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.