Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 3/15/26

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I spend each week trolling the web for everything published about wine online, and here’s everything that I think would be worth your valuable time. Supreme Court Takes On The Future Of DTC Wine Shipping Don’t dare to hope. Could the U.S. Supreme Court Hear a New Wine Case? Many fingers are crossed. The Mounting Economic Toll of Grapevine Trunk Diseases Replanting ain’t cheap. Stickbuilt Go easy on the words. R.H. Drexel: A Wise Man Makes His Own Luck: Remembering Jake Beckett of Peachy Canyon Winery Eulogy for a master of Zinfandel. How pay-for-performance hollowed out wine distribution Inside insight. What the heck is happening in Napa? California’s prized wine-growing region is caught in a ‘perfect storm’ Not a lot new in this summary of the current state of affairs. Napa Valley’s Sea of Sameness Some interesting studies in this piece. And a lot of truth. How Chenin Blanc Became the Cool Kid’s Grape Fashionable now. AI Can’t Taste. Why Do People Let It Pick Their Wine? Good question. Wine Struggles to Recruit New Consumers Today’s challenge. Shoppers willing to pay nearly 10% more for sustainable products In case you needed one more reason, winemakers. The Ghost In The Glass AI put to the (rather obscure) test. Too much wine, too little time How to pare down the cellar. Japan wine imports dip in volume but rise in value in 2025 Asia’s largest importer. World Atlas of Wine returns with ninth edition Happy to have helped out with this edition. The Enduring Brilliance of 2021 Brunello Another excellent vintage. Turning The Tables on Andrea Lemieux Resident Turkish wine expert. A wine-lovers’ weekend amid the vineyards of rural Alentejo A travel guide from the FT. California’s 2025 grape harvest was the lightest in over two decades. Here’s why that’s actually good news Advancing towards balance. With Subtle Changes, Best in American Wine Yet to Come A report from the WiVi conference. This Sonoma Cabernet Is Out of This World A nice profile of Rodrigo Soto and Mai Errazuriz. A Wine Producer Who Combines Japanese Perfectionism And The Italian Passion For Life Catherine Todd on Bulichella.