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What A Trump Presidency Means For The Wine Business
I travel the world. A lot. For example, I was in Chile when Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States of America (and yes, I voted by mail before I’d left for the trip). Since Trump’s election, I’ve traveled to…
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What We Drank When We Remembered That America Was Already Great
A good number of people, both within the USA and abroad, read this blog. At times, that includes a lot of the U.S. wine biz, but also many wine lovers and wine insiders abroad. This post is dedicated to all of them. Look, I’m not…
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WOSA’s Response To ‘Bitter Grapes’ Documentary Tastes Like Sour Grapes
By now, many of you will have heard of, read about, and/or actually watched the documentary Bitter Grapes, a film that examines harsh conditions for workers in some areas of the South African wine industry. The Washington Post has an excellent summary of the film,…
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In Defense Of White Wine (Thoughts On Expert Scores And Red Wine Bias)
A little over a week ago, my friend Jeff Siegel published details by PhD Suneal Chaudhary, who analyzed over 64,000 wine scores, dating to the `70s, from “major wine magazines.” The study’s aim was to ascertain if red wines routinely receive higher point score reviews…
