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Opus One, Michael Silacci to retire after the 2026 harvest

Opus One, Michael Silacci, Napa Valley, and the 2026 harvest: four keywords that mark the end of a long technical era for one of the iconic wineries of Californian wine. The Oakville winery has announced the planned retirement of its winemaker at the end of the next harvest. Silacci will retire after twenty-five years at

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Banfi's Tuscans get serious with Alta Langa in Piedmont: tasting Cuvée Aurora 1997 and preview of 2013, 100 months on the lees (12)

Theft at Banfi Piemonte winery: 3,000 bottles of Alta Langa stolen

During the night between Sunday, June 28 and Monday, June 29, the Banfi winery in Piedmont, in Strevi, in the province of Alessandria, was hit by a significant theft. According to the company, over 3,000 bottles were stolen, largely Alta Langa Docg labels. The theft involved entire pallets of product. A detail that, according to

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Best Tavel AOC 2025, 2024, and 2023: All the scores. The best wineries producing the typical deep rosé of the Rhône

Best Tavel AOC 2025, 2024, and 2023: All the scores

Best Tavel AOC 2025, 2024, and 2023: All the scores for the typical deep rosés of the Southern Rhône region, in a phase of profound transition for local vignerons. The temptation to “lighten” the color of the wines to make them less extractive and capture new market segments, following the Provence model, is great. But

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Tavel, the deep rosé at a crossroads in France: will the dictatorship of pale rosé win? Doubtful producers: is pale pink better, like in Provence?

Tavel, the deep rosé at a crossroads in France: will the dictatorship of pale rosé win?

Among the best rosés on the market in the world today, Tavel occupies an anomalous place. It is one of the few French rosés to have a historical, territorial, and gastronomic identity so defined as to be immediately recognizable. But today Tavel does not present itself with the color that the international market has learned

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European wine, new risk of US tariffs USWTA mobilizes American sellers. The U.S. Wine Trade Alliance is mobilizing American importers

European wine, new risk of US tariffs: USWTA mobilizes American sellers

European wine is back under pressure in the United States. It risks ending up within a new tariff measure built around the issue of forced labor, despite no direct accusations against the wine industry on this front. The dossier stems from Section 301 investigations launched by the USTR, the Office of the United States Trade

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World Cup, Coldiretti Launches the Italian Wine National Team in New York

World Cup, Coldiretti Launches the Italian Wine National Team in New York

Italian wine tries to play its world match even without a soccer national team. While Italy remains out of the 2026 World Cup for the third consecutive edition, Coldiretti brings the “Italian wine national team” to New York: a promotional campaign designed to present wine as an ambassador of Made in Italy, the Mediterranean Diet,

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