Epson may be getting out of baryta, but I've had no issues acquiring baryta paper from Hahnemuhle.
Epson, Canson, Ilford, Red River, . . . all “got out” of these Baryta “twins” … but not by choice. They were all up the creek when Felix Schoeller mill took down the machine that was producing all of these papers. As I’ve been able to pice together the story, it is both the mill, and a shortage of one of the coating ingredients (making it unobtainable) that lead to the death of a VERY popular seller for all these “brands.” There were identical to the point that I used one ICC profile for all of them interchangeably. And if you think Hahnemuhle was not affected, do a search to buy some Hahnemuhle Photo Silk Baryta. Surprise! It’s gone too.
I have one remaining source for this paper that I’ll keep to myself because I think the vendor must have bought up a bunch of remaining stock and I’m afraid it will go the way of the others soon enough.
To my way of thinking, all the “Baryta II” versions now out there from Canson, Red River, and I suspect Epson at some point, are not even close to the same paper. They’re nice enough, but a poor replacement, IMO.
Rand