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Field Notes
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Read Rioja's wine glut and Systembolaget tender 694-14
Rioja's 30 Million Litre Wine Glut and Systembolaget's Rioja-Grown Bag-in-Box
Rioja's 2026 harvest leaves more wine than the region can sell, and Sweden's monopoly has asked for a Rioja-grown crianza in a 3 litre box. How we read tender 694-14.
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Read Ribera del Duero Vine Age
Ribera del Duero Vine Age: How Production Has Changed, Zone by Zone
From a few thousand hectares of old bush vines to 27,000 hectares of mostly young trellised Tempranillo, and what it means for importers buying Ribera wine today.
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Read Wine in paradise: selling to the Maldives
Wine in paradise: selling to the Maldives
What I learned as a head sommelier in the Maldives about the wines that survive the journey, the lists that buy them, and why it is a hard market for Spain and Portugal.
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Read The one luxury you can't move
The one luxury you can't move
Why wine is the one luxury that cannot be scaled, and how we help small wineries in Spain and Portugal reach buyers abroad.
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Read Gredos Wildfires 2026
Gredos Wildfires 2026: How the Fires Will Affect the Garnacha Harvest
A first-hand report from Gredos and DO Cebreros, from the winemakers on the ground.