January saw the advent of another version of the annual State of the Wine Industry report by Silicon Valley Bank. I’ve covered several years of this report here on 1WD, and usually that coverage is of a slightly (ok, full-on) negative tone, warning the US wine biz that sea changes in consumer behavior are afoot,…
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The Future Of Wine Writing, Revisited
So… several days ago, I published a minor screed on what I perceived as the grim future of wine writing, which ended up generating a good deal of discussion and more traffic than most people send here to actually read about wine itself… but anyway… One of the best responses to my rant came via…
The Future Of Wine Writing: GrimDark
The future of wine writing is kind of like… GrimDark. No, I don’t mean that wine writing is headed for GrimDark as a cultural style of expression. Though that conceivably could happen as a symptom of where things are headed. What I mean is that the future of the wine writing profession is f*cking bleak….
Does Wine Still Matter?
Does wine still excite you? I mean, does it really matter to you these days? I don’t mean matter in that classy way to get trashed way, though given the state of world affairs and divisive US politics these days, I’d be one of the last people to begrudge you that kind of temporary salve….