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Oliver Styles

@ollystyles.bsky.social
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Wine writer, winemaker, fencer, flyfisher, and a bit more. Winemaker, Halcyon Days New Zealand; Wine writer, wine-searcher.com; Oceania Veteran Men's Sabre Champion 2024

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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🍷 Grape pickers unpaid in Burgundy 🍷 AI developed to detect wine faults 🍷 Antarctic Chablis goes to auction 🍷 Slovenia tops best wine destination 🍷 Cork maker puts Marianne on corks 🍷 Argentina exports rise but value stalls www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/10/bu...
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Burgundy Pickers Left Unpaid | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
In a week of bizarre celebrity news, a row between companies in Burgundy has seen pickers go without pay. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Straight Outta Côte d'Or: my 50 cents on the Vin et Hip-Hop events www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/10/wi...
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Wine and Hip-hop: High Hopes or Bad Rap? | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Straight outta Côte d'Or, a wine and hip-hop event in Burgundy brings the bling – if you got the money. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The week in wine: 🍷 Red wine downturn hits Burgundy; 🍷 Bordeaux reopens irrigation debate; 🍷 Sauternes harvest on a knife-edge; 🍷 Latest legal battle in the Sólis-Carrión war; and 🍷 Champagne group spends €3m on AI ads. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/10/bu...
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Burgundy's Big Reds Fall from Favor | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
In a busy week for wine, it emerges that Burgundy's famous – and expensive – reds are suffering falling sales. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The week in wine: Death Metal band Gojira launches Bordeaux label; brazen 3000-bottle Barolo heist; court orders Sazerac to honor contracts; Rémy Martin hosts Doisneau exhibition; Valle del Guadalupe worth $1 million; Rioja in hot water in Tenerife; and more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/bo...
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Bordeaux's New Heavy Metal Classic | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
If you've got a "Death to False Metal" tattoo, we've got just the wine for you. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This week in wine: 🍷 Bordeaux 2026 early summer equivalent to Jerez; 🍷 Graves and Pessac-Léognan spat over vine density; 🍷 Vines introduced to Iberia by Phoenecians, says study; 🍷 Balzac museum to run wine-themed exhibit; and 🍷 Puglia wine hits crisis point www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/bo...
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Bordeaux Harvest the Hottest in History | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This summer, Bordeaux temperatures were equivalent to those of Jerez, in southern Spain, according to scientists. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The week in wine: 🍷 Champagne can hit 15% alc 🍷 Israeli winemaker defiant over sanctions 🍷 Champagne Lanson profits slashed 🍷 Vin et Hip-Hop unveils Burgundy roster 🍷 French harvest smallest in 30 yrs 🍷 Prosecco harvest down 🍷 Another Argentinian winery wobbles www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/ch...
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Champagne Hits Record Alcohol Levels | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Champagne could pack more punch in future vintages if this year is any indication. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The week in wine: Young drop somms for AI; FR, IT, ES exports to US down 25%; Early-harvest Chardonnay prone to oxidation; Customs find cocaine in sparkling wine truck; death and injuries in French vineyards; Kurniawan-inspired novel centered on wine; and more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/09/yo...
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Young Generation Prefers AI to Somms | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Younger wine drinkers are getting their information from their devices rather than from the traditional channels, a report claims. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This (last) week's wine news: 🍷 Cava nears crisis 🍷 Cognac growers sue Sazerac 🍷 Alsace vineyard reduction 🍷 Argentina wine exports up and down 🍷 Police give thumbs-up to German wine fair 🍷 North Italy deals with early harvest 🍷 Wine and sexuality in Mendoza www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/ca...
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Cava Growers Enter Crisis Mode | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
A collapse in grape prices in the Cava region of Spain has many growers despairing for the future. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The week's wine news: Bordeaux starts red harvest; Benjamin Romero dies; two die in Champagne harvest; Alsace sets record for earliest harvest; Bordeaux wildfire victim given hope; Wine production to be digitised in Galicia; and a solar eclipse wine www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/bo...
