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.

Mt Etna eruption, RNDC abandons California, Vinarchy investments
Jun 6, 2025 – 06:42
Tariff lawsuits, Chile’s 2025 harvest, lightweighting bottles, harnessing soil microbes
May 30, 2025 – 06:22
France hit by severe storms, Australian wine exports surge, fine-wine sales slump
May 23, 2025 – 05:31
Champagne house strikes, why Gen Z isn’t drinking, China tariffs, Provence’s first cru
May 16, 2025 – 05:06
Hail hits Champagne, Mendoza considers mining, France's new export scheme
May 9, 2025 – 05:58
Bordeaux 2024 EP, Bhutan's first wine, South African wildfires, Argentina’s 2025 harvest
May 2, 2025 – 05:56
2025 writing competition, 2024 bordeaux, 2023 port and forever chemicals
Apr 26, 2025 – 06:53
South Africa's 2025 harvest, a lawsuit against Trump's tariffs, and the OIV's latest report
Apr 18, 2025 – 06:02
Six of Constellation's wine brands sold, Mexico's first IGP and three new French grape varieties
Apr 11, 2025 – 05:15
Trump’s tariff war, US public health agencies gutted, Old Vine Heroes announced
Apr 4, 2025 – 06:29
EU wine industry aid, Ireland’s health labels, German exports grow, China’s white-wine boom
Mar 28, 2025 – 08:16
Nervous wine-export markets, Jumilla’s smallest-ever harvest, Australian Ark takes top prize
Mar 22, 2025 – 06:41
Alcohol tariffs, South Africa tax rise, a copper alternative, RIP Rudi Wiest, Rhône Roots
Mar 14, 2025 – 06:48
Trump’s tariff war hits US wine, Constellation Brands rumours, new wine-studies scholarship
Mar 7, 2025 – 08:13
RIP Peter Sichel, more Trump tariffs, organic non-alcoholic wine, Bordeaux’s 2024 harvest
Feb 28, 2025 – 07:27
New MWs, Trump's mass firings impact US wine, WHO pushes health warning labels for alcohol
Feb 21, 2025 – 06:54
Bordeaux’s new cru bourgeois lists, Trump tariffs and funding freezes, UK budget impacts
Feb 14, 2025 – 08:50
Bottle lightweighting gains support, South Africa's rising exports, new smoke taint study
Jan 31, 2025 – 06:01
US wine industry status report, ingredient labelling for wine, Trump's proposed tarriffs
Jan 24, 2025 – 06:39
LA wildfires, US alcohol and health reports, Collio’s orange wines, Alsace vine challenges
Jan 17, 2025 – 08:38
Update on Southern Glazer's lawsuit, Blaye becomes Blavia, new wine packaging sizes
Jan 10, 2025 – 07:39
US warnings on alcohol, growing NOLO sales, Cava's commitment to organics, champagne slump
Jan 3, 2025 – 06:41
Benefits of moderate drinking, the kokumi effect on sparkling wines, new 'crus' for Alto Adige
Dec 20, 2024 – 08:04
FTC sues Southern Glazers, Finnish dietary regulations updated, new Argentine GI
Dec 13, 2024 – 06:36
Georgian wine in danger, Burgundy's new premiers crus, South Africa's tax woes
Dec 6, 2024 – 07:22
Napa's newest ROC winery, California farm-labour lawsuit, French vine-pull update
Nov 22, 2024 – 05:07
New Zealand frost, new US wine market data, light bottle weight wins, China joins OIV
Nov 15, 2024 – 07:52
What the US elections mean for the wine industry, defining old vines, UK duty hike response
Nov 8, 2024 – 06:44
Spain’s devastating floods, UK Autumn Budget impacts, Germany’s small harvest
Nov 1, 2024 – 07:02
Carbon capture in the winery, chestnut tannins, Rhône floods, Castel Group buys Malard
Oct 25, 2024 – 07:52
Napa’s new AVA, a massive wine fraud bust, UK harvest woes, hidden sugar in 'dry' wine
Oct 18, 2024 – 07:55
France's shrinking vineyards, Napa's name protected, Duckhorn Portfolio sold
Oct 11, 2024 – 06:08
Hurricane Helene, LVMH's non-alcoholic fizz, the VITÆVINO declaration and the US dietary guidelines controversy
Oct 4, 2024 – 08:19
French vine-pulls and Spanish subsidies, wildfires in Portugal, an electric furnace for bottles
Sep 27, 2024 – 06:38
Flooding in Europe, frost in Australia, Veneto harvest begins, a new Rhône appellation
Sep 20, 2024 – 07:48
The alcohol & health debate, France's tiny harvest, Alpha Estate buys Boutari Santorini
Sep 13, 2024 – 06:36
A win for Swedish wines, the release of Germany's GGs, Brown-Forman abandons DEI, losses at Australian Vintage and Naked Wines, Zuccardi cuts bottle weights
Aug 30, 2024 – 07:00
New MWs, Criolla Chica promoted, Aude hail, growth markets for beverage alcohol
Aug 24, 2024 – 06:38
New wine-and-health study, alcohol on TikTok, Ackley’s rapid growth, early harvest in Austria
Aug 16, 2024 – 07:22
New wine regions for Chile, hail in Beaujolais and Barolo, protests in Portugal, and theft in Burgundy
Aug 9, 2024 – 08:46
New data on falling wine sales, Australia regains China market, Alsace limits yields
Aug 2, 2024 – 06:48
US dietary guidelines for alcohol update, new red Alsace Grand Cru, Champagne challenges
Jul 27, 2024 – 07:30
Ontario strike update, hail in Ardèche, Accolade acquisitions, crisis distillation in Portugal
Jul 20, 2024 – 08:01
Ontario strike intensifies, hail hits Bordeaux, California fires, EU vine-pulls, spirits sales strong
Jul 12, 2024 – 06:44
Promoting bottle reuse, Ontario liquor store strike, AWRI downsizes, UK vineyards expand
Jul 6, 2024 – 09:01
A hunt for old vines, higher standards in Marlborough and Antinori buys Col Solare
Jun 29, 2024 – 07:25
Hail and wildfires, world's oldest wine discovered, Bordeaux's weak en primeur campaign
Jun 22, 2024 – 06:14
‘Diet’ wine, Australian struggles, Warren Winiarski and a sustainability award for Jancis
Jun 15, 2024 – 08:04
Accolade Wines update, Tesco’s bottle weight pledge, US wine bottle reuse, Oregon wildfire lawsuits
May 31, 2024 – 07:09
Hail and floods, alcohol and health, smuggled vines and the end of a Pinot Noir celebration
May 24, 2024 – 07:30