This week Sam discusses Mt Etna’s recent eruption, the US’s second-largest wine-and-spirits distributor exiting California, a slight reform in Sweden’s alcohol monopoly, and Vinarchy – the company that married the wine assets of Accolade and Pernod Ricard – announcing closures and investments.

You can read the transcript of this newscast at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/mt-etna-eruption-rndc-abandons-california-vinarchy-investments.