2025 En Primeur visitor attendance rises 10% - as the Grands Crus finalise pricing, “caution will generally be the norm” // Sevenhill Cellars appoints new Chief Winemaker

This year’s En Primeur wine presentations captured the interest of marketers but the 2025 vintage now needs to convert that promise into purchase.

After 175 years of winemaking, The Australian Province of the Society of Jesus and Sevenhill Cellars has Ben Marx as its Chief Winemaker.

The Porepunkah community and Victoria Police pick grapes together to make wine in honour of Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart-Hottart, who were killed by Dezi Freeman.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the cost of gas used to fuel the two boilers at the Arzens co-operative distillery in South-West France has trebled.

The initiative sees food waste from the Hyatt Regency consumed by the larvae and recycled onsite into a rich frass, or fertiliser, which nourishes the grapevines that are used to produce Four Winds Vineyard’s new ‘The Circular Vintage’ series.

The wine market is no longer simply in a slowdown – it is in structural correction. Distribution routes are tightening, consumer behavior is shifting, and

Millennials and Gen Z don’t want the same drop as their parents — tastes are changing, as is the climate, and it’s forcing winemakers to adapt

With much of the trade’s focus on Bordeaux En Primeur, the region’s share of secondary market trade value climbed back above Burgundy’s.

Australia’s wine exports suffered a 14% drop in the past 12 months ended in March 2026, with softer demand in its key markets including China, the UK and US weighing on overall performance.

I am excited to share new podcast episodes that share the stories of how two people arrived in the winery trade by very different paths. I find that most passionate wine professionals had a rainbow of visions for their future before wine became that future.

There is a maverick energy running through the finalists in the 20th annual Young Gun of Wine Awards, says the founder, Rory Kent.

Wines made from old vines have a more powerful phenolic structure, greater aromatic complexity, and more intensity with respect to expressing the characteristics of the vineyards they were sourced from.

The Calneggia family has described the move to bring back the Watershed wine brand as a “measured revival”.

The hottest trend in wine might be the quietest: tasting groups designed for connection more than connoisseurship.

The Her-story of Oregon Wine

Fifty years ago, the Judgment of Paris opened the world’s eyes to California wine. Today, the wine world is a different place.

While the wine world shakes its head in disbelief at the prices of red burgundy, it’s worth considering in detail some of the best Pinot Noirs produced outside Burgundy.

The summit will bring together leading researchers and industry experts to share the latest progress on wildfire smoke exposure and how that research is being applied in real-world vineyard and winery decisions, including practical guidance on interpreting lab results, understanding key smoke markers, and using that information to inform timely decisions.

Napa County supervisors played a cautious role in an appeals settlement between Water Audit California and Arrow&Branch Winery.