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Wine Trends This Week: Champagne Bends Its Own Rules, Rioja Fights for Britain, and Greece's Numbers Defy the Story
This week in European wine: Champagne allows a one-off alcohol exception, Rioja battles a UK sales slide with 125 venues, and Greece's own numbers complicate the decline narrative.
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Wine Trends This Week: Europe's Greenwashing Crackdown, France's Harvest Surprise, and Chianti Classico Wins Its Name
This week in European wine: the EU forces wineries to prove their green claims, France's harvest forecast swings upward, and Chianti Classico locks down Gran Selezione.
Casa Brancaia Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2020Producer spotlight11 Nov 2026Quinta do Crasto: Inside the Douro's Earliest Harvest in a Century
Quinta do Crasto just picked its earliest Douro harvest since 1923 — a look at the century-old vines and family behind it.
Quinta do Crasto Douro Old Vines Reserva 2022Wine trends6 Nov 2026Wine Trends This Week: Britain's Duty Hike, Brussels' Health-Label Vote, and the Fight Over France's Vineyards
This week in European wine: UK duty rises again, EU lawmakers spar over cancer warnings on wine, and Loire growers fight a vine-disease policy shift.
Château de Crézancy SancerreWine trends30 Oct 2026Wine Trends This Week: Marvin Shanken's Legacy, Chile's Global Debut, and New Zealand's Smaller, Smarter Harvest
This week in wine: Wine Spectator founder Marvin Shanken dies at 83, Chile debuts as 50 Best Vineyards host, and New Zealand's harvest shrinks by design.
Oyster Bay Sauvignon BlancProducer spotlight20 Oct 2026Bollinger's New Chef de Cave: Inside Champagne's Quietest Vote of Confidence
Bollinger just handed its cellar to a new chef de cave and called itself 'deeply optimistic' about Champagne — right as the region tests its limits.
Bollinger Rosé ChampagneWine trends16 Oct 2026Wine Trends This Week: Louis Roederer's 250th, a Burgundy Legend's Honor, and Italy's Biggest Wine Heist
This week in European wine: Louis Roederer marks 250 years with a new Cristal, Lalou Bize-Leroy enters Decanter's Hall of Fame, and thieves hit Antinori.
Antinori Guado al Tasso, BolgheriProducer spotlight13 Oct 2026Nyetimber's Earliest-Ever Harvest: Inside England's Champagne-Beating Sparkling House
Nyetimber just started its earliest harvest on record, after a brutal spring and a record-hot summer — and it keeps beating Champagne at awards.
Nyetimber 'Classic Cuvée' Brut NV, SussexWine trends9 Oct 2026Wine Trends This Week: China's New Entry Wine, Haut-Brion's Cellar Auction, and England's Pinot Problem
This week in wine: Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc becomes China's casual pour of choice, 90 years of Haut-Brion sell from the estate's own cellar, and English Pinot Noir outgrows its sparkling label.
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon BlancProducer spotlight6 Oct 2026Planeta: Inside the Sicilian Estate Majestic Just Made Exclusive
Majestic just built an exclusive range around Planeta, the family that spent 30 years convincing the world Sicily could make serious wine.
Planeta 'l'Amistanza' Rosato Organic, Sicilia DOCWine trends2 Oct 2026Wine Trends This Week: Tuscany's Patient Releases, Croatia's New Generation, and Natural Wine's Edge Over Organic
This week in European wine: Tuscany delays its icon releases to autumn, Istria's young winemakers reshape Croatian wine, and natural wine outshines organic.
Chosen by Majestic Beaujolais VillagesProducer spotlight29 Sept 2026Spier Wine Farm: Inside South Africa's Patient Chenin Blanc Philosophy
At South Africa's Spier, cellar master Johan Jordaan is betting that patience — not control — is the real answer to a changing climate.
Spier Albariño 2023/24Wine trends25 Sept 2026Wine Trends This Week: AI-Generated Wine Writing, California's Winery Reckoning, and the Single-Vineyard Hype Debate
This week in wine: a chatbot may have won a writing prize, California's wine industry splits between conviction and collapse, and single-vineyard hype faces scrutiny.
Château de Pizay 'La Centenaire' MorgonProducer spotlight22 Sept 2026Louis Roederer in Burgundy: Inside the Domaine Pierre Damoy Acquisition
Louis Roederer just bought its way into Gevrey-Chambertin's grand crus. Inside the 250-year-old Champagne house's first move beyond its own region.
Louis Roederer 'Collection' Brut ChampagneWine trends18 Sept 2026Wine Trends This Week: Champagne Hits 15% ABV, Michelin Ranks Bordeaux, and the Balkans' Grapes Break Through
This week in wine: Champagne's alcohol cap rises to 15% after record heat, Michelin issues its first Bordeaux wine ranking, and Balkan native grapes shine at DWWA.
Laurent-Perrier 'La Cuvée' Brut ChampagneWine trends11 Sept 2026Wine Trends This Week: Spain's Global Wine Push, Friuli's Quiet Refinement, and Bordeaux's Return to Value
This week in wine: Spain's biggest-ever global wine campaign, an Italian cooperative's 75-year quality push, and Bordeaux's cheapest prices in a decade.
Marqués de Riscal Rioja ReservaWine trends4 Sept 2026Wine Trends This Week: Orange Wine Goes Global, Record-Early Harvests, and the Sancerre Effect
This week's top wine trends — orange wine's global breakout at DWWA 2026, record-early harvests in Bordeaux and Burgundy, and Sancerre's Google Trends spike — read through mood-based wine pairing.
Domaine des Terres Blanches SancerreWine trends2 Sept 2026Caparzo Toscana IGT Sangiovese: Tuscany in Every Bottle
This year's Tuscan harvest arrived almost two weeks early. Here's why Caparzo's everyday Sangiovese — bright, generous, unpretentious — is the bottle for the nights you actually want to slow down for.
Caparzo Toscana IGT SangioveseWine trends31 Aug 2026Etna Bianco Superiore: The Wine That Doesn't Perform
Right now in Milo, a two-week festival is celebrating Etna Bianco Superiore — Sicily's rarest volcanic white. Here's why its verticality, freshness, and identity make it the wine for an evening worth remembering.
Etna Bianco SuperioreWine trends28 Aug 2026Wine Trends This Week: Faster Harvests, Fewer Drinks, and What We Stand to Lose
Champagne's earliest harvest on record, Americans drinking less than ever, and wildfires threatening century-old vines in Spain — read through the lens of mood-based wine pairing.
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