What’s happening in wine and whiskey this week:

Drink This

👍  F&W’s critic picks the wines he’d want at his dream wine bar.

📈  Sangiovese is booming in California. 

👀  It’s time to start collecting Maremma wines. 

⭐  7 Sensational Napa blends. 

😎  NYT’s summer wine recs. 

Get Out There

🇬🇷  Wine lovers are finally discovering that the Peloponnese is a wonderful place to visit.

🐴  A new spot from the Four Horsemen team in NYC. 

🤏  The massive charm of Washington’s tiny wine towns. 

⛱️  Vogue’s guide to the Amalfi Coast.

The Business

🇪🇺  "We are deeply concerned about the potential exclusion of wine from the list of sensitive goods included in the deal package." Will European wine get left out of a U.S.-EU trade deal?

🪞  Chianti Classico’s identity crisis. 

👠  Christian Louboutin is bullish on Cognac. 

👏  Highland Park’s master whisky maker hangs it up. 

Boooo

🇨🇳  China busts a $20 million wine smuggling ring. 

😬  “It was a terrible campaign. Not a single wine has sold out for us and most haven't sold at all. Lafite did quite well, but it hasn’t sold out. Les Carmes Haut-Brion was okay and the other Firsts were okay, but they're all still available.” The fallout from Bordeaux’s disappointing En Primeur continues.

🔨  The wine world “lives under a dictatorship of numbers.”

Woooo!

🥇  The winning bourbon at this year’s International Whiskey Competition. 

🇮🇪  The Irish whisky boom is upon us. 

🍷  What the UK serves the French president at a state dinner.

The Opinion Page

🔥  Are these trendy whiskeys worth it?

🤔  Is To Kalon a brand or a place? Millions of dollars depend on the answer. 

⌛  When to open that wine you’ve been saving.

🥔  The bourbon tater: an etymology. 

Thanks for reading – see you next week!