Wine statistics guru David Morrison wades into the issue of wine scores. Despite their alleged usefulness as a marketing tool, he finds them fundamentally misleading
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For Serious Wine Lovers Happy Talk about Tariffs is Thin Gruel
The news about the Trump “administration’s” 100% tariff hikes on EU wine is grim indeed and the impact on importers and retailers has been widely
Why Supermarket Wine is Boring
Three reasons stand out: 1. Most people want to purchase wines for under $10. The cost of production for a $10 bottle of wine is
2020 on the Knife’s Edge
As we enter 2020, it certainly feels like the wine industry (and not only the wine industry) is sitting on the knife’s edge, finely balanced
Proposed Tariffs Will Harm the Whole Wine Industry
For the wine industry, this is not the season to be jolly. As has been widely reported, the Trump “administration” has proposed 100% tariffs on
Another Independent Family Winery Goes Corporate
Consolidation within the wine industry continued apace this week as the highly-regarded Napa producer Pahlmeyer was sold to wine behemoth E.J.Gallo. These sales of small,
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 