For food and wine lovers, Robin Givhan’s piece in the Washington Post, “The Case for Luxury” is a very solid essay with an important argument
Tag: wine business
If You Drink Conservatively, You’re Missing Out
I recently had this conversation in a supermarket wine aisle: Shopper: Do you know anything about wine? Me: A bit. Shopper: I need to
Stags’ Leap Winery: Sometimes Big is Beautiful
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you know I’m most interested in small wineries making unique, distinctive wines. I also indulge in some
Hold On To Your Wallets
At a conference for wine business financial officers, Wine Searcher’s Blake Gray reports that: two-thirds of wineries in the U.S. plan to raise wine prices
Is the Decline of California as a Wine Region Upon Us?
Jon Bonné takes to the pages of Punch to lament the passing of the current generation of California winemakers and sees little hope for the
Hoist By His Own Petard
Hippie punching has been one of the mainstream media’s favorite pastimes since, well, since there have been hippies. Now there is a new subgenre of
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 