What I’m Reading the Week of 10/27/24 : Vinography
Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them to my magazine on Flipboard, but for those of you who aren’t Flipboard-inclined, here’s everything I’ve strained out of the wine-related muck for the week.
Why marketing deserves more attention from boards in the wine industry
Lulie knows what she’s talking about.
Pursuing the American Winegrower Dream Is Challenging—But Not Impossible
Cheap land increasingly hard to find.
Salta: the new high-altitude wine frontier
Elevating intensity.
A Trump promise could be ‘catastrophic’ to California’s wine industry
And not just wine. All agriculture.
Young Adults Find Restaurant Wine Lists Uninspiring – According to New Wine Market Council Study
That’s because most of the lists in “casual restaurants and bars” ARE uninspiring.
The Canary Island that’s a surprisingly good destination for wine – and best paired with a 12k run
I’ll go for the wine and skip the run.
Daniel Lambert on how he decides which wine producers to work with
How importers think.
The rewards of patience: good wine and complicated vintages
Jancis goes drinking with aged Italians.
You’ll Have to Take My Glass From My Cold, Wine-Stained Hand
A-f*cking-men. Bravo, sir.
Is wine cool? And other pressing questions for a head winemaker
And some thoughts about how to make it cool again.
Why a $33,000 Wine Made From Rare Grapes Is Polarizing the Wine World
Really it’s the guy making it that is polarizing.
Beyond the Fruit Bomb: Is Western Australia’s New Wine Frontier the Next Big Hit for Chinese Buyers?
Impressions from Chinese buyers.
The surprising reason white wine is now more popular than red
FastCompany talks wine.
Wine Sales Are Falling. A Momentary Blip? Or a Structural Problem?
Dig into the numbers.
Will ban be lifted on US Postal Service delivering alcohol?
Would love to give UPS and FedEx a little competition.
From Bad Roads to Good Tourists: The Struggle to Protect Valle de Guadalupe
The pressure is on.
The Future of Viticulture In An Age of Environmental Challenges
Notes on a discussion about living soil.
Fit for an empress
An interesting bit of history.
Bidding Farewell to Malolactic Fermentation
Starting to need all the acid we can get.
