https://wineandvintage.com/ The latest regions stories from Wine & Vintage. en https://wineandvintage.com/regions/burgundy-us-exports-tariffs-2026/ https://wineandvintage.com/regions/burgundy-us-exports-tariffs-2026/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Burgundy shipped 19.1 million bottles to the United States in the twelve months through July, down 9.8 percent by volume and 21.2 percent by value, according to the Bourgogne Wine Board. Global exports rose in volume even as their value slipped. https://wineandvintage.com/regions/france-2026-harvest-70-year-low/ https://wineandvintage.com/regions/france-2026-harvest-70-year-low/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Drought, heatwaves and a shrinking vineyard area point to about 34 million hectolitres as Paris announces a €1 billion aid plan and a second mass uprooting scheme. https://wineandvintage.com/regions/germany-2025-smallest-harvest/ https://wineandvintage.com/regions/germany-2025-smallest-harvest/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Final figures put the 2025 harvest at 7.55 million hectolitres, 2.6 percent below 2024. The crop was smaller, but the share of quality wine nearly doubled as growers selected ruthlessly after September rains. https://wineandvintage.com/regions/rioja-2025-centenary-vintage/ https://wineandvintage.com/regions/rioja-2025-centenary-vintage/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 The Consejo Regulador's panel tasted 2,176 samples before awarding the 2025 harvest the top rating, crowning Rioja's centenary year. Yet first-quarter sales fell 6.4 percent, with Gran Reserva down 35 percent. https://wineandvintage.com/regions/napa-mountain-appellations/ https://wineandvintage.com/regions/napa-mountain-appellations/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 On Napa Valley's western and eastern ridgelines, two mountain appellations with very different histories carried the same questions into 2025: whether a cool summer would ripen evenly, and how far the Pickett Fire's smoke would reach. https://wineandvintage.com/regions/nine-lakes-tennessee-ava/ https://wineandvintage.com/regions/nine-lakes-tennessee-ava/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 The Nine Lakes of East Tennessee AVA took effect on 23 April 2026, one of the largest American Viticultural Areas ever established. The federal decision sets the legal terms for a region better known for its lakes than its vineyards. https://wineandvintage.com/regions/bordeaux-six-climate-grapes/ https://wineandvintage.com/regions/bordeaux-six-climate-grapes/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Since 2021, Bordeaux has allowed six climate-adaptation varieties into its blends, capped at 10 percent of the wine and banned from the label. The ten-year experiment tests whether the region can adapt its vineyards without rewriting its identity.