The claim that terroir is an illusion used to be bandied about with some regularity. Thankfully, it seems to have receded as a topic of
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The Importance of Local Wines
There are many reasons the wine industry is struggling at the moment—oversupply, competition from spirits and beer, concerns about health, etc. But I think there
A Tale of High End and Low End Homogeneity
Two items caught my attention this week because they have the same theme, although from quite different perspectives. The Wine Economist wrote about the dilemma
Wine Econ for Dummies
If you’re not one to stay up on forecasting trends and the technical jargon of macroeconomics well maybe you should be! Just kidding. Life is
The Unsolvable Problem
Bob on Sonoma posted the above chart in a post entitled Why Don’t People Drink More Wine: It seems the key reason here is you
Some Encouraging Words about Wine’s Future
There is a lot of gloom and doom in the wine industry these days. If heat, drought, and fire weren’t enough, there is also the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 