This week Sam discusses wildfires in Napa and Spain, Château Lafleur leaving the Pomerol and Bordeaux appellations, Canada lifting tariffs on US wine, Champagne no longer requiring foils on their bottles, sherry no longer being required to be fortified, and harvest beginning in Anjou-Saumur, Santa Lucia Highland, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Portugal and the Rhône.

You can read the transcript of this newscast (with linked news sources) at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/eu-wildfires-set-record-chateau-lafleur-leaves-pomerol-canada-lifts-tariffs-us-wine.

This week Sam discusses Trump tariffs, wildfires in Spain and in Napa Valley, the beginning of harvest in Baden, Columbia Valley, Alsace, Muscadet and Champagne, minuscule harvests for Santorini and Lanzarote and a federal verdict on whether To Kalon is a place or a trademark.

You can read the transcript of this newscast (with linked news sources) at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/tariff-effects-wildfires-threaten-iberia-and-napa-valley-kalon-trademark.

This week Sam discusses emergency funding for Corbières, phylloxera in the Canary Islands, projections for 2025 wine production for France, plummeting US exports to Canada, US alcohol consumption hitting an all-time low, three new grape varieties approved in the EU, and the start of harvest in Franciacorta and Napa Valley.

You can read the transcript of this newscast (with linked news sources) at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/phylloxera-hits-canaries-us-alcohol-consumption-plummets-harvest-2025-starts.

This week Sam discusses recent fires in the Aude, Corsica and California, a Chinese alcohol retailer closing 1,500 stores, a new geographical indication for Argentina, two potential mining projects that would affect the wine industry – one in New Zealand and another in Australia – and the unveiling of the lightest wine bottle in the world.

You can read the transcript of this newscast (with linked news sources) at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/wildfires-burn-aude-corsica-and-california-super-light-wine-bottles-new-gi-argentina.

This week Sam discusses the start of harvest in France, new developments in Trump tariffs, the closing of another E & J Gallo winery, Wine Australia’s latest export report and the latest industry report from Wines of Great Britain.

You can read the transcript of this newscast (with linked news sources) at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/harvest-starts-france-new-us-tariff-concerns-gallo-winery-closure.

This week Sam discusses a human-trafficking case in Champagne, a reduction in the allowable harvest yield in Champagne, hail in Sancerre and the Gard, fire in Columbia Gorge AVA in Oregon, developers trying to push through a resort on protected land in Barossa, and the passing of Angela Muir MW.

You can read the transcript of this newscast at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/champagne-news-hail-hits-loire-barossa-uproar-rip-angela-muir-mw.

This week Sam discusses the World Health Organization’s push to raise prices on alcohol, the lifting of inter-provincial alcohol trade barriers in Canada, Ireland delaying requirements for cancer warnings on alcohol, increased government aid for wine in Australia, regulatory changes approved by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), nine new Master Sommeliers, and finally, an Australian man who made national news for riding a wine bag like a surfboard.

You can read the transcript of this newscast at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/whos-health-taxes-more-australian-wine-aid-nine-new-master-sommeliers.

This week Sam discusses Vietnam’s tax hike, hail and fires in France, the shuttering of an organic certification body in Australia, Burgundian investment in the UK and Dr Richard Smart’s passing.

You can read the transcript of this newscast at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/hail-and-fires-france-australian-organics-upset-burgundy-uk-venture.

This week Sam discusses huge storms in France, a French study on the level of microplastics in various packaged beverages, protests in France over rock-bottom supermarket pricing, human trafficking in Champagne, Vietnam raising taxes on alcohol, and 67 Pall Mall’s latest location.

You can read the transcript of this newscast at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/french-protests-and-storms-microplastics-beverages-human-trafficking-champagne.

This week Sam discusses Meininger’s International shutting down, Oregon vineyard-management companies merging, ICE raids, a potential win for US alcohol guidance, and the Barca-Velha Golden Vines Scholarships.

You can read the transcript of this newscast at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/meiningers-international-shuts-down-oregon-vineyard-management-juggernaut-ice-raids.