Breathless News at 11:00

So, Parker breathlessly notes yesterday, as reported by Wine & Spirits Daily:

“One of the biggest stories in my 30 years in the wine field will be the detailed announcement ...officially set for tomorrow…that will shake the fine wine world ......and I am not referring to BOTTLE SHOCK the movie…,”.

So, drum roll please ... the story is that Château Cos-d’Estournel is buying Chateau Montelena in Napa.

Are you kidding me?  One of the biggest stories in the last 30 years?  As a country we’re up to our elbows in debt to the Chinese, beholden to the Middle East and it’s a huge story that a French winery buys a US winery when the US dollar is in the dumper? 

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