Pursuits Weekly: The Drama, Heartbreak, and Hope of Wine Harvest

It’s wine time! And everything can change overnight.

Grape harvest workers at Château de la Tour in Burgundy.

Photographer: JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images

Hi, I’m Elin McCoy, the wine critic for Bloomberg for the past two decades, during which I’ve enjoyed way more than my fair share of the world’s great wines.

But don’t think I just sit around sniffing and sipping (and spitting).