As more people collect wine for profit, platforms and services have arisen to cater to them. Jeff Siegel explores the new generation of wine investors in the Drop.

In SevenFifty Daily, Jaclyn DeGiorgio reports on an exciting new wine initiative that has returned Emilia-Romagna to its roots: A cultural exchange with Georgian winemakers, ANsomigaFORA has helped Romagnoli producers rediscover the region’s native grape varieties through qvevri.

On JancisRobinson.com, Alder Yarrow explores artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the wine industry. (subscription req.)

With omicron on the rise, restaurants are feeling the squeeze again.

In Wine-Searcher, James Lawrence reports on how COVID is still affecting the South African wine industry.

The long-running trade fair Vinexpo Bordeaux has been officially retired by its organizers, replaced by the inaugural ‘Bordeaux Wine Week‘ in 2022.

“Philippe Cambie, one of the most influential winemakers in the Southern Rhône Valley, has died Dec. 18, just a month shy of his 60th birthday,” reports Mitch Frank in Wine Spectator. “Cambie was consulting winemaker for dozens of wineries in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the surrounding appellations of the Southern Rhône and in the Languedoc.”