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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Announcements</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="13.0.1.31442">Telligent Community (Build: 13.0.1.31442)</generator><updated>2024-11-25T11:51:00Z</updated><entry><title>Latest Updates: Cava, Médoc, and South Africa</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/updates-cava-medoc-south-africa" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/updates-cava-medoc-south-africa</id><published>2026-03-26T13:15:00Z</published><updated>2026-03-26T13:15:00Z</updated><content type="html">We&amp;#39;ve updated the Wine Law Compendium this month to reflect important developments in three countries:
In Spain, there are&amp;nbsp;5 new&amp;nbsp;Cavas de Paraje Calificado in DO Cava, bringing the full list to 15. We added &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/spain/2894/cava-de-paraje-calificado-bottlings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;a new page for these wines&lt;/a&gt;, l...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/updates-cava-medoc-south-africa"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17314&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Santa Cruz County and New Planting Data</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/santa-cruz-county-and-new-planting-data" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/santa-cruz-county-and-new-planting-data</id><published>2026-01-29T15:54:00Z</published><updated>2026-01-29T15:54:00Z</updated><content type="html">We&amp;#39;ve added a new section to the Wine Law Compendium on California&amp;#39;s &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/united_states/2817/santa-cruz-county" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Santa Cruz County&lt;/a&gt;.
Additionally, the pages for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/italy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/germany" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/spain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Spain&lt;/a&gt; have been updated with the most recent planting data.
We&amp;#39;re making additions and updates to Compendium ...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/santa-cruz-county-and-new-planting-data"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17304&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Sake Prefectures, Rice, and Water</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/sake-prefectures-rice-and-water" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/sake-prefectures-rice-and-water</id><published>2025-12-22T14:40:00Z</published><updated>2025-12-22T14:40:00Z</updated><content type="html">We&amp;#39;ve added several new pages on sake to our Japan Compendium section: &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/japan/2863/prefecture-profiles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Prefecture Profiles&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/japan/2862/rice-varieties" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Rice Varieties&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/japan/2864/water-sources" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Water Sources&lt;/a&gt;.
Explore the new content and let us know what you think!
Many thanks to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/members/dean-fuerth"&gt;Dean Fuerth&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for putting together&amp;nbsp;the ...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/sake-prefectures-rice-and-water"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17299&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry><entry><title>California's Central Coast</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/california-s-central-coast" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/california-s-central-coast</id><published>2025-11-13T20:20:00Z</published><updated>2025-11-13T20:20:00Z</updated><content type="html">Our latest additions to the Wine Law Compendium focus on California&amp;#39;s Central Coast. &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/united_states/2812/central-coast-ava" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Dive in here&lt;/a&gt; or on the GuildSomm app to get to know this appellation and its many nested AVAs. Thanks as always to MS &lt;a href="/members/jonathan-eichholz"&gt;Jonathan Eichholz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for his ongoing Comp...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/california-s-central-coast"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17291&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Updates: Sherry and More</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-additions-397447851" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-additions-397447851</id><published>2025-08-29T14:04:00Z</published><updated>2025-08-29T14:04:00Z</updated><content type="html">See what&amp;#39;s new&amp;nbsp;in the Wine Law Compendium and beyond!
Is there something else you want to see? Chime in on &lt;a href="/4cb697f52c/discussion_forums/f/general-discussion/20425/what-s-next-for-the-compendium" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;the recent forum discussion&lt;/a&gt; to let us know.

Sherry: We&amp;#39;ve updated the &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/spain/377/jerez-xeres-sherry-do" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Jerez-X&amp;eacute;r&amp;egrave;s-Sherry DO&lt;/a&gt; section of the Compendi...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-additions-397447851"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17275&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Additions</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-additions" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-additions</id><published>2025-06-26T14:40:00Z</published><updated>2025-06-26T14:40:00Z</updated><content type="html">Have you seen&amp;nbsp;the latest additions to the Wine Law Compendium?
There are new entries for 40 of the top spirits appellations that are recognized by the EU. Find links to&amp;nbsp;these&amp;nbsp;entries&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/spirtsandcocktails/2766/spirits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;on the landing page of the Spirits section&lt;/a&gt;&amp;amp;nbsp...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-additions"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17263&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry><entry><title>California Updates</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/california-updates-mendocino-county-sierra-foothills-and-lake-county" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/california-updates-mendocino-county-sierra-foothills-and-lake-county</id><published>2025-01-31T17:35:00Z</published><updated>2025-01-31T17:35:00Z</updated><content type="html">We&amp;#39;ve added three new sections to the California Compendium. Check out the &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/united_states/2764/mendocino-county" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Mendocino County&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/united_states/2756/sierra-foothills-ava" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Sierra Foothills&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="/research/compendium/w/united_states/2746/lake-county" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Lake County&lt;/a&gt; entries to learn all about these regions.&amp;nbsp;Don&amp;#39;t forget&amp;nbsp;that you can also access the Wine Law Compendium from our ...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/california-updates-mendocino-county-sierra-foothills-and-lake-county"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17236&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Latest Updates</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-updates" /><id>https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-updates</id><published>2024-11-25T19:51:00Z</published><updated>2024-11-25T19:51:00Z</updated><content type="html">Have you&amp;nbsp;seen all of our Compendium additions this year? Find a list of the new sections below, and let us know what you want to see next!
Many thanks to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/members/jonathan-eichholz" class="internal-link view-user-profile"&gt;Jonathan Eichholz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for all of his work on updates and new content in the Compendiu...(&lt;a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/compendium/b/announcements/posts/latest-updates"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=17225&amp;AppID=8059&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>GuildSomm Admin</name><uri>https://www.guildsomm.com/members/adminadmin32</uri></author></entry></feed>