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Secrets of Argentina’s Export Success
#1 Wine Argentina’s wines are hot here in the United States. Recent Nielsen Scantrak off-premises data show a 38.7 percent dollar value rise in sales of Argentinian wines for the 52 weeks ending April...
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The Democratization of Wine
As a known “Wagnerian” sympathizer, I am naturally in favor of the “democratization” of wine. Power to the People is good, Wine to the People is even better (and sometimes equally difficult to...
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The Trouble with Wine Porn
Not for everyone. Sometimes I have doubts. Here at The Wine Economist we seem to be interested in what you might call everyday wines. Not that you necessarily drink them every day, but they are...
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The Mother of All Wine Competitions
Decanter, the self-proclaimed “World’s Best Wine Magazine,” organizes the mother of all wine competitions each year. The results of the 2011 judging are out — you can read them here. I think that the...
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Money, Power and Wine
Wine is about flavor and aroma, of course, but it’s also about money and power. Anyone who has studied the wine business knows about the money that’s at stake and the power that a few key actors have...
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Good to Great: Rethinking Chilean Sauvignon Blanc
“Good wine, great value” — that’s been Chile’s wine reputation for many years. And while this isn’t a bad thing by any means, it is a bit of a self-limiting category. “Great wines” might be a more...
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Wine Reviews: A Modest Proposal
Decanter, the self proclaimed “world’s best wine magazine,” is “relaunching” its Buying Guide section in an attempt to make wine ratings more transparent and therefore useful to its global audience....
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Decanter’s Power List 2013: Globalization and China’s Continuing Rise
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...
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Walla Walla Comes of Age
Sue and I recently returned from 10 days in the Walla Walla AVA — half spent attending events sponsored by the Walla Walla Wine Alliance celebrating the AVA’s 30th birthday through a celebration of...
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Money & Wine: Good, Bad & Ugly
We are living in a golden age for wine, or at least that’s what many people (including Jancis Robinson, Matt Kramer, and Richard Hemming) have said. Never before have so many wine lovers around the...
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