned during his first harvest at Kosta Browne in the middle of COVID and wildfire smoke. We then dive into JJ's Chardonnay-focused Lamitié project: why he chose to be known for one thing, his focus on low alcohol, high-acid chemistry, and what he looks for in vineyards like Charles Heintz (clone 4, cool sites, marine influence). JJ explains his press strategy ("the juice isn't always worth the squeeze"), fermenting Chardonnay in puncheons on f
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Tom Rinaldi, Founding Winemaker at Duckhorn Vineyards, Dies at 77
By Tim Carl
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🎧📺Redmon Wines Lisa Redmon Struggle Vino Lingo Video r
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Lisa Redmon, Proprietor, Redmon Wines, Coombsville AVA, Napa Valley, defining the term “Struggle”. Learn more...
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Walter Scott Winery Inspires A ‘Signature’ White Wine
Plus: Reviews of their 2023 & 2024 wines and a deep dive with winemaker Ken Pahlow
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Washington wine quiz: Can you get a Super(Sonic) score?
A longtime U.S. wine writer, New Jersey–based Dana Nigro joined Decanter in June 2026. Previously, she spent more than 25 years with Wine Spectator in New York City, where she started as news editor, then became a senior editor for the magazine and the digital managing editor—responsible for the website, social media and apps. She fell in love with wine while studying magazine journalism in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region, where she took advantage of the excellent wine program at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. As a result, one of her passions is Riesling. Another is sustainability in wine—from the vineyard soil to the winery buildings to the bottles (and boxes). While reporting on U.S. wine, Nigro covered topics such as the battle to legalize direct shipping up through the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Granholm v. Heald , the rise of women in California’s wine industry, and the evolution of West Coast winegrowing from its early sustainability certifications t
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Afternoon Brief, September 10
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 TRENDING STORY US Executive Order Severs Relationship-Building with BC Wine This escalation in the Canada-US trade war comes at an inopportune time, with the Okanagan attracting the [...]
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📺Bedrock Vineyard with Morgan Twain-Peterson
Bedrock The Bedrock Heritage Sonoma Valley 2024Link to the wine: https://www.winex.com/bedrock-the-bedrock-heritage-sonoma-valley-2024.htmlJoin Kyle and Powe...
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📺The Great American Wine Tour | Episode 3: Seghesio Family Vineyards
What can a 100-year-old vine tell us about the history of American wine?On this episode of “The Great American Wine Tour,” Keith Beavers and Alex Sarovich he...
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2XO Introduces “Rapper’s Delight” – The Hip-Hop Blend, a Collaboration Between Renowned Blender Dixon Dedman and The Sugarhill Gang
Newest release in Dixon Dedman’s ongoing Collectibles Series inspired by “Rapper’s Delight,” considered one of the most influential rap songs of all time September 10, 2026 (Louisville, KY) — “I said [...]
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Viña Don Melchor, the Only Chilean Winery Nominated as “New World Winery of the Year 2026” by Wine Enthusiast
Viña Don Melchor’s nomination in one of the leading categories of the 2026 Wine Star Awards recognises a history defined by excellence, a profound understanding of its origin and the [...]
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Beyond the Hotel Playbook: What Hilton, Marriott and Accor’s Ad Wars Mean for Wine Tourism
Three global hotel chains are running three different marketing strategies to win the same guest. Wineries and Wine Tourism Managers should study why they can afford to diverge — and [...]
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Government of Canada invests in machine learning technology to improve crop management and disease detection in vineyards
Canadian farmers need modern tools to protect their crops and stay competitive.
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Wine Shipping & Packaging Legislative Updates: Delaware, Maine, and Oregon — Fall 2026
Free the Grapes! wine shipping legislative updates for wineries and DTC teams Most state legislatures are out of session right now, which usually means a quiet stretch for bill hearings. But “quiet” doesn’t mean “nothing’s moving.” Three states have seen meaningful developments this quarter, regarding wine shipping legislative updates, that winery compliance and DTC teams ... Read more The post Wine Shipping & Packaging Legislative Updates: Delaware, Maine, and Oregon — Fall 2026 appeared first on Free The Grapes.
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📺Why Port and Sherry Aren’t the Same Thing
Picture the end of a great meal. You don't want to crack open another full bottle, but you want one last little something. In comes a small glass of deep, st...
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Dr Peter Stanbury on the business case for sustainablity in drinks
As we count down to next month’s Sustainability in Drinks event in London (October 20), Dr Peter Stanbury, research director of the influential Sustainable Wine Roundtable , makes the case for why all drinks companies should be taking not just taking sustainability seriously but how increasingly it is being seen by banks and insurance houses as a vital part of running an effective and competent business and a prerequisite for their continued support.
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Trump alcohol ban may have limited impact on B.C. wine industry; brewers say aluminum costs a bigger concern
Trump alcohol ban may have limited impact on B.C. wine industry; brewers say aluminum costs a bigger concern
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2026: Slim Pickin’s
Low fruitfulness and poor fruit set...why choose just one?As the tallies are coming in this harvest, one thing across the board seems to be clear: there just is
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High Camp Parkside Flask – Made to Take a Good Bottle of Wine Beyond the Table – High Camp Flasks
September afternoons don’t get much better than this.A bottle of wine, a sun-soaked afternoon, a perfectly paired cheeseboard, and nowhere else to be? It’s an i
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LAFFORT® USA Launches 2026 Chillable Red Wine Challenge
LAFFORT® USA is inviting commercial wineries and research institutions across its U.S. territories to rethink traditional red wine with the launch of the 2026 L
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Fall’s Around the Corner: Peak Season Fleet Prep with Hyster and Yale
Fall often brings higher order volumes, additional shifts, and tighter schedules for warehouses and distribution centers. That added demand can expose fleet cha
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📺Stop Serving Red Wine at Room Temperature! A Sommelier’s Guide to Chilled Reds
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