I am having a difficult time believing this as I type it, but it has been OVER A FREAKIN’ DECADE since I was last a guest on Laurie Forster’s entertaining The Sipping Point podcast. HOLY. CRAP! I had the good fortune recently to have Laurie invite me back on her show, where we once again…
Category: wine news
BIG NEWS: Joe Joins Cristaldi & Co. (and Here’s Your DISCOUNT CODE!)
BIG NEWS, folks! As some of you have seen already, we’ve officially announced that I am on the editorial staff at Cristaldi & Co., joining my longtime bruthah-from-anothah-muthah Jonathan Cristaldi as a contributor and wine reviewer on his new genre-disrupting platform. I am very excited to officially pair up with JC, with whom I have…
More Bad News for the Wine Biz
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…
“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,…