English Wines Rise.
Sunday Round Up Wk 20
The U.S. wine market hit $115 billion in 2025 — a record spend masking a deeper truth: Americans are drinking less wine, less often. The BMO report calls it a "structural reset" — DTC shipments down 15%, California's domestic share slipping ~25%, and banks telling wineries "some need to get out of the pool."
Meanwhile, non-alcoholic wine surged 22% to $925M (92% of buyers still drink alcohol too),
What a Super El Nino means for Viticulture.
The Weeks Wine News
Frost Devastates East Coast.
California's Wine Grape Crush Hits 26-Year Low
US Wine Market Stabilises as Tariff Chaos Reshapes Trade
How Meta's Alcohol Crackdown has Thrown the Wine World Into Chaos.
EU Cracks Down on Wine Greenwashing
Pesticides on Your Plate—and in Your Glass?
New Research Links Chemical Residue to Early-Onset Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers
Wine Comes First: Honey & Co. Opens Its First Wine Bar on Great Portland Street
Champagne Frost Crisis 2026
Pale Power: White Wine Surpasses Red as Crisis and NoLo Define Vinitaly 2026
A historic consumption reversal meets industry crisis at Verona, as NoLo and tourism emerge as the only growth stories in a shrinking market.

