Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I spend each week trolling the web for everything published about wine online, and here's everything that I think would be worth your valuable time.

A New Perspective on Italian Wine

Robert Camuto's last column at the Wine Spectator.

A door closes. More open.

Robert Camuto does something of a greatest hits recap of his WS columns.

Just Say "Le Domaine." A really lovely piece by Meg Maker.

The New California Wine Region You Should Know

Wine Spectator

Eric Asimov SLOs down.

Uruguay is the Cow Capital Every Serious Wine Collector Is Overlooking

Amen.

Terroir Terror in the Loire

Some inside baseball here, for those keeping track of obscure Loire appellation rules.

Jason Millar: how Italy's red wines are adapting to a changing market

Not standing still.

Canada's Only 'Desert' Is Also One of Its Most Exciting Wine Regions -- Here's How to Explore It

Most Exciting Wine Regions

And Osoyoos is fun to say.

What You Want It To Be

Musings on scholarship and wine.

One Last Drink with Esther

After a decade Esther Mobley is departing as the Senior Wine Critic at the SF Chronicle.

The Moments that Defined California Wine Over the Last 10 Years

Esther's last column.

Wine Harks Back to the USSR

Consolidation isn't pretty.

Viticulture is at a crossroads - but are new varieties really welcome?

Senior Wine Critic

Jamie Goode looks at hybrids.

Ted Seghesio Goes Back to the Cellar

But under a new brand.

How alleged California grocery store wine bribery scheme worked

Bad stuff that we all knew was happening.

Napa winery salesman among six indicted in alleged bribery scheme

The local angle.

I'm From the East Coast and This Is the Best Wine Region in New York -- With Access to 11 Glacial Lakes and 140 Wineries

Travel and Leisure does FLX.

Wine Struggles to Recruit New Consumers

Best Wine Region

Not out of the woods yet.

This Was the Open That Bottle Night We Needed

Dottie and John do a roundup of OTBN.

Zinfandel - the beauty of age

Jancis loves the taste of old vines.

One Singular Sensation

Lettie spends some quality time with Vernatsch.

I spend each week trolling the web for everything published about wine online, and here's everything that I think would be worth your valuable time.

Where this fits

What ends up in the glass is only half the story. Packaging, pricing and placement decide how far a drink actually travels.

Key takeaways

  • Jason Millar: how Italy's red wines are adapting to a changing market
  • Canada's Only 'Desert' Is Also One of Its Most Exciting Wine Regions -- Here's How to Explore It
  • After a decade Esther Mobley is departing as the Senior Wine Critic at the SF Chronicle
  • I'm From the East Coast and This Is the Best Wine Region in New York -- With Access to 11 Glacial Lakes and 140 Wineries

All told

None of this settles the wider question. It does make one thing harder to ignore: the pressure on the drinks list has shifted, and others will have to respond to it.