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Bordeaux Begins Earliest Ever Red Harvest | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This week, we say farewell to a Rioja winemaker, take a look at the Bordeaux harvest, and check out wines made during the solar eclipse. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I don't normally get too grumpy about people using my work as the basis for theirs, but @teamdb.bsky.social using my work and translation without attribution here www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/08/burg... (compare with www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/bu...) is a bit on the nose.
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Burgundy: Earliest Harvest in 500 Years | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This week, there are really only two things on producers' minds: early harvests and climate change. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Burgundy earliest harvest on record; Exceptional harvests "the norm" - scientist; White wine harvest starts in Bordeaux; Drought, smoke and beetle fears in Piedmont; Stock levels prompt harvest concerns in Italy; and Argentina continues winemaking deregulation. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/bu...
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Burgundy: Earliest Harvest in 500 Years | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This week, there are really only two things on producers' minds: early harvests and climate change. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The week's #wine news: NBA star in Bordeaux; Portugal establishes national wine day; Rioja begins earliest harvest ever; Bordeaux, Champagne harvesting; French delay 2026 yield estimate; Italy looks to early and smaller harvest; Spanish workers fight for pay www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/ba...
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Basketball Star Shoots Hoops at Bordeaux Second Growth | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This week's round-up sees a tour through Europe as, among other stories, Oliver Styles investigates the harvest situation in France, Italy and Spain Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searche...
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
My latest wine news headlines: 🍷Bichot and Jadot fined for "deceptive" labels; 🍷Eva Longoria in Vouvray; 🍷World Cup stars open DRC in Ibiza; 🍷Bordeaux allowed to sweeten reds; 🍷Madrid, Cebreros hit by wildfires; 🍷Man accused of wine theft during Bordeaux fires; www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/08/to...
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Top Burgundy Estates Slapped for Deception | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This week, we investigate the latest legal wranglings in Burgundy, as well as Bordeaux's decision to allow for sweetened wines, and the impact of Spain's wildfires. Read the latest wine news & opinion...
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My wine news latest: 🍷 World Cup stars drink Salon, Coche-Dury and Rayas; 🍷 Roederer finally acquires Burgundy estate; 🍷 Weather takes its toll on European vineyards; 🍷 Gastronomy, wine and sex for dinner; 🍷 Brawling footballer's wine; All this and more: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/07/wo...
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World Cup Winners' Wine List | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
As the weather impact in Europe intensifies, we find out what the newly crowned soccer world champions celebrated with. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The week in wine: French harvest under way; Bordeaux vineyard prices in freefall; Texan vines go to space; Winzer von Baden files for insolvency; Cognac tsunami threatens bulk market; hail hits France; two jailed in wine scam; fire at barrel firm; and much more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/07/bo...
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Bordeaux Vineyard Prices Plummet | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Bordeaux's troubles aren't going away, while Cognac grapes could upset the delicate balance of the bulk wine market. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The wine news you missed last week: 🍷 Heatwave threatens Bordeaux 🍷 Biggest private wine collector in village feud 🍷 Brett found across Champagne wines 🍷 Argentina exports on the up 🍷 Uco Valley growers losing money 🍷 NZ home company adopts winery names www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/07/he...
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Heatwaves Threaten Bordeaux Harvest | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The weather looms large again this week, as we round up all the news you might have missed. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
My weekly wine news roundup covers: 🍷 Neymar launches wine range 🍷 €7m wine scam goes to court 🍷 Crémant de Loire changes could isolate some 🍷 Spanish giant posts strong performance 🍷 Maradona World Cup goal wine relaunched 🍷 Historic Sherry rakes in thousands. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/06/ne...
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Neymar Scores with New Wine Range | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The World Cup is very much in our thoughts this week, as is Europe's brutal heatwave. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
My weekly wine news roundup features: 🍷 Gérard Bertrand: French Wine Crisis "Only the Start" 🍷 France readies for early harvest 🍷 Marques de Riscal launches first bubbles 🍷 Miguel Torres publishes memoirs 🍷 Maule threatened by climate change www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/06/fr...
