Support Winehog in sending the Best Wishes for 2025

2024 has been a tough year for both vignerons and the Winehog.

Inflation is high, prices are rising … and the expenditures of running a website like Winehog is growing as we speak.

I have tried to keep the subscriptions quite low price-wise, but I will have to adjust soon to make ends meet. Renew your subscription before inflation hits – remember to subscribe

It is great to be in Burgundy, but I constantly need to revise the business model to optimise. To be honest, I would rather focus on wine, vintages and vineyards.

Regardless of financial challenges, I send you all my best wishes for 2025, including a strong appeal to the French government:

You … we … need to lower the taxes related to transferring estates and vineyards to the next generation. The inheritance tax is killing Burgundy as we speak – and with that, the domains that we know – great local wines from small estates, where the ever-polyvalent vigneron hosts you herself/himself while also working in the cellar and even in the vineyards. This is the true core and beauty of the Burgundy we love!

I remain optimistic with strong hopes for the new generation of vignerons, and I am amazed by the fine Burgundy wines despite global warming. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Aligoté have – along with the best growers – adapted surprisingly well to the hotter conditions.

The tax situation is however not helping the new and young vignerons. As the generation changes are becoming more and more difficult – taxes have increased dramatically and the prices on vineyards have grown over the years. This could end up destroying the Burgundy that we know and love!

More about the inheritance tax issue to come on Winehog in 2025

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Nevertheless … remember to subscribe, as this literally puts bread on my table.

I hope to see you; I will be in Burgundy all year …

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Greeting from The Winehog – Steen Öhman