I read a number of wine magazines, including the Quarterly Review of Wines (QRW). I recently read their Summer 2007 issue. You can actually read some of their articles online. One of their features is called "All Things Grape and Small," which is a series of short news items about the world of wine. You can read those online but I also wanted to make specific reference to a few of the items here.
In the Rioja region of Spain, long the home of Tempranillo, they now can plant a number of new varietals, some indigenous and some not. What is of most interest to me is that they can plant Monastrell, one of my favorite varietals. Though other regions such as Jumilla, Alicante and Yecla have long planted Monastrell, and make some excellent wines, it will be interesting to see how the grape develops in Rioja.
Burgundy producer Maison Jean-Claude Boisset will bottle some of his Grand Cru Burgundy with screwcaps. This will be the first Grand Cru Burgundy so bottled. Screwcaps are definitely spreading in the wine world and they certainly are not indicative of an inferior wine. So, when you see a screwcapped wine, doesn't assume it is a lesser wine.
Sales of Italian wines in the U.S. continue to grow and currently occupy 32.4% of the U.S. market. That means that almost one of every three bottles of wines sold in the U.S are Italian wines.
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