Episode 104 - France Has a New Favorite Drink... and It Isn't Wine
About this episode
This episode discusses France's shift from wine to beer, highlights various wine-related news, and reviews specific wines and restaurants.
In this episode of This Week Uncorked, we cover Opus One's stunning estate redesign, France drinking more beer than wine for the first time in history, Napa Costco's grapevine pest scare, and the search for answers as the U.S. wine industry faces declining sales and changing consumer habits. We also feature Ron Yates Wines in Hye, Texas, review the Les Grandes Serres GSM 2017, visit Eddie V's in Austin (where corkage is not allowed), and spotlight Craft Omakase's generous $60-per-bottle, no-limit corkage policy. Cork & Journey Corkage Fee Finder: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cork-and-journey/id6772346295 Get 10% off your first purchase at The Caubleist using the code CORK10 at checkout! https://thecaubleist.com/ Wine News Round-Up: ♦️ Opus One Shows Off 'Monumental' Redesign ♦️ Beer Consumption Overtakes Wine for the First Time in France ♦️ Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Detected on Grapevines ♦️ Industry Searches for Answers as US Alcohol Sales Slide Wine & Winery of the Week: ♦️ Ron Yates Wines in Hye, TX ♦️ Les Grandes Serres GSM 2017 Restaurant & Corkage of the Week: ♦️ Eddie V's in Austin, TX ♦️ Corkage Is Not Allowed ♦️ Craft Omakase's Corkage Fee is $60 Per Bottle / No Limit…
People in this episode
Host: Brett Martin
Topics covered
- wine
- beer
- consumer habits
- restaurant reviews
- corkage policies
- wine industry news
Keywords
- France
- beer
- wine
- Ron Yates Wines
- corkage
- Les Grandes Serres GSM 2017
- Napa Costco
- Opus One
Sponsors
The Caubleist
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Opus One, Napa Costco, Ron Yates Wines, Craft Omakase
Books & works: Les Grandes Serres GSM 2017
Places: France, Hye, Texas, Austin
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