What’s happening in wine and whiskey this week:

Drink This

🍔  One answer to the perennial question about pairing wine with BBQ.

🇮🇳  “Indian whiskey has only been what others would call whiskey for two decades.” But it’s getting awfully good.

👍  Widely-distributed single barrel picks worth your time.

🍇  Terrific Oregon wineries worth collecting.

Get Out There

🦐  Barcelona’s 20 best tapas bars.

🇪🇸  Wine-soaked Spanish villages the masses haven’t found yet.

🍎  The local’s guide to a perfect NYC long weekend.

🧳  T&L says Oregon’s got the most underrated wine region on the West Coast.

🇮🇹  Great bets for hotels in Venice

The Business

🤏  How to build a stellar wine list with fewer than 100 bottles.

🍾  Champagne’s harvest is looking promising, but small.

💸  The most expensive bourbons of the 2025 (so far).

Boooo

🧑‍⚖️  “‘Unlike the fine wine they purported to possess,” U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said while announcing the charges … “the defendants’ repeated lies to investors did not age well.’ ”Inside a massive $99 million wine scam. 

📉  LVMH’s spirits business is down 15%.

Woooo!

🧪  Researchers in Spain are offering free wine to people willing to be guinea pigs.

📈  American independent bottlers are on the rise.

🌎  The oldest whisky in the world.

The Opinion Page

😬  Is the “craft” movement running on fumes?

🛒  WSJ’s critic on what makes a great wine shop.

🥃  Bartenders think you should own these bottled-in-bond bottles.

Thanks for reading – see you next week!