EPISODE · Feb 27, 2023 · 1H 2M
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from The Wine Conversation · host Sarah Kemp
This month, Elin McCoy reports on the big environmental win in the Napa Valley – the Walt Ranch controversy ends after a 17-year battle. John Stimpfig and Elin report on the devastating wildfires in Itata and Bio Bio in Chile and the floods in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. There is also plenty of wine theft news and fraud this month, 4.6 million bottles of Spanish wine passed off as Bordeaux results in jail sentences and more “stolen to order” fine wine robberies in Austria and Norway. Still, in Norway, we report on the determined wine lovers who camped out in tents in Oslo for a month to ensure they got their burgundies. We salute them, all this and plenty more in this month’s edition.Find out more at wine-conversation.com
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This month, Elin McCoy reports on the big environmental win in the Napa Valley – the Walt Ranch controversy ends after a 17-year battle. John Stimpfig and Elin report on the devastating wildfires in Itata and Bio Bio in Chile and the floods in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. There is also plenty of wine theft news and fraud this month, 4.6 million bottles of Spanish wine passed off as Bordeaux results in jail sentences and more “stolen to order” fine wine robberies in Austria and Norway. Still, in Norway, we report on the determined wine lovers who camped out in tents in Oslo for a month to ensure they got their burgundies. We salute them, all this and plenty more in this month’s edition.
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