Yet more bad news for the wine biz: European wines and spirits are now trapped under a 15% U.S. tariff—with no exemption in sight. Kick us while we’re down, why don’t ya?!? Despite impassioned lobbying by France and Italy, Washington has held firm against carving out wine and spirits from this tariff sweep. Those of…
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“A Giant Mess”: Navigating Tariffs for Decanter
A quick note today to tell you about a bit of content that I helped pen for Decanter: Ostensibly, this is a promotional feature, but it’s not so much promotion-y as it is topical, highlighting what wine importers (and, ultimately, consumers) are dealing with during this freakish time of tariff war uncertainty. It’s also, technically,…
Calling BS on the Attack on Wine (at Cristaldi & Co)
A quick update today to highlight a piece that helped pen for the launch of Cristaldi & Co. (helmed by my brother-from-another-muthah Jonathan Cristaldi). You’ll be seeing a lot more about that in the coming months, as Jonathan and I work on content and tasting reports for under-served wine regions (if you’re on the inside…
To Be the BEST!!! (Profiling Cult Wineries for BestWineries.com)
A quick-hit today (while I’m traveling) to let you know about a new gig: I’ve contributed a profile piece on Napa Valley cult classic Realm Cellars (yes, that Realm, the one who makes reds going for about $1,300 a bottle) for BestWineries.com, an outlet local to the SF Bay-area wine scene. And I will freely…