The Wine News in 5

The Wine News in 5

Join JancisRobinson.com's Senior Editor US, Samantha Cole-Johnson, as she walks you through the weekly events that are shaping the world of wine. Episodes include the latest data on wine industry performance, natural disasters, wine releases, taxes, protests, and technology. To send Sam news tips, email her at news@jancisrobinson.com.
For a transcript of each episode visit JancisRobinson.com.

Latest Episode

Phylloxera hits Canaries, US alcohol consumption plummets, harvest 2025 starts (15.08.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Wildfires burn Aude, Corsica and California, super-light wine bottles, new GI for Argentina 08.08.2025
  • Harvest starts in France, new US tariff concerns, Gallo winery closure 01.08.2025
  • Champagne news, hail hits Loire, Barossa uproar, RIP Angela Muir MW 26.07.2025
  • WHO's health taxes, more Australian wine aid, nine new Master Sommeliers 19.07.2025
  • Hail and fires in France, Australian organics upset, a Burgundy-UK venture 11.07.2025
  • French protests and storms, microplastics in beverages, human trafficking in Champagne 27.06.2025
  • Meininger’s International shuts down, Oregon vineyard-management juggernaut, ICE raids 20.06.2025
  • Treasury Estates bets on NoLos, varietal Muscardin, mapping old vineyards, French glass recycling 13.06.2025
  • Mt Etna eruption, RNDC abandons California, Vinarchy investments 06.06.2025
  • Tariff lawsuits, Chile’s 2025 harvest, lightweighting bottles, harnessing soil microbes 31.05.2025
  • France hit by severe storms, Australian wine exports surge, fine-wine sales slump 23.05.2025
  • Champagne house strikes, why Gen Z isn’t drinking, China tariffs, Provence’s first cru 16.05.2025
  • Hail hits Champagne, Mendoza considers mining, France's new export scheme 09.05.2025
  • Bordeaux 2024 EP, Bhutan's first wine, South African wildfires, Argentina’s 2025 harvest 02.05.2025
  • 2025 writing competition, 2024 bordeaux, 2023 port and forever chemicals 26.04.2025
  • South Africa's 2025 harvest, a lawsuit against Trump's tariffs, and the OIV's latest report 19.04.2025
  • Six of Constellation's wine brands sold, Mexico's first IGP and three new French grape varieties 11.04.2025
  • Trump’s tariff war, US public health agencies gutted, Old Vine Heroes announced 04.04.2025
  • EU wine industry aid, Ireland’s health labels, German exports grow, China’s white-wine boom 29.03.2025
  • Nervous wine-export markets, Jumilla’s smallest-ever harvest, Australian Ark takes top prize 22.03.2025

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