In this Week in Wine, I’m catching up with Ollie on what grabbed readers’ attention and what it says about where drinks (and wine) are headed. I admit I leaned hard on rosé as the ultimate crowd-pleaser—when you’ve got friends who all drink different styles, rosé is the one bottle that tends to keep everyone happy, works with loads of food, and, frankly, lubricates conversation brilliantly. Ollie, meanwhile, opened a De Moor Chablis 2022—natural-leaning, properly refreshing, and exactly the sort of white that fits the wider trend we’re seeing. On the data side, our “most wanted tequilas” story absolutely ran away with the week—tequila is enormous in the US (around 63% of the global market), and what surprised me was India showing up as the #2 source of interest, even ahead of Mexico. From there we moved into the wine headlines: Napa’s uncomfortable questions about a post-Cabernet future (with vineyards becoming hard to shift, even at the high end), and the clear “winning streak” for white wine—far beyond just Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, with people searching for everything from Albariño to Vermentino and Fiano. Then we went to Bordeaux and asked the provocative question: did Robert Parker become Bordeaux’s best advertiser? A major Bordeaux merchant argues the region “got lazy” while Parker dominated the conversation—an uncomfortable idea, but one with more than a grain of truth as En Primeur kicks off and the market looks for its next footing.