The SOMM question and a wine named Bum

Year 12, No. 04

Greetings,

Spring passed in the blink of an eye as here in Spain it feels like the middle of July already with days of 35C+ for the last month. It's too early to be concerned about what that means for the wine, but, while being able to swim in the Mediterranean in mid-May is appealing for tourists, it's more than a bit terrifying on all other fronts!

The season has also blazed by as I've been in the midst of what spring used to be like back in 2019 with a great many visits and tastings. I now present you the full reports on: Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Bordeaux En Premier 2021, and DO Penedès. All very different and very much worth a look.

Then we move into a lengthy breakdown of the first SOMM film (*). It's been a decade since it was released and many things have come to pass in the wine community.

Also, I interviewed Roots UA who are a wine importer in Ukraine that's been working to find temporary housing at wineries in Europe for the wine people of Ukraine (*) during this grinding war Russia…