You know it is a down economy when 7-Eleven comes out with its own wine for $3.99.
I don’t pay much attention to the absolute bottom of the wine price list, but it is the segment of the wine industry that is doing really well.  And I have to admit that doesn’t surprise me.   I personally […]

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Like many people in wine-blog world, we read Vinography pretty regularly. We haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Alder in person yet, but we would like to. And if you needed a reason to like him, his blog entry demanding people to stop complaining about high alcohol wines is a good one.
We agree […]

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Two interesting wine stories crossed my path today.
The first, courtesy of NPR, deals with efforts by members of the European Union (EU) to stop American wine makers from using the term “Champagne” to describe sparkling wine made in America.
The topic is actually not a trivial one. American producers have spent millions of marketing […]

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