More than 100 Thorvald UV-C robots are expected to treat 2,600 acres of California vineyards in 2026. Research supports powdery mildew control, but cost, field reliability and a 1977 safety rule still limit full autonomy.
France's 2026 wine output is forecast at 33.9 million hectolitres, among the lowest in 30 years. Heat and drought reduced yields, but vineyard removal and falling demand show that the contraction is structural as well as climatic.
Côtes du Jura white wine extends far beyond vin jaune. Chardonnay, ouillé Savagnin and shorter sous-voile ageing reveal how grape, parcel and cellar choice are reshaping the way the Jura is understood.
Champagne raised its 2026 alcohol ceiling from 13% to 15% after its earliest harvest on record. Few wines are expected above 13%, but the change shows how exceptional ripeness is testing the rules behind the region's style.
Wang He, son of BYD executive Wang Nianqiang, could raise his China Tontine Wines stake to 29.9% through a HK$11.26 million offer. The private share purchase does not inject capital into the company.
Chateau Diana removed a small block of vines and turned the land into a visitor attraction. The field is modest, but the change belongs to a much larger contraction in California wine-grape acreage. What happened Chateau Diana, a family-owned winery in Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley,
The founding winemaker at Duckhorn has died at 77 after a fifty-year career that also shaped Provenance, Hewitt and a generation of Napa winemakers. What happened Tom Rinaldi, the founding winemaker at Duckhorn Vineyards and later a central figure at Provenance Vineyards and Hewitt Vineyard, has died at 77.
Michael Malat will succeed Michael Moosbrugger as ÖTW chairman in 2027, as Austria moves vineyard classification toward national law. His challenge is to expand the system's authority without weakening the transparency that gave it credibility.
Inside Bodega Garzón in Uruguay, monumental architecture, Atlantic vineyards, more than 1,000 plots, Petit Clos parcel wines and a complete Balasto vertical reveal how extraordinary scale can become precision.
At Gramona, biodynamics is not an idea displayed for visitors but a working farm of horses, chickens, medicinal plants and living soils. A visit with sixth-generation Martí Gramona reveals how family history, Corpinnat and long ageing converge in one of Penedès's most ambitious estates.
At Champagne Tarlant in Œuilly, Benoît Tarlant reads the Vallée de la Marne parcel by parcel. Chalk, limestone, clay and sand guide organic farming, separate vinification, Meunier and zero-dosage wines, revealing how geology becomes style.
Cascina Penna-Currado marks Luca Currado and Elena Penna’s new chapter in the Langhe after Vietti. From Serralunga d’Alba to Monforte and the Colli Tortonesi, the family is building a Piedmont estate around carefully chosen parcels, freshness and precise wines.
Altitude changed Mendoza when producers stopped treating elevation as a ranking and began reading soils, exposures and parcels. TCJ traces the shift from Cabernet-led icons to Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Zuccardi’s site-driven modern style.
Can ChatGPT choose wine? This Perspective examines how AI reads wine lists, explains regions and recommends bottles, while exposing outdated data, familiar-name bias and invented certainty. Artificial intelligence can organize knowledge, but it cannot taste the wine.
Champagne style is shaped by more than producer size. From Moët, Ruinart and Krug to Jacques Selosse and Jérôme Prévost, this Perspective explains how grapes, villages, reserve wines, vintages, parcels, oak, lees ageing and dosage distinguish maisons from growers.
A powerful El Niño is colliding with earlier harvests and a warmer climate. TCJ examines ancestral grapes and how France, Catalonia, Douro, Mendoza and Australia are adapting.
At an unhurried lunch in Puligny-Montrachet, Fontaine-Gagnard La Boudriotte 2013 moved between density, delicacy and precision. The bottle reveals the history of a small Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, vines planted between 1945 and 1987 and a family domaine carrying knowledge across generations.
Château Latour 1928 and 1961 reveal two paths of ageing in Pauillac. One reached delicacy; the other retained remarkable structure. Together, they show how Cabernet Sauvignon and a great Bordeaux terroir can evolve for decades without losing identity.
Quorum 2001 is a rare Barbera d’Asti created by Hastae, uniting Braida, Michele Chiarlo, Coppo, Prunotto, Vietti and Berta. More than two decades later, the bottle preserves a vanished collaboration and a decisive moment in Piedmont wine history.
La Fleur-Pétrus 1955 preserves more than age. The final vintage before the 1956 frost devastated Pomerol connects the first chapter of Jean-Pierre Moueix with a vineyard landscape that disappeared, turning one surviving bottle into a record of place.
At Confine in Milan, changing forms of dough, pure flavours, precise wine service and a joyful team turn pizza into a complete restaurant experience without taking away its informality.
At Arpège, Alain Passard lets the garden determine the ingredients and time shape the experience. Across four hours, vegetables, precise service and restrained presentation reveal a cuisine built on clarity of flavour rather than spectacle.
ATOME distils fifteen years of Aline and Éric Serva’s relationships with artisans and growers into an intimate Reims table. Direct cooking, independent producers, music and close hospitality reveal Champagne through proximity rather than spectacle.
Parcelles, Le Saint Sébastien and Café des Ministères represent three distinct Paris tables, but share one principle: the wine list must belong to the room, connecting cooking, service and atmosphere rather than existing beside the menu.
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