Here's your weekly reading list of wine news and other vinous miscellany that I think is worth reading:

I tasted a bunch of wine samples this week, including a Grand Cru Saint-Julien, some wines from Tasmania, an Argentine Malbec, and more. Here are my thoughts.

My thoughts on the fabulous Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from the Mornington Peninsula in Australia after visiting there late last year. #winethreads

The Next Great Thing from New Zealand isn't Pinot Noir. It's Chardonnay. Here are my notes on more than 60 of the country's best bottlings, including the single best NZ Chardonnay I've ever tasted.

In case you wanted to read about something other than Celce and Swift today, here's your weekly curated list of interesting wine news and other things oenological from Vinography. #winethreads

We're soliciting auction items for our annual silent auction to benefit the Glancy Wine Ed. Foundation (glancywineeducationfoundation dot org). If you'd like to support our efforts, please consider donating something we can auction off. Donation form here:

Wow. Big news being reported this AM: Chateau Lafleur is leaving the Pomerol appellation. With the 2025 vintage, they will be a Vin de France. "Our...practices are, in fact, evolving much faster than what is authorized in our Appellations of Origine system." Change or die, folks.

With grapes having recently gone through veraison, this is one the most sensitive times for winegrapes when it comes to the threat of smoke taint. Pray to the wind gods, if you're so inclined.

Nail-biting to watch the Pickett fire burning above Calistoga, 2300 acres, 0% contained. Both the fire and its smoke are headed east over Pope Valley, which is generally good news for the growers in Napa Valley. Air quality in Calistoga is better than it is in Oakland this morn.

My latest column for @jancisrobinson subscribers looks at the wines of Colorado, and suggests that they're the best they've ever been. https://t.co/zKvLzTuHuF #winethreads

Economics always beats philosophy and values. We have to feed our families and pay our employees. And when it comes to upper echelon fine dining, economics seems to still mean one thing: wine.

Excellent piece on the upcoming Old Vine Conference in California. Call all old vine aficionados. It's gonna be awesome! -

Can't wait to listen to the latest episode of @drinktothatpod for a conversation with one of the luminaries of the Rheingau - Peter Jakob Kühn. https://t.co/8ltkpoPPe7 #winethreads

The folks at @Decanter have recently published a piece of my writing for their "Head to Head" feature, which offers two opposing viewpoints from commentators on a given subject. This one is about food and wine pairing. Guess the side I was on #winethreads?

As usual, here's your recommended weekly reading list of all things wine-related #winethreads - gathered from around the internet with love by Vinography.

Anyone else seen a massive spike in spam and robocalls in the last 48-72 hours? I usually get 2 or 3 a day. For the last couple days its been 14-20 !

Here's your recommended weekly reading list of all things wine that could be found online last week in my browsings around the internet.

Here are my thoughts, tasting notes, and scores on the latest batch of wine press samples that have come my way. Some Napa sparklers, Italian Alpine wines, quirky Piedmont, and some of the latest from Arnot-Roberts.

Every week I post a wine-related photo just for the visual pleasure of it. Here's last week's.

William Downie thinks there's only one location where he ever has a hope of making a "wine of place." And that's where he's decided to spend the rest of his life trying. You like wines of integrity? Try these on for size: