Do All Napa Cabs Taste the Same? The Week in Wine Episode 33

Don drinks a delicious Gamay while Olly has a Sauvignon Blanc from Italy and a fantastic Saumur rouge which leads to a confession about Cabernet Franc. We kick off quite a long list of bad news with Napa Cabernet and a recent article claiming that the number of Napa wineries will need to shrink. We also wonder if Napa Cabernet has changed in style? Are they all the same/are they still the same? And just how hard it is to find out. Don also talks about a recent piece penned by the great Randall Grahm – also looking at the California wine industry. There's also a nice aside on furry friends in the vineyards. Olly looks at Familia Torres its debt restructure (as well as recent attempts by Bodegas Faustino and Cordoníu to change ownership); more on the frost in Champagne; Rémy Cointreau's proposed rejig; domestic consumption is still on the slide in Argentina; and more on the H&A barrel company in financial straits. Olly and Don daydream about an invite to the Saumur wine and book festival (Les Journées Nationales du Livre et du Vin) and how that might go down while we look forward to extended Bordeaux 2025 En Primeur coverage and Barolo 2022.

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