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French Wine Crisis "Only the Start" | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
A French winemaker believes the industry's troubles are only beginning, with tougher times to come. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The wine gracing VIP lounges at FIFA World Cup games; hail htis Burgundy; early harvests in France; value Tequilas; Port declarations; Langhe and climate change; and falling prices in Napa... our latest podcast is up: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... (also found elsewhere!)
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We had an MW come on our podcast to counter my assertion that the weather is no longer a factor in top Bordeaux wine. You can hear it here or find us on your favourite podcast provider: www.buzzsprout.com/2504841/epis...
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Bordeaux En Primeur 2025 Weather Special - The Week in Wine
"Two Englishmen talking about the weather..." Wine-Searcher's editor Don Kavanaugh bravely entertains David Allen MW and Olly Styles as the pair battle it out over the effects of the weather in the 20...
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This week's wine news: 🍷 Hail hits Burgundy 🍷 Bordeaux wine market in freefall 🍷 Rémy Cointreau cuts production by 20% 🍷 Muscadet harvest set for mid-Augus 🍷 EU formally drops Graves Supérieures Read all about it... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/06/bu...
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Burgundy Battered by Hail | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Weather and economic woes hit France, while one appellation is laid to rest. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Moldovan winery owner commissions Porsche; Médoc draws a blanc; "Cataclysmic" hail slams Champagne; 1855.com back in the courts; and Wine poisoning case points to negligence www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/06/po...
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Porsche Salutes Moldovan Wine | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
It's not all bad in the wine world – at least one winery owner can afford a new car this year. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
My weekly wine news roundup: González Byass to restructure debt; Argentinian deregulation fallout begins; Huge fraud case in court; Heatwave prompts early harvest prognosis; CRAV investigation goes nowhere; and Non-alc wine future is red-less, says expert. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/an...
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Another Wine Giant Struggles with Debt | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Another hectic week in the wine world sees debt woes, deregulation fallout and dodgy wines bedevilling the industry. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I wrote a thing on how experts and winemakers talking about the weather in Bordeaux during the 2025 vintage has become completely redundant... #wine #bordeaux www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/we...
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Weather No Longer a Factor for Bordeaux | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Oliver Styles is confused by some of the commentary emerging from Bordeaux's 2025 En Primeur campaign. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
This weekend's wine news: 🍷 Vintae buys Bodegas Riojanas 🍷 Israel establishes Negev wine region 🍷 Peru names national wine day 🍷 Shadowy group contests Cognac yields www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/ri...
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Rioja Stalwart Changes Hands | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Wine news:🍷AI sommelier kiosks deployed in supermarkets; 🍷Winemaking video game released; 🍷French cooper moves to home décor;🍷US market to turn around;🍷France mulls drone approval in vineyards;🍷Clairette de Die to return to rosé;🍷Marsala to adopt four subregions www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/su...
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Supermarkets Roll Out AI Somm | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The AI Panzer rolls relentlessly on, while there is also a ray of hope for US winemakers. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
My latest #wine news roundup for wine-searcher: 🍷 Frost Hammers Hungary's Vineyards; 🍷 Argentina defunds national wine body; 🍷 Rioja sales drop; 🍷 Chilean wine exports to Russia surge; 🍷 Russia remains major importer of Georgian wine. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/fr...
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Frost Hammers Hungary's Vineyards | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Already struggling with vine disease, Hungarian growers are now facing another natural disaster. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The week in wine news: Beyoncé and Jay-Z looking at buying Margaux's Château Palmer? Champagne house in debt concerns; Cognac embarks on vine-pull; French wine stats sobering; Larrivet Haut-Brion launches Gen-Z label; Oysters in wine tanks and more: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/05/ja...
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Jay-Z and Beyoncé Eye Château Palmer? | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Could entertainment's premium power couple really be looking at buying a classed growth Bordeaux estate? Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The week in wine news: Magrez announces successor; Albariño improves fish health; Rías Baixas exports rise; Defective natural wines on the way out; Swiss consumption a tale of two wines; CO2 ferment aromas put back in wine; first wine in the Eure in 150 years... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/04/bo...
