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2023 & 2024 Most Viewed Newsletters
2023 & 2024… Twelve months of travel to Bordeaux, Champagne, Loire Valley, Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Fredericksburg, Texas, Normandy, France, Chicago, Illinois, Reno, Nevada, Montreal, Canada, Austin, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona. Traveling to see new wine regions, recognizing celebrity and craft distilleries, historic architecture, castles, and homesteads…A year of wondering what the rest of 2024 will bring at Wine Wanderings.
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Who are the subscribers to Wine Wanderings? (See chart above.) They live in the US, England, Australia, Portugal…48 countries, and 42 states in the US. Many subscribers are in the tech industry, some in the wine business, countless avid travelers, a few bankers, several writers, and numerous wine and spirits fans. Thanks to Substack for collecting these extraordinary measurement statistics.
As we celebrate a family wedding in Austin, Texas, this week let’s take a look at the Wine Wanderings stories that garnered the most “views,” open-rates, and comments. Most of all, thanks to all of you for your comments, suggestions, and loyalty to this newsletter. Perhaps you missed one of these newsletters? See below for some of the subscriber favorites. Do you have FOMO? Fear of Missing Out? Here are the top “Most Viewed Newsletters” in the last 12 months. Catch up today.
Tricia Conover and Rombauer Vineyards, Sr. Director Winemaking Richie Allen. Videographer: Linda Spina
“We’ve moved from one family ownership [Rombauer] to another family ownership [Gallo]. Everyone keeps asking ‘what’s changed?’ Honestly, very little. On the winery side, it’s the same vineyards, the same people, the same winemaking style, the same growers. The wine is still labeled Rombauer, and they will continue to taste the way everybody expects them to taste.”
-Richie Allen, Sr. Director/Winemaking and Production
#1 – The Top Newsletter for 2023/2024
“Holiday Gifting Guide, Wine-Style 2023,” December 6, 2023
#2 – “All-American Thanksgiving Wine Pairing 2023,” November 14, 2023
#3 –“Rombauer Vineyards, A New Chapter, E & J T Gallo Luxury Wine Group Acquisition” -An interview with Richie Allen, Sr. Director, Winemaker/Production, October 31, 2023
#4 – “7 ABC’s of ‘Anything but Chardonnay’-White Wine Alternatives,” February 13, 2024
#5- “LIVE from Paris: 2023 France Press Tour Starts Here,” July 28, 2023
#6 – “LIVE from Napa Valley: October Harvest Press Tour of Napa and Sonoma Starts Here,” October 3, 2023
#7 “The Best Rosé Wines to Drink This Spring,” March 26, 2024
#8 – “LIVE from the Newly Launched Bourbon Distillery at Bending Branch Winery,” March 21, 2023
“It seems Wine Wanderings subscribers like holiday recommendations, French tourism stories, and live winery interviews. The spirits articles did well, too, with more to come in 2024.” – Tricia Conover, Editor
Wine Wanderings Editorial Calendar
Stoller Wine Estate, Willamette Valley OR: An Interview with Winemaker, Ben Howe
The Fine Champagnes of Billecart-Salmon
Chateau Montelena, and the 1976 Judgement of Paris Revisited
Summer Wine Pairings from Our Favorite Winemakers
Konstantin Frank Wines, The Star of the NY Finger Lakes: An interview with Meaghan Fran,
The Martini – What’s New, What’s Old: Classic vs. Modern
Grower Champagnes – Why are They the Darlings of Champagne? (WH)
The Loire Valley: Touring Chateau Chenonceau
Two Surprising Wineries of the Loire Valley: Montdomaine and Ambacia, Ancient Sites with Modern, Organic Approaches
Understanding Right Bank Bordeaux: Pomerol and St. Emilion
Restaurants of Napa Valley
Texas Wine Country Revisited (WH)
Book Review: Big Macs and Burgundy