—Your Weekend Wine Reading…Happy Friday—
Why Vintages Matter (And Why They Also Don’t) In this insightful explanation of the meaning of vintage and its impact on wine, Issac and Zach over at the Tannic Panic substack deliver the factors that make vintage meaningful as well as those that don’t. In the end, it’s about the character of a vintage being a guide, not gospel. —TANNIC PANIC
Cellars & Collecting Bouchard Père & Fils builds Domaines des Cabottes —WORLD OF FINE WINE
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Wine News Lebanese MP proposes turning Hezbollah tunnels into wine cellars —THE NEW ARAB
Wine Country Marks Eight Years Since Devastating Wildfires, as Rebuilding Is Still Ongoing In Santa Rosa —SFIST
Things to Drink The Kosher Food & Drink Wines of the Week —KOSHER FOOD AND DRINK
Roero: Piedmont’s Hidden Wine Gem Sparkles With Arneis and Nebbiolo —NATALIE MACLEAN
The Playful Profundity of Cab Franc —WINE SAVES LIVES
Wine Shopping Why bag-in-box wines are here to stay | Hannah Crosbie on drinks —THE GUARDIAN
Aligoté Offers Burgundy Pedigree at a Discount —FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE
Columbia Valley vs Willamette Valley – Which AVA Wins? —PAUL GREGUTT'S NORTHWEST WINE GUIDE
Wine People The Wine Makers – Matt McDermaid, Staysail Wines —THE WINE MAKERS (podcast)
The Case for Inebriation —FERMENTATION
House of Guinness: Stout to Lunch —WINE-SEARCHER
Wine Travel & Places Best Winery Tour 2025 Cast your vote. —NEWSWEEK
Letter from Porto —DAVE MCINTYRE'S WINE LINE
Wine Education Wine Chronicles: A Case for the Overlooked Wines of the World —NAPA VALLEY FEATURES
Backyard Wine Country: Can Seattle Grow Great Grapes? —SIP MAGAZINE
Samos Island: 3,000 Years of Wine Tradition Keep Ancient Greek History Alive —GREEK REPORTER
Andrew Jefford: 'What should we do? Panic? Sell the cellar and sign the pledge?' —DECANTER