This column is inspired by a recent birthday celebration dinner that featured three very different Saperavi wines from Georgia. >>><<< Mariam invited us to a dinner celebrating her husband Todd’s birthday and we accepted with enthusiasm, offering to bring some Georgian wines with us. Mariam is originally from Georgia, so her dinners often feature dishes […]| The Wine Economist
“Globalization versus Terroir” is the title of my first published essay on wine economics. It appeared as a chapter in my 2005 book Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization, wh…| The Wine Economist
If only wine were as simple as love. How Can You Tell? How can you tell if someone really loves you? The answer is simple, according to Betty Everett’s 1964 hit tune “The Shoop Shoop Song.” Does he love me, I want to know How can I tell if he loves me so Is it […]| The Wine Economist
Will white wines replace red as the defining wine of the Rioja region? No, probably not. A recent Decanter tasting of more than 700 wines included only about 150 white wines. That’s many fewe…| The Wine Economist
This is the second part of our report on the five very different wineries that Sue and I visited during our brief stay in Andalusia. Click here to read the first half of the story. Bodegas Tradició…| The Wine Economist
Sue and I recently spent more than two weeks in Andalusia, Spain, about half of the time exploring the wine scene and the other half enjoying the region’s history and culture. We covered a lo…| The Wine Economist
“LVMH Bets on Booze-Free Bubbles at $100-Plus a Bottle” was the Wall Street Journal headline. The story, which you may have read when it came out last month, is that luxury goods conglo…| The Wine Economist
These are challenging times for many (but not all) consumers. Rising housing and interest costs are squeezing budgets. Pandemic-era stimulus check bank balances are going or gone. Student loan paym…| The Wine Economist
[This is the third and final article in a series inspired by our recent visit to Collio DOC in north-east Italy. Click here to read the first report and click here to read the second.] What does it…| The Wine Economist
[This is the second in a series of articles inspired by our recent visit to Collio DOC in north-east Italy. Click here to read last week’s introductory report.] When Sue and I first visited C…| The Wine Economist
