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    Italy’s €7.7B Wine Export Reset: Tariffs, Tumbling US Volumes, and Why Germany Held

    July 15, 2026
    Industry & Culture

    Sherry’s Indie Comeback: Why Jerez’s Young Producers Are Unfortifying The Future

    May 20, 2026
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    Bordeaux 2025 En Primeur: A Paradox the Market Must Still Believe In

    May 6, 2026
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    The Great Contraction: Why American Wineries Are Closing and What Comes Next

    April 1, 2026
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    What Your Wine Label Isn’t Telling You: The Push for Transparency That Could Change How You Buy

    March 25, 2026

    Wine tells you less about its contents than orange juice. The EU now mandates full ingredient disclosure. The United States has not followed, and the gap is widening.

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    Wine’s Tariff Reckoning: How Trade Policy Is Reshaping What Americans Drink

    February 25, 2026

    A 15% tariff compounds at every tier of distribution. TERROIR examines how wine tariffs are reshaping prices, consumer habits, and the wines themselves.

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    Industry & Culture

    Why The 100-Point Scale Only Has 50 Points: The Math Problem At The Heart Of Wine Criticism

    December 17, 2025

    Put two scoresheets side by side on the same desk. On the left, a tasting card with a row of small numbered…

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    The Classification That Never Moves: Why Bordeaux’s 1855 List Is Still The 1855 List

    November 12, 2025

    On a morning in early 1961, somebody at the Institut National des Appellations d’Origine opened a copy of Sud Ouest and saw…

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    Industry & Culture

    The Importer Tier: How A Wine’s Path To Your Shelf Decides Its Identity

    October 15, 2025

    Turn a bottle of imported wine over and look at the back, just above the legally required Surgeon General warning. There is…

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    From Cellar Master To Beverage Director: How The Sommelier’s Job Changed

    September 17, 2025

    It is nine in the morning at a fine-dining house in a mid-sized American city, and the person who runs the beverage…

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    The Provenance Question: Why Wine Auctions Care More About Storage Than Vintage

    July 9, 2025

    In a private cellar somewhere in Southern California, a magnum of Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes-Mares 1923 sat on a rack for years…

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