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Bordeaux Giant Names Successor | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Catch up on the wine news you might have missed with our weekly news round-up. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
My weekend wine news roundup: 🍷 Bordeaux "got lazy" due to Parker; 🍷 Bureaucracy halts no-alcohol wine in Italy; 🍷 Castel launches own Champagne; 🍷 Madiran launches new wine style 'Bleu Tannat'; 🍷 New papal cuvée in Jurançon. And more: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/04/bo...
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Bordeaux "Got Lazy" after Parker | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Bordeaux was changed by wine critic Robert Parker, but it wasn't always for the best, according to a major Bordeaux player. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Bordeaux 2025 En Primeur prices "will be competitive" insists Union des Grands Crus boss François-Xavier Maroteaux as the region's wine futures campaign gets under way... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/04/en...
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My latest Sunday wine news roundup: 🍷 Torres in debt restructure talks; 🍷 Champagne frost damage revised upwards; 🍷 Rémy Cointreau announces reorganization; 🍷 Argentina wine crisis deepens; and 🍷 Barrel hire firm goes under www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/04/sp...
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Spanish Giant Torres Deals with Debt | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The financial winds blowing through Spain's wine industry are cold, as big companies look to consolidate or sell. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
This week's wine news roundup: 🍷Iran conflict hits wine bottle prices; 🍷One Battle After Another wine makes the Spanish press; 🍷Spanish winemaker slams government on Iran; 🍷EU approves Tokaji changes; and 🍷NTM's Joey Starr on rum. and Snoop's 2Pac cuvée... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/03/sn...
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Snoop Hits the Wine Trail with Tupac | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
An unlikely pairing of rap and war features heavily in this week's round up of the wine news. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It's not generational shift, it's not health, it's not loneliness. People just don't have enough money for wine... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/02/wi...
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Wine Chasing the Wrong Dollar | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The wine industry needs to stop chasing the billionaire dollar and start appealing to middle classes again, Oliver Styles argues. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The week in wine news: 🍷 Piedmont in crisis; 🍷 Swiss viticulture under threat; 🍷 Chilean wines pulled from Japan; 🍷 Montpeyroux gets appellation status; 🍷 More glassmaker closures; and... 🍷 Protests in Cognac. All the wine headlines you missed in the last week: www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/02/pi...
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Piedmont Wine Hits Crisis Point | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
More doom and gloom this week as economic woes hit winemakers in Italy, France and Switzerland. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The week's wine news: Rhône moves into sparkling; wine shortfall in 5 years; Tony Paker unveils Champagne; Alcohol linked to lead contamination; French wines face tariffs from China; Chile wines courting the Russian market; Chihuahua to bid for PGI status... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/02/rh...
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Rhône Looks to a Bubbly Future | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
There's a sparkling feel to this week's wine news round-up, with big stories from Champagne and the Rhône. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Winegrowing is being used as a tool of colonization in the West Bank, with wines made from grapes grown on land seized by Israeli settlers finding its way – often through deception – onto the shelves of wine stores in Europe and the US... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/02/th...
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The Shadowy World of West Bank Wine | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Wine isn't just a beverage in Israel and Palestine – it's also another front in the unending battle between the two polities. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"I had two days of coughing up blood but I'm fine now." My piece on the Victoria bushfires and their impact on local wineries. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/01/wi...
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Wildfires Rip through Victoria Wine Country | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Australian wineries have been badly impacted by out-of-control bushfires in Victoria. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
My #winenews this week: Spanish wine critic tries to school superstar #Rosalía on pronunciation; top Bordeaux vineyard prices now on downturn; Abruzzo subregion gets DOCG title; Spain leads bulk wine market; and more on Argentina's huge deregulation push www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/11/cr...
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Critic Slates Singer and Sauvignon | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Everyone loves Sauvignon Blanc, don't they? Well, we've found one Spanish wine critic who doesn't. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The #winenews headlines you missed: France forces Cognac distillers to pay duty on stolen spirit; Chapoutier plants agave for Tequila production; Deregulation of Argentina's winemaking a "health risk" says expert; Alsace celebrates "excellent" 2025; and more... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/11/co...
