The Silicon Valley Bank’s annual State of the Industry Report is out. Among the topics it addresses is whether wine consumption among millennials is increasing
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Let Consumers Know if You’re Using Synthetic Cork
The Drunken Cyclist’s Friday rant last week raises an important point about transparency and the wine consumer’s knowledge of what they’re buying. In 2012, he
American Wine: A Tale of Two Industries
The U.S. is now home to over 9000 wineries, up from about 250 wineries in the early 1980’s. When you check out the wine aisle
Will Consumers Pay More for Bad Wine?
I was skimming through the Silicon Valley Bank’s 2016 report on the state of the wine business today and two points caught my eye. The
A Race to the Bottom in Piemonte?
This is strange but not surprising. The trend throughout much of the wine world is to create smaller sub-zones of important wine regions allowing producers
The French Take Their Wine Seriously
The skill set of French winemakers seems to go well beyond winemaking. Sudvin, one of the largest wine producers in Southern France, was attacked by
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 