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The Weekly Allocation5 Nov

Shanghai smugglers, and Vega Sicilia goes white

Plus Marvin Shanken, the visionary and man behind Wine Spectator passes.

On September 29 a court in Shanghai heard a smuggling case against the two companies behind TasteSpirit, one of China's best-known wine media and retail platforms, and five people, among them its editor-in-chief, Zhu Siwei, Vino Joy News reports. TasteSpirit says it reaches 12 million readers.

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The Weekly Allocation29 Oct

A €72 million quarrel, and Champagne stops growing

Plus the Hospices de Beaune, a fifth smaller after the heat.

The Weekly Allocation22 Oct

The Châteauneuf that wasn't, and the world's best sommelier crowned in Lisbon

Plus Sicily, named wine region of the year.

The Weekly Allocation15 Oct

The Great Italian Wine Heist, and a verdict fifty years after Paris

The Weekly Allocation8 Oct

Lost cases, free cases and a $61,596 bottle

The Cellar4 Oct

Ancient Rome’s Greatest Wine: The Opimian Vintage of 121 BC

The Weekly Allocation1 Oct

Michael Burry's case against the dollar, and a Cabernet blended at 35,000 feet

The Weekly Allocation24 Sept

A barrel of Haut-Brion, and 86 wine estates with MICHELIN Keys

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The Wine Estates of the 2026 MICHELIN Keys

The MICHELIN-Key hotels of 2026 with vines of their own, wine of their own, or a winemaker close at hand.

86 hotels · 19 countries · 127 MICHELIN Keys

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