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Wink Lorch

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Wine writer and educator. Specialist in wines of Jura, Savoie, Bugey and the French Alps. Author of award-winning books available at Academie du Vin Library. www.winetravelmedia.com

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Nothing is ever usual with Ganevat, he changes/evolves constantly with his range of cuvées… like several he is experimenting with longer sous voile ageing, as was done centuries ago.

21.10.2025 22:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Want a fantastic introduction to #jurawine? Then look no further than this excellent piece by @winklorch.bsky.social 🍷

20.10.2025 20:45 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Thank you @stuartcantrill.com - I had completely forgotten about this piece I wrote earlier this year!

21.10.2025 07:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A stack of Jura Wine books on a wooden cupboard with wine bottles in the background.

A stack of Jura Wine books on a wooden cupboard with wine bottles in the background.

In the Stephane Tissot shop in Arbois when this stack of books is delivered… cc @winklorch.bsky.social

07.08.2025 21:10 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0

Late reply, sorry but I can only answer that every year is different but 2025 is shaping up to be a great vintage 🤞 . It seems to me that Jura does get more extremes than other regions. Much more on this is my Jura Wine Ten Years On book.

20.08.2025 14:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks so much for sharing!

20.08.2025 14:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

… and I meant, who share their Jura wines, rather than sell them on, creating the grey market (simplifying things)

01.06.2025 19:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I can’t afford wines from Jura unless I buy them direct in the region from the few vignerons where I can do that… yet… it’s not the vignerons who are raking it in, it’s complicated. More, I guess, in my book Jura Wine Ten Years On, available from Academie Du Vin Library. Thanks to those who share!

01.06.2025 19:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New wine guides to the Jura, the Loire and Rioja

Excellent review of Jura Wine Ten Years On from Tam Currin @jancisrobinson.com - humbled and grateful. www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/new...

28.03.2025 11:00 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

It was always a ridiculous idea (as it was the last time)… now,
It’s plain disgusting. “Every little thing” … please sign. stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...

01.03.2025 10:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Devil’s Advocate: Life is Not Too Short to Drink Not Bad Wine | Meininger's International Robert Joseph thinks it's time to accept that, for most people, wine simply needs to be 'fit for purpose'. Reading time: 2m 45s

Reality check fm @robertjoseph.bsky.social. “Anyone who describes Gallo Pinot Grigio as ‘bad wine’ is the same kind of snob as those who declare Nescafé to be undrinkable and say they cannot imagine why anyone would want to sleep in a motorway motel.” www.meiningers-international.com/wine/opinion...

05.02.2025 18:16 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

@megmaker.com sorry didn’t tag you properly in main post… just learning this.

26.01.2025 21:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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From the Chair: Texture is the new flavour - Circle of Wine Writers Meg Maker explores the second sense in wine — texture.  For a few days last week, a rhinovirus gripped my system. My normally prismatic sensorium went dark. Flavours were reduced […]

Searching for new wine language, and at the same time going back to basics exploring how people used to write about wine? I applaud this puece from chair of the Circle of Wine Writers @megmaker www.circleofwinewriters.org/from-the-cha...

26.01.2025 17:31 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2
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Vin Jaune Finally Legal in US | Wine-Searcher News & Features Recent changes to permitted wine bottle sizes in the US market have come as a relief to Jura producers. Read the latest wine news & features on wine-searcher

This little story I wrote for Wine Searcher last week, about the clavelin bottle for Vin Jaune being finally legally stocked on US shelves, is going further than I thought… some interesting future projects, perhaps? www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/01/vi...

26.01.2025 15:09 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0