What’s happening in wine and whiskey this week:

Drink This

☀️  Light summer meal? You’re having Albariño. 

🍺  13 beers for people who love wine.

💫  July’s 10 best whiskeys. 

👍  Under-the-radar Washington wines you should be collecting.

Get Out There

🍾  T&L’s guide to the center of Champagne.

🏖️  The creative spirit is alive and well in Juan-les-Pins.

😎  A perfect day in Williamsburg.

🍸  L.A.’s best bars.

The Business

🤑  If you’d invested $1,000 in fine wine 10 years ago, how much would have now?

👎  What the new U.S.-EU tariff deal means for the cost of your wine and whisky.

🥃  The president of Michter’s goes deep on the company’s long road to success.

💰 How did Pappy Van Winkle get so expensive?

Boooo

👶  The young folks of France aren’t taking to winemaking the way their parents and grandparents did.

🎥  The guy who stole $25,000 of wine from a London restaurant was caught on video. (Then caught IRL.)

Woooo!

🌹  Rosé has peaked?!?!

🤔  The Overshine Collective:  “The winemakers will share resources and expertise, collaborate on unlovable chores like paperwork and other administrative tasks, and aim to achieve greater efficiency and economies of scale by operating as a larger unit.” Could work?

🆙  Champagne exports get up off the mat (for now).

🇦🇺  The country’s best young winemakers on the future of Australian wine.

The Opinion Page

😐  “The joy of “the next big thing” is that it seemingly pops up as if from nowhere, and then it’s suddenly absolutely everywhere.” Such is the case with “Rosorange.”

🔥  Which grape varieties will thrive in a warming world? 

🧠  Is the concept of terroir just too complicated for most drinkers to care about?

Thanks for reading—see you next week!