In the latest episode of GuildSomm: Into the Glass, Master Sommeliers Chris Tanghe and Jonathan Eichholz reflect on the past year in wine. They cover the trends, major events, challenges, and highlights of 2025 and look ahead to 2026.
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Jonathan lives and works in New York City. As an educator for GuildSomm, he maintains the Wine Law Compendium, teaches on a range of subjects, and supports the development of new content. Previously, Jonathan worked at The Modern.
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Chris is based in Seattle. He is GuildSomm’s director of education and the host of GuildSomm: Into the Glass. Chris spent years working in restaurants across the country and has spearheaded GuildSomm’s seminars since 2016, teaching classes throughout the US and internationally.
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Thanks for the shout-out to Alsace near the end. I sold my last bottle of Klevener last night, but have you tried an Alsatian Syrah yet?
Lots of interesting thought-provoking topics covered here–great way to end the year. Regarding the discussion regarding the retiring/subsuming of appellations, other European examples that come to mind would be the appellation-formerly-known-as Cabernet de Saumur AOC and the number of now-geographic-designations/subzones of the Valle d'Aosta DOC that used to be DOCs in their own right. And for those tempted to dig too deep, back in the day Mark Guillaudeu shared his explorations of The Lost Appellation of Néac.