It’s been a rocky year, but the signs are promising in the US wine market. Restaurants are back, French rosés are back, and old people are more important to the wine industry than ever.
Read more >Two weeks after David Vergari bottled his wines, funny things started happening. Wines that weren’t supposed to be fizzy had fizz in them. Some of the tops wouldn’t stay down. And there was a decidedly off odour when he took the tops off to investigate.
Read more >Robert Joseph admits to having underestimated the sales potential of natural wine, and draws parallels with the way others may prematurely make similar mistakes when considering the future of other recent arrivals on the wine scene.
Read more >In a recent opinion piece on this site, Michael Fridjhon discusses South African wine’s export strategy, and in particular, takes Wines of South Africa (WOSA) to task for focusing on the UK market (which accounts for fully 25% of South Africa’s exports by value). He maintains that the wines could sell themselves in the UK, […]
Read more >Sure, Spain’s most famous wine appellation may be best recognized for its reds. But until the start of the 20th century, more of Rioja’s acres were planted with white grape varieties.
Read more >Wine consumers might admit to knowing less than in the past, but it hasn’t stopped them spending money. The average consumer knows less about wine than two years ago – but that hasn’t stopped people from spending big bucks on vino.
Read more >Prohibition, climate, and history have loomed large in Texas, but wineries are thriving. The state is too hot and gets too little rain to fit the French or California model of grapegrowing and winemaking. Its political and religious climate worked against the wine industry for decades, forbidding some producers from putting up signs for their […]
Read more >Biodynamic farming is being damned by a group of Italian scientists who have started a petition, claiming that the practice is “witchcraft”.
Read more >For years, outdoor enthusiasts had few beverage choices to take into nature. Glass wine and liquor bottles — too heavy and too breakable for adventurers — were often left home. And until the start of the 21st Century, the most suitable containers, aluminium cans and bag-in-box wine, were often filled with poor options.
Read more >After Australia was hit with harsh Chinese trade tariffs on wine, one country stepped up: In Britain, we took one—or rather several—for the team, and imports of South Australia’s finest surged 30 per cent. Britain is now the No. 1 destination for Australian wine.
Read more >US tariffs on European wines and spirits were suspended for five years on Tuesday as the US and EU edge closer to ending their 17-year trade war over airplanes. This is unquestionably good news for consumers, as 25 percent tariffs on wines from France, Spain and Germany would have resumed on July 11 if an […]
Read more >It is well documented that there are many different kinds of stimuli that can affect one’s dining experience in a restaurant or shopping experience in a wine shop (or any other retail shop for that matter). From lighting to music, changing these stimuli can have a profound effect on consumer experience. For example, one 2014 […]
Read more >I’ve never been in a financial position where I could buy lots of expensive wine but I splurge now and then. The thought that there is a great wine out there that I haven’t tasted is nagging—an irritant, of course, that I will never be able to mitigate let alone ease.
Read more >Shipping wine to the UK is now a “bloody nightmare” and it’s only likely to get worse. Is there a more disingenuous statement than “get Brexit done”?
Read more >Losing a vineyard to disease is “extremely painful,” says Adam Tolmach, cofounder of The Ojai Vineyard. In 1981, he planted more than five acres of mostly Syrah on Ventura County land that his grandfather purchased a half-century earlier. His last vintage was in 1995.
Read more >Despite reports of to the contrary, 2020 saw a decline in how much wine was consumed around the world, according to the findings of a report released by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
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