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Invisible Vineyards & the Division of Labor Theory 27 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
Last week I wrote about the Yakima Valley AVA, which I described as Washington’s invisible vineyard. Why doesn’t it get more attention? I considered the “amenities gap” theory and concluded that it wa...
Washington’s Invisible Vineyard: Yakima 20 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
There’s a section in Extreme Wine, my new book that’s due out in October, that examines the Invisible Wine phenomenon. Invisible Wines? Not invisible in the sense that they can’t be seen with the nake...
Brave New World on Planet Riesling 13 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
No joke: Idaho Riesling I’ve been writing about the problems of marketing misunderstood and misunderappreciated wines for the last couple of weeks and before I leave this subject I want to take time ...
Fifty Ways to Sell Your Misunderstood Wine 6 Aug 2013 | 02:01 pm
Last week I wrote about two “misunderstood” or maybe “misunderappreciated” wines — Riesling and Oregon Pinot Gris — and the conferences that Sue and I attended where the problem of marketing them was ...
Marketing Misunderstood (and Misunderappreciated) Wines 30 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
How do you market misunderstood wine? That was the question posed at two otherwise very different wine industry symposia that Sue and I attended in recent weeks. Although neither meeting arrived at a...
On the Wine Trails of Italy (with the Michelin Man) 23 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
Michelin Green Guide Wine Trails of Italy. Michelin Guides, 2013. Cynthia Clayton Ochterbeck, editorial director; Maura Marca and Carlo Vischi (in collaboration with Debora Biona), contributing writer...
Decanter’s Power List 2013: Globalization and China’s Continuing Rise 16 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
He’s still #1 The July issue of Decanter (the self-proclaimed “world’s best wine magazine”) is out and with it comes the Decanter Power List 2013 – a list of the 50 most powerful people in wine this ...
Elephants Optional: Two New Reports on South Africa’s Wines 9 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
President Obama’s recent trip to Africa (including his much publicized pilgrimage to South Africa) presents us with a good opportunity to reassess our views. Africa has its problems and challenges (do...
Ch-Ch-Ch Changes at The Wine Economist 2 Jul 2013 | 02:00 pm
Things are ch-ch-changing a little bit here at The Wine Economist: stepping down, moving up and shifting gears. I’m stepping down from my “day job” as the Robert G Albertson Professor of Internationa...
Forty Years of Domaine Chandon 25 Jun 2013 | 02:00 pm
I’d like to raise a glass to toast Domaine Chandon on the occasion of its 40th year. Domaine Chandon was a bold idea back in 1973 and it has grown to become both an iconic producer of sparkling wines ...
