Friday, January 28, 2022

Younger Consumers Giving Up On Wine?

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The premium wine drinking population by age has changed over the past decade. During that time we came out of recession into good times, the...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

California's Mishandling of Merlot

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  First, addressing the big question when anyone says "Merlot," did Sideways ruin Merlot? No, certainly not single-handedly, but t...
Thursday, January 20, 2022

The Pandemic and Changing Drinking Habits

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A researcher in England has looked at drinking habits during the Bubonic Plague. Though this was several hundred years ago, it's an inte...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Sonoma County Best Value Wineries

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You wouldn't know it by some wine reviews you read, but not everyone wants to spend $125 on a bottle of Napa Cab or $75 on a Sonoma Pino...
Friday, January 14, 2022

Wine Memes

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 Cuz people's drinking habits are funny.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Zinfandel, Past, Present and (Maybe) Future

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This is an interesting article on my favorite wine. It's an easy read on Zinfandel's history, how it looks now, and what its future ...
Monday, January 10, 2022

California Wine Sales: 2020 and 2021

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California wine sales were up in 2020 despite the lack of on-premise sales (bars, restaurants etc. selling for on-site consumption). Wine sh...
Thursday, January 6, 2022

The Cost of Shipping Wine

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Free or flat rate shipping is used as an incentive to get people to buy a full case of wine directly from a winery or retailer. It's go...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Another Change Brought on by the Pandemic? Robots

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It's called ag-tech and investors are jumping in. Farming and robotics. Ag-tech has already been growing with things like GPS, aerial im...
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Wine Trends - The Good and the Bad

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It's a new year, so we should talk about trends. Rather than just reviewing what happened in 2021 or making a wild ass guess at what mig...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Alcohol Level on a Bottle's Label

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You've no doubt noticed the ABV (alcohol by volume) number on a wine label. Some of us use this number to help select a wine to purchase...
Thursday, December 23, 2021

Statements About Wine That Aren't Necessarily True

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 There are misconceptions  about wine. Here are a few statements that are wrong, at least sometimes.