Afternoon Brief, November 7

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How AI Is Impacting Sommeliers and Restaurant Wine Programs in 2025
Artificial intelligence is becoming inescapable, seeping into the most human parts of our lives–yes, even dining out, even at fine restaurants with world-class wine programs. In some cases, it’s being used as a publicity stunt…
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Today’s News
Philippe Girardet, Founder of Girardet Vineyards and Winery, Passes Away at 96
Philippe Girardet, founder of Girardet Vineyards and Winery in Tenmile, Oregon, has passed away at the age of 96. The Swiss-American was an astrophysics engineer at the California Institute of Technology in California before moving north to Oregon, where he established one of Roseburg’s oldest continually operating wineries…
CA Growers Nearly at Equilibrium, According to New Mapping Project
This year’s harvest was brutal for growers across the state grapes left on the vine, contracts unrenewed or abandoned, and grapes sold below sustainable pricing, but according to new mapping data from the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), there might be some good news at last: total acreage is nearing equilibrium…
MEPs Back “Reduced Alcohol” Label for Certain Wines
Members of the European Parliament’s agricultural committee have backed a proposal to use the term “reduced alcohol” on labels of wines around 6% abv…
Costco Recalls Nearly 1 Million Bottles of Popular Prosecco Over Reported Bottle Shatter Risk
New Documentary Toasts the Irish Roots of North Bay Winemakers (Paywall)
Orange County Wine Society Opens Call for Entries for the 50th Annual OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition
Farm Groups Seek New Autonomous Tractor Regulation
Laetitia Embarks on Transformative Vineyard Renewal
Pennsylvania Winery That Took a Chance on Grüner Celebrates 30 Years and Loads of Accolades
Pull Hemp-THC Products from Sale, US Bev-Alc Groups Urge Congress
France’s 2025 Wine Output Forecast at Historic Lows for Second Year
Global 2026 Best of Wine Tourism Award Winners Announced in Bordeaux
Rare Yquem, Romanée-Conti, Pétrus and More from the Cellar of Alexandre de Lur Saluces Up for Auction
Why Caring for the Environment Is in Austria’s DNA
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Wine Institute Launches the Share Wine Co-Lab to Help the Wine Community Connect with a New Generation of Wine Consumers
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Grower-Led Mapping Project Redefines California’s Vineyard Footprint
Fine Wine’s Bleak Political Outlook
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