New French grape variety, Argentina’s falling exports, UK’s rising wine taxes

About this episode

Sam discusses various topics including a new grape variety for France and the latest wine export reports from Argentina.

This week Sam discusses a new grape variety for France, Concha y Toro’s purchase of Mirabeau, mining in Central Otago, Meta’s fix on Facebook bans, Argentina’s latest export report, the UK overtaking Finland for the highest wine taxes in Europe and the passing of five incredibly influential individuals. You can read the transcript of this newscast (with linked news sources) at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/new-french-grape-variety-argentinas-falling-exports-uks-rising-wine-taxes.

People in this episode

Host: Sam

Topics covered

• new grape variety
• wine exports
• wine taxes
• mining
• social media
• influential individuals

Keywords

• French grape variety
• Argentina exports
• UK wine taxes
• Concha y Toro
• Mirabeau
• Central Otago
• Meta
• influential individuals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Concha y Toro, Mirabeau, Meta

Places: Central Otago, Argentina, UK, Finland

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