July 24, 2026 (New York) — The Savor Quality from Europe campaign, co-financed by the European Union, closed its 2026 U.S. spring tour after a two-week program that brought Tuscany’s [...]
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Afternoon Brief, July 24
Sonoma County Begins One of Its Earliest Winegrape Harvests in Years: The Sonoma County winegrape harvest has begun in what may be the earliest start in the region’s history. While weather conditions from the past winter through mid-summer are expected to result in...
🎧My Interview with Eric Asimov
Eric Asimov is the wine critic for The New York Times, a position he has held for 22 years. His columns on wine not only cover wine and wine regions, but also wine in culture, the contemporary wine scene in America, and what it means to be a wine drinker. Asimov...
2026 Harvest Report: Chandon California Calls Earliest First Pick in Winery’s 53 Year History
Winemaker Pauline Lhote: ‘Climate Change Keeps Us On Our Toes,’ With ‘Whiplash’ Growing Season and Early 2026 Napa Sparkling Harvest July 24, 2026 (Napa Valley, CA) — CHANDON California made [...]
2026 Missouri Governor’s Cup Wine Competition Awards
July 24, 2026 (Jefferson City, MO) — The 2026 Missouri Governor’s Cup Wine Competition was held in Columbia, Missouri, July 14-16. Our 8 esteemed judges spent two days blind tasting [...]
Forget Franzia-Boxed Wine Went Bougie. Now Sales Have Surged More Than 144 Percent
Once relegated to college parties, boxed wine is becoming one of the alcohol industry's fastest-growing categories, thanks to some upstart businesses.
While Napa Waits for Harvest, the Vice Is Already Making the 2026 Vintage
The Vice Winery harvested one of Napa Valley’s first red grapes of the year on July 24 from Truchard Vineyards, turning early-picked Pinot Noir into “Napa Valley Nouveau”, a 10% [...]
Sonoma County Begins One of Its Earliest Winegrape Harvests in Years
Smaller crop and exceptional fruit quality point to a promising 2026 vintage July 24, 2026 (Santa Rosa, CA) — The Sonoma County winegrape harvest has begun in what may be [...]
A Call for a Global Boycott of Wines Grown with Glyphosate and Any Herbicides
July 24, 2026 — On July 22, 2026, Adam L. Huss of the Beyond Organic Wine podcast and Substack, with the support and cooperation of dozens of other wineries, wine sales professionals, [...]
