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9 things you didn't know about the world's biggest wine tasting organisation (and what it tells us about wine)

🌍Other Joe Fattorini Feb 17, 2026 Blogs

Sweden's Munskänkarna wine club boasts 30,000 members across 180 local groups, making it the world's largest wine appreciation organisation, despite thriving in one of Europe's most restrictive alcohol markets. The unpronounceable name reflects the group's distinctly Swedish identity, though there are growing outposts in Finland, Norway, Belgium, and potentially London soon. It's a fascinating example of how wine community and enthusiasm can flourish in unexpected places.

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Jane Anson The Wine Podcast: Single Vineyard Champagne Explained. Part 1

🌍Other Wine-Searcher Jan 28, 2026 Blogs

Wine expert Jane Anson explores the growing phenomenon of single vineyard Champagnes in a new podcast episode, using Clos Lanson as an example of what makes these expressions so special and sought-after. It's a fascinating look at how Champagne producers are creating more distinctive, terroir-focused wines that stand out from traditional blended offerings. If you're curious about what's happening in premium Champagne production, this is worth a listen.

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Andrew Jefford: 'I wandered towards the cobalt Adriatic inlet next to the vineyards and looked back...'

🌍Other Decanter UK Dec 24, 2025 Blogs

Andrew Jefford's got a lovely travel piece in Decanter about Croatian wine country, specifically the Dalmatian coast around Primošten. He's chatting with local winemakers and oenology professors, exploring how the region's limestone soils and Adriatic setting shape wines like Babić – it's the kind of intimate, character-driven feature that reminds you why EU wine regions are so diverse and worth paying attention to.

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#104 – Xavier Jean: owner of Couvent des Jacobins

🌍Other Winemakersshow Dec 22, 2025 Blogs

Xavier Jean, fourth-generation owner of Couvent des Jacobins in Saint-Émilion, sat down for an in-depth chat about building a respected Grand Cru Classé estate and launching his bold Merlot project, Calicem, outside the traditional classification. It's a fascinating look at how family-run Bordeaux estates balance staying true to their terroir and philosophy whilst expanding internationally—he's even got markets sorted in Asia—without getting caught up in chasing trends.

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The Ultimate Guide To England's Wine Country

🌍Other Forbes Dec 7, 2025 Blogs

Forbes has put together a guide to England's wine country, which could be useful for anyone wanting to understand the UK wine landscape better. It's the kind of piece that'll give you the lay of the land on English vineyard regions and what's happening here and some great international coverage for English Wine.

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Man pokes bear while wine brand receives cease and desist letter

🌍Other Joe Fattorini Nov 28, 2025 Blogs

Joe Fattorini's got a brilliant take on how English sparkling wine brand Folc deliberately baited Bollinger into sending a cease-and-desist letter over their 'pink champers' ad – and how The Times then ran it as news. It's a cheeky dissection of modern wine PR tactics and how sometimes the most obvious manufactured stories get treated as genuine news by major publications.

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Jason Millar: The idea of terroir is sacred, but is it helping us to communicate what truly matters?

🌍Other Decanter UK Nov 25, 2025 Blogs

Jason Millar's piece in Decanter challenges whether terroir has become so ubiquitous in wine marketing that it's obscuring what consumers actually care about. He traces how terroir went from being a disparaging term meaning 'taste of dirt' to becoming industry doctrine after the 1976 Judgment of Paris, and questions whether talking about alluvial marls and soil composition is really helping us sell wine or just making the industry sound pretentious.

Read full article From Digest #2