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Cognac Producer Robbed Twice | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The French government has added insult to injury for one unfortunate Cognac producer. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
My roundup of the wine headlines you missed: Phytoplasma threatens Hungary vineyards; Bordeaux Cru's no-alc wine; Break-in at Ducru-Beaucaillou; Vandalism in Bordeaux; Yquem owner's wines at auction; Non-alc wine talks stall; and leafhopper found in Bordeaux www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/hu...
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Hungarian Vineyards Face Catastrophe | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
The famous vineyards of Hungary are under threat from a huge invasion of vine disease. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
My latest wine news roundup: 2025 set to be great for Barolo; Beaujolais winemaker gets jail for death; Kenyan archbishops take control of altar wine; Wine tanks emptied in Bordeaux; Russia to host BRIC wine forum; and Argentinian winemakers sound the alarm. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/ba...
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Barolo Set for Stunning Vintage | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Amazingly, there are some actual good tidings in this week's wine news roundup. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
My roundup of the wine headlines you might have missed last week: Chapoutier intern dies; Cannabis found in barrel shipment in Bordeaux; Burgundy winegrower assaults mayor; Major Cognac vine-pull plan announced; and Orchestra pairs wine with music. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/ca...
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Cannabis Seized in Wine Barrels | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Drugs, assault, accidental death – it hasn't been a quiet week for the wine world  Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
This week's wine news headlines: 🍷 French winegrower releases Palestine cuvée; 🍷 CAV empties wine tanks in Languedoc; 🍷 Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin launches Bordeaux whiskey; 🍷 New Vino de Pago for Tharsys; and 🍷 Wine "not incompatible with sport" says Olympian. www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/wi...
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Winegrower Releases Palestine Solidarity Wine | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
It's all Palestine, politics and whiskey as we round up this week's news from Europe. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Finally managed to chat to the wonderful Emre Rende of Château Garbage... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/ga...
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Garbage Collector's Focus on Fine Wine | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Instagrammer Emre Rende knows his wine, but big names don't always hit the spot. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
My wine-news-you-missed last week: 🍷 Italian winemaker admits brutal homicide; 🍷 "CBD influencer" in Bordeaux court for extortion; 🍷 Wine crisis hits Asti; 🍷 Muscadet winegower dies in cellar, close call in Beaujolais; 🍷 Second winegower suicide in Bordeaux www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/09/it...
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Italian Winemaker Admits to Killing | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
It's another grim week for Europe's wine industry, with few bright spots to report. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
My weekly wine news roundup: Pallets of wine sent to Bordeaux prison; Argentina unveils new Geographical Indicator (GI); Brazil's Lula to serve açai wine at climate summit; Bordeaux producer acquitted of misleading consumers; and more www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/09/fr...
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French Prisoners Get Wine Delivery | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Those who believe prisons are too soft for offenders will have plenty to moan about after this week's news round-up. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
"It will be the same serious nods as those made when Cheval Blanc and the like left the Saint-Émilion classification. The brand doesn't need the appellation. They might be right. But it is, to me, as an environmental conservative, still, actually, quite sad..." www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/09/la...
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Lafleur's Abrupt Adieu to Pomerol | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
It's a climate thing, the winery says, but is there more to Château Lafleur's decision to quit the Pomerol appellation? Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
The wine news stories you might have missed last week: Aude smoke taint "unprecedented"; Calvados producer says Trump tariffs hitting all; Conservatives asked to can Calimocho competition; Balearic vineyards to expand; and wine thief gets stuck up chimney... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/08/fr...
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France Battles Smoke Taint and Tariffs | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This week, we check out the impacts of tariffs on Calvados, as well as the curious case of a wine thief stuck up a chimney. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
My wine news roundup this week: Château Angélus assigned administrator following family feud; Navarra winery stars in Amazon Prime series with Catherine Zeta-Jones; Bordeaux harvest begins after heatwave; St-Emilion looks to adopt white wines; and Top NZ winery for sale...
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Angélus Goes into Administration | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
This week, we report on the latest dispute at Château Angélus, a new series featuring Spanish winery Bodegas Otazu and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and the sale of the top Marlborough vineyard. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
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